7 Things to Know About Your Future TV
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July 01, 2011 : Panelists at Connections put some temperance on predictions about clouds, new interfaces and operators' money-making prospects
Facebook Takes Over the TV Guide
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July 01, 2011 : Elsewhere: TiVo surges on takeover talk, TWC & Comcast roll virtual-hold software, Comcast lobbyist raises $1.2 million for Obama
Will Android Be a Winner or a Loser?
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July 01, 2011 : This week: smartphone operating systems, 10GPON components, service broker technology and 'coopetition' among European operators
CableLabs OKs the Cablevision Way
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 30, 2011 : The official blessing comes down for a system Cablevision is using to get around CableCard
3DTV Sales Slow in the States
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June 30, 2011 : Elsewhere: News Corp. sells MySpace, Frontier fires back at Comcast, Cisco rolls app store, Comcast lobbyist hosts President Obama fundraiser
M&A Trend Continues
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 30, 2011 : 9:05 AM Another deal in the service provider IT (SPIT) sector and there's likely to be more
Hillcrest CEO: Cable Should Dump Old Set-Tops
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June 29, 2011 : In this Q&A, Dan Simpkins rates his chances for scoring MSO deals, and offers a glimpse at what will follow the Hillcrest's motion-sensing 'Loop' remote
Google + Mobile = Winning Combo
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Sarah Reedy -
June 29, 2011 : 1:45 PM Google+'s mobile Web and app component could help the social network make friends
3% of Pay-TV Subs Cut Cord
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June 29, 2011 : Elsewhere: AT&T sees backlash from bulky U-verse gear, Shaw loses subs, TerreStar auction canceled, Cox rolls out wireless in Mississippi
Wireless in the USA: Worst of Both Worlds
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Dan Jones -
June 28, 2011 : 5:45 PM Do new Euro-style capped data plans and old-school, two-year cellular contracts mean US consumers are getting the worst of both worlds?
Avail-TVN Brings TV Everywhere to Tier 2s
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 28, 2011 : Adaptive streaming to play a starring role in AnyView, a managed service that will ship live TV and VoD to PCs, tablets and smartphones
Dish Nears TerreStar Acquisition
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June 28, 2011 : Elsewhere: Microsoft measures tune-in ads, Time Warner faces new competitor, Nader squeezes Cisco, FiOS rolls interactive music network
Cable Loses Subscribers in Q1
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June 27, 2011 : Elsewhere: Charter buys Missouri systems, NFL shops new TV rights package, Yahoo among potential bidders for Hulu
AT&T, Comcast, Verizon Crack Down on Piracy
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June 24, 2011 : Also: U-verse surges in San Francisco, NBC teases iPad owners, Netflix CEO joins Facebook board, Comcast closes in on self-install CableCARD kits
All Social, All the Time
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June 24, 2011 : This week: a telecom trifecta, 4G in Cameroon, the 'social' meme, IMS in Asia-Pacific, South Africa's telecom outlook
Netflix Throttles Video Streaming Settings
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June 23, 2011 : Also: Mediacom, Cablevision, WOW battle for Insight; Cox bemoans wireless wholesale pricing; TW Cable and Viacom iPad spat on hold
Waking Up to the Power of SPIT
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 23, 2011 : 10:35 AM Mobile operators are waking up to the worth of analytics, says one vendor exec
Charter Gets Into Business for the Long Haul
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2011 : Charter enters a relatively new service category for cable as it lights up a long-haul Ethernet service tailored for businesses
Broadcom Extends Bridge to Cable IPTV
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 22, 2011 : Its Full-Band Capture tech lets MSOs pluck channels from anywhere on the spectrum for video-over-Docsis and IP video simulcast scenarios
Brother, Can You Spare a Femto?
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Michelle Donegan -
June 22, 2011 : 12:25 PM US rural operator struggles to get femto devices for its AWS spectrum
Dish Stalks TerreStar
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June 22, 2011 : Also: Apple said to be building a TV; Hulu weighing buyout offer; Cox faces franchise trouble in Idaho; Dish targets Netflix subs
Singapore's Landmark Week
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 22, 2011 : 3:10 AM Milestones for the island state's mobile data sector
Verizon: The King of 4G
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Dan Jones -
June 21, 2011 : 4:10 PM Have AT&T, Sprint and others lost the 4G race before its even begun?
Comcast Slashing Install Windows
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June 21, 2011 : Police arrest former Cablevision billing employee, Verizon Wireless preps tiered data plans, Comcast extends Xfinity's reach, Com Hem is in a buying mood
Infinera: Trendy?
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 21, 2011 : 11:10 AM Does new deployment in Spain signal new trend?
AlcaLu Goes to Hollywood
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 21, 2011 : 10:45 AM Alcatel-Lucent has ventured into Hollywood thriller territory to publicize its next IP product launch
Zoosh Leapfrogs NFC
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Sarah Reedy -
June 20, 2011 : 1:00 PM Froggy mating calls could be the basis for mobile payments while we're waiting for near-field communications
Huawei's MediaPad Unveiled
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Ray Le Maistre -
June 20, 2011 : 12:25 PM Huawei has uncovered its new Android tablet at CommunicAsia
YouTube Eyes Virtual Cable Service
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June 20, 2011 : Also: Google buys DVR software firm, TW Cable to tweak IPG, iPad app; Wimbledon goes 3-D; Comcast, Cisco plunk more cash in iControl
What We Learned: The Cable Show 2011
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June 20, 2011 : Light Reading's editors boil down the tech trends and big takeaways from last week's big show in Chi-Town
Apple Escalates Samsung Lawsuit
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Sarah Reedy -
June 17, 2011 : 12:45 PM Doubles the number of devices it says Samsung copied, but aren't all devices iCopies?
Cable Execs Debunk Netflix Bogeyman
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Carol Wilson -
June 17, 2011 : The video services market still belongs to cable and content -- and it's theirs to lose, execs say
Cox: We're Not Selling Our Spectrum
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Sarah Reedy -
June 16, 2011 : Cox VP says that reports that it will sell its wireless spectrum are inaccurate, as the MSO is exploring all its options for LTE
Comcast Demos New Web-Based TV Service
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 16, 2011 : Comcast chief Brian Roberts takes the MSO's new cloud-based Xfinity TV platform for a whirl at The Cable Show
Cox May Tear Down Wireless Network
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June 16, 2011 : Elsewhere: Comcast tests upstream channel bonding, Synacor powers Mediacom's TV Everywhere rollout, DirecTV launches Whopper of a promo
Comcast to Run Small Net-DVR Trial
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 16, 2011 : Comcast could pull the trigger on a trial later this year that will test out a service that's similar to Cablevision's remote-storage DVR
FCC Fail: Not the Time for a Lovefest
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Carol Wilson -
June 15, 2011 : 11:30 AM Old buddies Michael and Julius shared an on-stage reunion at the Cable Show, but it lacked the punch of any real issues
Comcast Also Thinking Big With 1-Gig
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June 15, 2011 : Elsewhere: Comcast tests remote storage DVR; Motorola, TW Cable team on video gateway; Charter deploys ADB's tru2way 'set-back' box
The Cloud Goes Commodity
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Craig Matsumoto -
June 14, 2011 : 5:40 PM Carriers getting into cloud services are going to have to be wary of Amazon's true superpower
Cablevision Cranks Up Wi-Fi Speed
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Sarah Reedy -
June 14, 2011 : Cableco revs the speed of its Optimum Wi-Fi network in NYC to 15 Mbit/s downstream and 4 Mbit/s upstream, bringing it on par with 4G
Comcast Confirms Xcalibur Partners
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Sarah Reedy -
June 14, 2011 : Pace will provide the STBs, Intel the chips, thePlatform will be the hub for content management and Facebook will make it social
What is Sprint Playing at With 4G?
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Dan Jones -
June 14, 2011 : 3:30 PM The next-gen pioneer has lost its 4G edge to Verizon, and it needs to fix this situation before it's too late
CMAP & CESAR Get the Urge to Converge
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Jeff Baumgartner -
June 14, 2011 : CableLabs has unified the two next-gen access network projects under a new label: the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP)
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