You know you’re in New Orleans when a brass band struts by the lobby Starbucks in the convention center. And even though the SCTE show floor hasn’t opened yet, the cable press are already reporting furiously on the heels of some early sessions and the CTAM Summit. Light Reading Cable’s Jeff Baumgartner just walked by on his way to the press room, and he’s already filed at least once today with Ten Hot Trends for the show. Meanwhile, CED has its first show daily up including a cover note about the Comcast iPad remote coming “very, very” soon. And speaking of iPads, I caught a glimpse of an iPad app in the Motorola booth a short while ago. More to come on that one soon.

