Broadbandwagon Offers a Ride to Cable's Future.

Business Editors/Technology & Entertainment Writers

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000

Western Show 2000 Will Feature Malone, Ellison, Chambers,

Diller, Glaser, Laybourne, Biondi and Others

CableNET(R) Will Demonstrate "WHAT'S NEXT." in Cable Technology

Cable and broadband industry leaders will converge in Los Angeles this month for Broadbandwagon -- this year's annual Western Show. Sponsored by the California Cable Television Association (CCTA), and scheduled for November 28 - December 1 at the LA Convention Center, Western Show 2000 will highlight technology convergence and cable's growing role at the center of a new broadband era.

"The Western Show has become the place where our industry assesses what's happened over the past year -- and explores the possibilities of where we're going in the next," said Spencer Kaitz, CCTA President and the General Counsel. "Broadbandwagon will be especially helpful this year because it will answer many of our questions about broadband -- not only allowing attendees to hear the experts speak, but see how the technology works."

Highlights of the 2000 Western Show General Sessions include:

-- Streaming Soon To A Home Near You Tuesday, November 28 (3:30 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.) Jim Louderback, TechTv's Vice President, Editorial Director and on-air
personality, will moderate a discussion on the business, regulatory and
copyright issues that will result as broadband pipes become an alternative
distribution system for audio and video. His panel will include: George Bell,
Chairman & CEO, Excite@Home; Robert Glaser, Chairman & CEO, RealNetworks; and
Jonathan Taplin, President & CEO, Intertainer.

-- Broadbandwagon: The Business Gets Bigger. Wed. November 29 (9:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.) Noted author and media columnist for the New Yorker magazine, Ken
Auletta, will lead a discussion about recent changes in the industry -- where
it's headed and how consumers will be affected by the changes that lie ahead.
His guests will include: Barry Diller, Chairman & CEO, USA Networks, Inc.; Dr.
John C. Malone, Chairman, Liberty Media; Dan Somers, President & CEO, AT&T
Broadband; and Michael Willner, President & CEO, Insight Communications.

-- Broadbandwagon: Bandwidth Gets Bigger. Thurs., November 30 (9:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.) Paul Kagan, President, Paul Kagan Associates and Vice Chairman,
Primedia Ventures, will moderate an examination of how broadband has created a
new digital landscape for content. How is traditional content moving into new
media, and how is new content changing traditional media? Discussing the issue
will be: Frank Biondi, Senior Managing Director, Waterview Advisors LLC; Mel
Harris, Co-President & COO, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Geraldine Laybourne,
Chairman & CEO, Oxygen Media; Lee Masters, President & CEO, Liberty Digital;
and Ann Winblad, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

New this year is The Western Show's "One-on-One" segment -- with top business executives chatting informally on issues impacting the communications marketplace. Larry Ellison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation and nCUBE, will be featured on Wednesday, with John Chambers, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. featured on Thursday.

In partnership with Electronic Media and Emerald Technology, CCTA will be "streaming" clips of the above sessions on its Western Show web site during and after the show at www.calcable.org.

For the full Broadbandwagon program schedule and up-to-date changes -- The Western Show Program schedule is now online at: www.calcable.org/westernshow/program.html

Also at the web site is:

-- Exhibitor-LINK which links all listed exhibitors to their

company's own web site -- providing additional information for

visitors and media at

http://www.calcable.org/westernshow/exhibit-info.html

-- A separate media/press info page at:

http://www.calcable.org/westernshow/media_press.html

-- Greater access to hotel information at:

www.calcable.org/westernshow/hotel-info.html

-- An improved on-line registration process at:

http://www.calcable.org/westernshow/online-registration.html

-- A site providing Los Angeles area information, including a

search function for LA restaurants at:

http://www.calcable.org/westernshow/la-info.html

-- Shuttle bus schedules to Downtown LA, at:

http://www.calcable.org/westernshow/shuttle_schedule.html

In addition to nearly 400 floor exhibits at the show (with more than 125 first-time exhibiting companies), more than 30 scheduled educational sessions will explore a range of topics including, e-commerce, interactivity, telephony, regulation, marketing, programming and cable operations.

Exclusive again at the 2000 Western Show will be the eighth annual CableNET(R) exhibit, a joint project of CCTA and CableLabs. This year's theme, "What's Next." will display an expanded home living area demonstrating a variety of cable services increasingly available to consumers -- including digital set-top boxes, IP telephony and high-speed cable modems.

Friday at The Western Show will once again be Educator Day, where nearly 400 teachers meet to explore and discuss the ways cable programming and technology assists teaching. This year's program will include presentations from Cable-in-the-Classroom, WAM! America's Kid's Network, The Odyssey Network, KIDSNET, the California PTA, and, on behalf of Cable Positive, Judd Winick, former star of MTV's Real World and award-winning author of "Pedro & Me."

The CCTA is the cable industry's largest state cable television association, representing nearly 200 cable systems serving more than 6.5 million cable television customers.

For additional information about this year's Western Show go to the BROADBANDWAGON icon at CCTA's Web site www.calcable.org.