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TelcoTV 2012: OTT Is H.O.T.


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October 29, 2012 : 7:30 AM If you're not down with OTT, then you're just not trying very hard

A Glimpse of Ultra-HD


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August 8, 2012 : 9:15 AM Comcast and NBCU offered an early look at the eye-popping (and bandwidth-gobbling) Super Hi-Vision video format

The Cable Show 2012: Comcast Flies the X1


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May 22, 2012 : 9:25 AM A big crowd gathered at the Comcast booth to check out X1, Comcast's next-gen video service, and the debut of 'Project Dayview,' a cross-platform user interface in the making

Xfinity TV Meets the Xbox 360


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April 2, 2012 : Comcast's authenticated TV Everywhere recently debuted on Microsoft's IP-connected game console. Here's a brief look at the app in action

Resetting Cable's Biz Services Agenda


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December 2, 2011 : 11:00 AM Going upmarket, crafting a quasi-national footprint, and a focus on mobile services emerged as top trends at the latest LR Live! event

Cable's IP Video Options Abound


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April 27, 2011 : 5:25 PM The inevitable transition to IP video was the big topic at this week's Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference

Cable's IPTV Motivation


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April 26, 2011 : Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick sets the stage for today's LR Live cable event in New York with a reminder of how competition is encouraging cable operators to embrace IP and to reach more devices

The Bridge to CMAP


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March 4, 2011 : 10:50 AM Cox's Jeff Finkelstein discusses how the MSO intends to transition to the industry's budding IP convergence platform

Cable Tech Tidbits


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March 1, 2011 : 10:50 AM A rundown of news from our cable broadband event, including Comcast's upstream tests, SCTE's OK of RFoG and cable's connection with EPON

Bonding With Cable's Upstream


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February 28, 2011 : 10:55 AM Comcast's Chris Bastian sheds more light on the MSO's field tests of Docsis 3.0 upstream channel bonding

Giving EPON the Vote


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December 10, 2010 : 9:00 AM Comcast VP Doug Jones explains why EPON was picked over GPON when cable looked to tie in Docsis provisioning for biz-class services

The Next Billion


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December 9, 2010 : 9:00 AM Kristine Faulkner outlines Cox's plan to reach $2B in annual business service revenues

WiMax Means Business


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December 8, 2010 : 11:30 AM Clearwire's Teresa Elder says WiMax offers much more than just a residential play for cable operators

Cable Seeks Answers for IP Video


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October 22, 2010 : 10:25 AM At Cable-Tec Expo, it's clear that MSOs want to migrate to IPTV, but the when and how of it remain up for debate