A New Broadband Content Business Model
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
March 03, 2010 : 11:20 AM Impose Internet consumption caps, then allow preferred content to slip by without running up the bandwidth meter
TiVo Building tru2way Version of New Interface
LR Cable News Analysis -
March 03, 2010 : TiVo still hasn't developed a tru2way box, but the DVR company says it's building a tru2way-based UI that it will pitch to Comcast and other MSOs UPDATED 3/4 8:45 AM
thePlatform Goes Social
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 03, 2010 : 7:05 AM New video player from Comcast unit allows networks to embed video on Facebook and Twitter while preserving ads and distribution rules
New TiVo DVRs Built for Web & Cable Content
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : TiVo's Webbed-up 'Premiere' line is going retail, but RCN and Virgin Media are likely the first MSOs to get a taste of the new platform
Looking Ahead to CTIA
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
March 02, 2010 : 2:25 PM What will be the key issues at the major US wireless show?
Vendors Plan for Comcast's 'God' Box
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : Arris, Cisco, and Motorola all expect to build and compete for the Converged Multiservice Access Platform business
Netflix on the iPhone?
Contentinople -
March 02, 2010 : 11:50 AM Netflix is looking into whether its users would be interested in an iPhone app for its service
Get Carter!
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
March 02, 2010 : 8:45 AM AlcaLu hires former UK comms minister Stephen Carter as CMO
Pace Ups Tempo With Bewan Buy
LR Cable News Analysis -
Michelle Donegan -
March 02, 2010 : Pace inks deal to buy French residential gateway specialist Bewan as UK-based box maker posts solid 2009 financial results
Comcast Beefs Up iPhone App
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : 6:50 AM Offers remote DVR feature, but only for some customers for now
Costs Could Keep RFoG a Niche Player
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : One vendor that sells gear for RF over Glass and 'Fiber Deep' architectures says the economic edge goes to Fiber Deep in most scenarios
Rovi Exits Comcast Guide JV
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : Comcast gains absolute control of GuideWorks while obtaining 'expanded license' for Rovi's mobile and online navigation technology
Dish May Serve Rate Hikes
LR Cable News Analysis -
March 01, 2010 : With sub adds firmly back in the black, the satellite TV firm may look to charge more for programming and hardware
Arris Tunes Up Moxi Box
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : 11:35 AM Arris puts new three-tuner HD-DVR up for sale the day before TiVo's big product announcement in New York
Comcast Proposes Its God Box
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 25, 2010 : MSO is close to releasing the hardware specs on the Converged Multiservice Access Platform, a super-dense box that combines CMTS and QAM functions UPDATED 2/26 5:40 PM
Cable Ops Up Euro Broadband Ante
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
February 25, 2010 : 9:40 AM While Europe's telcos talk about FTTH, the cable players are ramping their broadband services
Wideband Growth Continues in North America
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 25, 2010 : Heavy Reading says Docsis 3.0 will pass 90M homes – more than 70.3% of the region's cable canvas – by 2012
Virgin Preps 100-Mbit/s Broadband Launch
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 25, 2010 : UK's cable player will debut 100-Mbit/s services by the end of 2010, and expand its 200-Mbit/s tech test into a second market
Netflix Cheers Cablevision’s PC-to-TV Play
LR Cable News Analysis -
February 24, 2010 : Netflix says what's good for MSO's digital TV and Internet subs could be great for its own 'Watch Instantly' video streaming service
Girl Power
Wireless Bits -
Michelle Donegan -
February 24, 2010 : 3:45 PM A WiTTy take on the Mobile World Congress
Cablevision Shows Its Innovative Side
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 24, 2010 : 12:15 PM But will its PC-to-TV trial rate, as the FCC looks to link set-top innovation to the National Broadband Plan?
Google Execs Sentenced to Jail
Contentinople -
February 24, 2010 : 11:30 AM Italian court orders execs to jail for allowing an offensive video to be uploaded to YouTube in 2006
Cablevision to Deliver Net Content to Set-Tops
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 24, 2010 : MSO testing a system that will allow Internet video to be relayed from the PC, processed in the network, then played on TV
Arris Beats Cisco in CMTS for '09
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 23, 2010 : Infonetics says a hearty sales surge in Q4 allowed Arris to keep its newly gotten edge over perennial market leader Cisco
Broadband Disconnect
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 23, 2010 : 2:10 PM FCC survey: One-third of US adults don't do high-speed Internet at home
Cable Execs Defend Advanced Ad Efforts
LR Cable News Analysis -
February 23, 2010 : Major media buyer complains that another five years will pass before national advertisers can target individual households
Wal-Mart Shells Out for VUDU
Contentinople -
February 23, 2010 : 10:40 AM Many were expecting the retail giant to buy the online video startup, but not for this much
The Future of Web Video
The Cable Pipeline -
February 23, 2010 : 9:55 AM Ready or not, business models will inevitably shift toward subscription models
MSO Taking the MPEG-4 Plunge
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 23, 2010 : Zito Media, an MSO run by former Adelphia exec James Rigas, hopes to get the most bang out of its limited bandwidth as it upgrades to digital
Kabel Deutschland to Float an IPO?
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 22, 2010 : Germany's largest MSO may go for a partial stock offering after rejecting buy-out bids in the range of $6.8 billion to $7.5 billion
Moloney Saying Good-Bye to Moto
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 22, 2010 : Dan Moloney's set to take the helm of Technitrol, marking the first big exec casualty to come from Moto's decision to split into two UPDATED 1:45 PM
Comcast Eyeing 250-Meg Docsis 3.0?
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 22, 2010 : 11:00 AM Comcast's reported exploration of a 250-Mbit/s service may indicate the MSO's considering an IPTV simulcast
Orwell, Pennsylvania
Monkey Bidness -
Larry Wilcox -
February 20, 2010 : 12:30 PM User targeting nears perfection
Policy Watch: Drafting a Broadband Plan
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 19, 2010 : The FCC buffs up some rough edges, Seattle bats eyes at Google, and cable gets a small taste of broadband stimulus funds
Blurring the Lines
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
February 19, 2010 : 11:00 AM Moto co-CEO Sanjay Jha offers another reason why it makes sense for the company to put its mobile phone and set-top units in one room
Too Sexy for the App Store
Contentinople -
February 19, 2010 : 10:15 AM Apple has begun booting applications with 'overtly sexual' content
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