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LR Cable News Analysis
Articles published in April 2013
Comcast Mines Business & Home Services
News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
May 01, 2013 : Comcast could take home $3 billion haul in commercial services this year
Comcast Suffers Q1 Video Subs Setback
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
May 01, 2013 : While triple-play gains and X1 progress look good for Comcast, the bad news is that its video subs attrition rate is on the rise again
Breznick's Back on Cable Duty
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
May 01, 2013 : Former Light Reading Cable editor is back in the hot seat, covering MSO and video developments
Will VoLTE Be Open to All?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
April 30, 2013 : Interconnecting carrier networks so that 4G calls can be made across separate operator networks will be crucial to the growth of VoLTE
Nielsen Tests Tool to Track TV Everywhere
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 30, 2013 : It's not tracking mobile-device viewing yet, but Nielsen is at least trying to measure online TV viewing habits
Comcast Opens Up on OpenStack
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 30, 2013 : The upcoming X1 video service has Comcast preaching the benefits of open source and the cloud
Sensio Unwraps 3D VoD Service in US
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 29, 2013 : 3D video-on-demand comes to the US. Will anyone care?
Cisco Ups Wi-Fi Gateway Ante
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 29, 2013 : New home gateway being offered by Comcast clocks in at 270 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi
Time to Focus on Fiber in HFC
Technically Speaking With SCTE - Travis Murdock -
April 29, 2013 : Cable needs to pay as much attention to fiber plant test and measurement as it has done to HFC testing, says Travis Murdock
Genband Goes Virtual at (Actual) Show
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
April 29, 2013 : Operators are asking for software, not hardware, and the vendor community is ready to meet their needs
AT&T Launches Digital Life Service in 15 Markets
News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 26, 2013 : AT&T finally rolls Digital Life home security & automation service in 15 markets in US, promising 50 by year's end and location-based capabilities to come
Euroblog: Combes Clearout?
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
April 25, 2013 : Is AlcaLu's new CEO about to start a technology garage sale?
Amazon Set-Top Slated for Fall
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 25, 2013 : The retail market for TV hardware is heating up
Time Warner Video Subs Slide
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 25, 2013 : TWC loses video subs to rivals but adds broadband users in Q1
Google Takes Fiber TV to the iPad
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 24, 2013 : Google brings Fiber TV control to the iPad, plans more social functions
AT&T Piles the Hurt on Cable
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 24, 2013 : AT&T's U-verse customer gains add to the pressure imposed by Verizon's FiOS first-quarter numbers
Aereo Expands as CBS Strikes Back
News Analysis - Sarah Reedy -
April 23, 2013 : Bostonians can now access Aereo's over-the-air broadcasts online, while CBS invests in competitor Syncbak
California Beaming: White Spaces in Gold County
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 23, 2013 : ISP in Gold County, California, claims first wide-scale commercial deployment of white-spaces networking technology
Will Merger Offers Slow Sprint's 4G Rollout?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
April 22, 2013 : Even with the competing Dish & SoftBank merger offers, Sprint really needs to keep focused on deploying 4G LTE as fast as possible
SK Telecom, 4G Trailblazer
AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
April 22, 2013 : Are you watching, Europe?
Charter Awarded Set-Top Waiver
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 22, 2013 : Two-year waiver gives Charter Communications some breathing space
FiOS Turns the Screw on Cable
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 22, 2013 : As the cable sector licks its 2012 wounds, Verizon is improving its FiOS take-up rate in existing fiber markets
SDN Still Needs a Gathering Like ONS
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
April 19, 2013 : The Open Networking Summit has climbed the hype curve, but the conference should cling to its roots as a techie discussion forum for software-defined networking
Can Wireless Networks Be More Consistently Reliable?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
April 19, 2013 : After the bombings in Boston, questions are being raised about whether carriers should further harden cellular networks
M&A in the USA
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
April 19, 2013 : Analysys Mason breaks down the mixed-up state of wireless M&A in the US
Arris Forms New Top Team
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 19, 2013 : With the acquisition of Motorola Home completed, Arris has unveiled its new management team
China Mobile Terminates Taiwan M&A
AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
April 19, 2013 : Security concerns scupper China Mobile investment in Taiwanese operator
The Return of the Prodigal Saunders
News Analysis -
April 18, 2013 : He's baaaaaaaaack!
NSN Maintains Momentum
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
April 18, 2013 : Keeps itself in profit even though Q1 sales are down
Arris Secures Motorola Home
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 18, 2013 : Arris becomes largest set-top provider in the US as it closes Motorola Home deal with Google
Reedy Returns to Light Reading
Wireless Bits - Ray Le Maistre -
April 18, 2013 : After a few months away, Sarah Reedy is back on the Light Reading team
Provo Next to Get Google's Gig
LR Cable News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 17, 2013 : Google's 1 Gbit/s fiber service is coming to Provo, Utah as it plans to buy and upgrade a local network
Time Warner Takes TV on the Road
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 17, 2013 : Time Warner Cable and Cablevision both proceed apace with their TV Everywhere developments
The Long Hello: Sprint's LTE Hunt in LA
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
April 17, 2013 : Sprint encourages users to hunt for signals from its new network in the City of Angels
Facebook Tunes In to TV Data
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 17, 2013 : Social networking giant will provide apps developers with broad range of TV/movies data using the Rovi Video solution
What OpenDaylight Really Wants to Do
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
April 16, 2013 : The coalition's chairman says all these companies plan to further the SDN cause and don't have a 'nefarious' angle
Clear QAM Fades to Black
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 16, 2013 : Some major cable companies are now encrypting basic digital cable signals following the FCC lifting a ban last year
App Development for Dummies (and Journalists)
Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy -
April 16, 2013 : There's a subtle difference, you know. A mobile-app startup opens its online platform to all, turning anyone and everyone into an app developer
Dish's Sprint Play: Broadband Everywhere
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 15, 2013 : Enabling TV, video, broadband and wireless on one bill is the logic behind $25.5B Sprint merger bid, Dish CEO says
Comcast Preps Commercial Trials for IPv6
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 15, 2013 : The cable giant is ready to have some consumers try their hands at IPv6
Liberty Global Gets Go-Ahead for Virgin Takeover
News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 15, 2013 : John C. Malone can now claim to have the largest cable operation in the world
Dish Bids $25.5B for Sprint
LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones -
April 15, 2013 : Dish puts in a bid for Sprint to try to head off the SoftBank merger
Arris Cleared for Moto Home Deal
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
April 12, 2013 : DoJ approves Arris's game-changing acquisition of Motorola Home business from Google
Running Down RAN Costs
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
April 11, 2013 : Sometimes the simple ideas are the best
'Free' TV Model Under Threat
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 11, 2013 : The Aereo dispute could be the catalyst that results in the end of 'free' TV
Does Xbox Have a UI for Cable?
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 11, 2013 : There's talk of a user interface for set-top boxes in a new version of Microsoft's games console
Adobe Primetime Debuts With Comcast, NBC Sports
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 10, 2013 : There's TV almost everywhere as Adobe customers intro some of its Primetime multi-screen technologies
Cox Cuts Its Carbon Emissions
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 10, 2013 : Cable operator boasts improvements in energy efficiency at SCTE Forum
Huawei Pins US 'Hero' Hopes on Jonas Brothers
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
April 09, 2013 : Huawei is trying to get down with the kids by sponsoring a Jonas Brothers tour in the US. Yes, really!
Austin Gets Google's Next Fiber Gig
LR Cable News Analysis - Mari Silbey -
April 09, 2013 : Google is taking its fiber broadband service to Texas – yeehaw!
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