FLO TV Alive, But Not Well
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
December 01, 2010 : 5:35 PM Qualcomm CEO says mobile TV will happen, but who knows how
Verizon Plays It Safe With LTE
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
December 01, 2010 : 5:20 PM The pricing plans are very much business-as-usual compared to Clearwire and MetroPCS
Virgin Media Sets TiVo Price
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Jeff Baumgartner -
December 01, 2010 : UK MSO's broadband-connected, TiVo-powered offering will cost £199 and be subject to a monthly service fee
SCTE Goes to School
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Jeff Baumgartner -
December 01, 2010 : 9:30 AM Society to help groom cable engineers for leadership roles via partnership with the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Did Level 3 Know What It Was Getting Into?
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2010 : It's common for CDNs to pay additional fees if the amount of traffic being swapped among peers is out of balance, industry sources say
Level 3: Comcast Erected Web Video 'Toll Booth'
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 30, 2010 : Is Comcast violating network neutrality by charging extra for Netflix streaming? Or is a new fee just the effect of normal peering negotiations?
Zoom Moans About Comcast's Modem Tests
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Vendor complains to the FCC that the MSO's 'Physical and Environmental' tests have harmed its ability to sell modems at retail
ZON Turns On 360Mbit/s Internet Service
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Portuguese MSO taps Cisco gear to introduce a EuroDocsis 3.0 service that pumps out downstream bursts of 360 Mbit/s
A Season of Sanity, at Last?
Rewired -
Carol Wilson -
November 29, 2010 : 2:00 PM The FCC could be poised to give broadband ISPs an early gift in the form of net neutrality rules that don't break the investment bank
Microsoft: 'Virtual MSO'?
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : 12:25 PM Microsoft reportedly working on an over-the-top subscription TV service for the Xbox 360 and other broadband-fed devices
Comcast Hit by Regional Net Outage
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 29, 2010 : Comcast restored service outage in Boston and other East Coast systems on Sunday night, believed to be caused by DNS server issues
Skype Stats
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Ray Le Maistre -
November 26, 2010 : 11:20 AM Skype's big user numbers have been making the news, but its other stats are just as interesting
CxO Downloads: NTT America's Doug Junkins
iBraue -
Joseph Braue -
November 25, 2010 : 12:00 PM Ethernet’s not just a service, but the 'underlying technology for delivering a host of services,' believes Doug Junkins
Australia Clears NBN Hurdle
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Ray Le Maistre -
November 24, 2010 : 1:40 PM National Broadband Network plan gains critical political support
Rangaswami Goes Cloudy
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
November 24, 2010 : 12:50 PM Former BT man maintains scientist status as he joins cloud services giant
Boomer! Goes the Market
Rewired -
Carol Wilson -
November 24, 2010 : 12:20 PM Aging baby boomers make the senior market lucrative – and it's also very loyal, if you know how to design a service right
TiVo: $99 Premiere DVR Revving Retail
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November 24, 2010 : TiVo chief says steep holiday-season hardware price cuts are helping as DVR pioneer reports losing 112,000 subs in the third quarter
Insight Battles U-Verse With $95 Wideband
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 24, 2010 : Insight is the latest Tier 2 MSO to boot up wideband services as it starts off with a 50Mbit/s downstream tier in three markets
WDM-PON Gets the Red Light
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Craig Matsumoto -
November 24, 2010 : 7:30 AM Why a Florida muni turned down the technology (take a guess)
Thailand in Turmoil
AsiaBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
November 24, 2010 : 4:30 AM -- 3G and national broadband plans up in air
Cable Catchup
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 23, 2010 : 6:05 PM Word spreads that FCC is teeing up a new net neutrality proposal, Comcast rides fiber into the Rockies, FilmOn is off, and more
DigiForge Teaches DTAs New Tricks
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 23, 2010 : Startup has built a specialized EBIF user agent that creates a uniform app environment for millions of one-way channel zappers
Wi-LAN Suit Targets Comcast, TW Cable, Charter
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 22, 2010 : Patent troll claims the MSOs are infringing on a patent that covers channel bonding and other features tied to Docsis modem technology
Netflix Debuts Streaming-Only Option
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 22, 2010 : 2:15 PM Company is now 'primarily a streaming video company' as it jacks up tiers that include DVD rentals
DirecTV, Dish Connect on Interactive Ads
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November 22, 2010 : Satellite-TV giants are close to striking a deal with a media buyer that would pipe interactive ads to homes served by both companies
WiMax Still Hot in Malaysia
AsiaBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
November 22, 2010 : 7:15 AM WiMax is still the wireless broadband technology of choice in Malaysia
McSlarrow Is McLeaving
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2010 : 5:00 PM Kyle McSlarrow, the NCTA chief who slugged it out with the Kevin Martin regime, is leaving the building next spring
Cox Wireless Starts Out Femto-Free
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2010 : MSO finds femtos 'interesting' for in-home voice coverage, but thinks WiFi is a better near-term option to handle 'data tonnage'
U.S. Cellular's CIO/CTO Combo
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
November 19, 2010 : 11:15 AM Single technology systems post helped operator's Belief Project
No-Frills Cable TV
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2010 : 11:00 AM Will Time Warner Cable's lower-end, ESPN-free 'TV Essentials' tier appeal to cord-cutters or cord-shavers?
Nortel's Cash Scrap
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
November 19, 2010 : 10:20 AM Sets its legal team on Genband and NSN
Cox Wireless: The Starting Lineup
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2010 : 12:00 AM Here's a snapshot of the devices and plans Cox will feature as it bursts into the wireless game
Cox Wireless Is Go for Launch
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 19, 2010 : MSO boots up 3G wireless services in three markets and 25 retail locations, and leads off with five Android-powered smartphones
Comcast Trims Another Division
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 18, 2010 : Following a field reorg, Comcast is down to three divisions as the MSO eliminates its East Division and creates a new Central Division
Comcast Accelerates ITV Development
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November 18, 2010 : MSO tees up a 'rapid deployment network' down south as its number of EBIF-capable homes reaches 14.5M
CableLabs Pours Home Security Foundation
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Jeff Baumgartner -
November 18, 2010 : CableLabs has built signaling, management, and provisioning specs for advanced home security services, but has even broader ideas in mind
Ovi Store Picks Up Steam
Light Reedy -
Sarah Reedy -
November 18, 2010 : 11:00 AM Sees 3M app downloads per day; Angry Birds rejoice
Where Did Everyone Go?
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 18, 2010 : 10:30 AM Report that US pay-TV sector lost 119,000 subs in the third quarter fans the cord-cutting flames
Xfinity App Coming to TiVo?
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
November 17, 2010 : 10:45 AM Comcast isn't being that specific, but says support for the new app will reach more box types in the coming months
Motorola Plays Host to Microsoft IPTV
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Craig Matsumoto -
November 17, 2010 : Helping to push Microsoft's Mediaroom to smaller telcos, Motorola is building a hosting service for the IPTV software
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