Cable's Oct. 5-6 Independent Show Shifts to Virtual Only

The cable industry’s 2021 Independent Show will be held online Oct. 5-6 instead of in person in Minneapolis as previously planned, said sponsors the National Cable Television Cooperative and ACA Connects Tuesday. A virtual event allows the industry to convene “in the safest possible manner amid lingering uncertainty over the appropriateness of large in-person events,” said the release. “It’s the correct decision, with broad support from both ACAC and NCTC members,” said ACA Chairman Patricia Jo Boyers. Despite COVID-19 safety measures, “NCTC and ACAC planners could not, in good faith, ensure that they could provide a safe environment due to the highly contagious Delta variant,” the release said. For a report on other conferences amid the pandemic, see here.