A La Carte Programming . . . Is the Toothpaste Out of the "Tubes"?

It's rare that I actually notice a policy issue at the same time as everyone else (or at least one other person--but from a very credible newspaper), so I wanted to toot my own horn and note that the New York Times had an article yesterday, and a blog entry by Saul Hansell of the Times around the same time I posted my blog entry last week on the consumer backlash against traditional, high-priced, subscription TV programming.  The Times article notes that, despite the big programmers desire to use the Internet as yet another subscription-bundling opportunity, the Internet has a way of creating unpredictable consequences.  Well, the Cable Show is in DC this week (for the first time in 40 years), and--thanks to the kind invitation of the ever-classy NCTA CEO, Kyle McSlarrow --I am planning to attend (for the first time in more than 40 years).  I've always heard great things about the Cable Show, and I'm really looking forward to it. 

As you might guess, I'm especially interested in whether the topic of Internet-based subscription TV is discussed and how the industry leaders view this issue.  This will probably be the one panel discussion I miss--if it comes up at all!  If the issue comes up, though, I can't promise an up-to-the-minute report, but I might be able to beat my 16 day lapse from when Julius Genachowski was nominated to be FCC Chairman, and when I posted something about it;-)