Cisco's New Media Workhorse
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 31, 2008 : What's not a PC, not a set-top, not an iPod, and not a broadband pipe, but makes life with all the aforementioned even sweeter?
Troubles at TXP?
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 31, 2008 : The company that took over Siemens's BPON and GPON ONT business needs funding fast
Live! Clothed! Girls!
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 31, 2008 : This slideshow is safe for work, not that anyone's working today
Dialing for Content
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 30, 2008 : Why are phone companies losing so many customers so fast?
2008 Top Eleven: Photos
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 30, 2008 : Sometimes we meticulously structure the visual impact of our photojournalism. Other times we just snap
Top 10 Stories of 2008
Contentinople -
December 29, 2008 : Contentinople unveils its 10 most-viewed stories for the past year
2008 Top Ten: Comcastic Moments
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 29, 2008 : A gander at the good, bad, and ugly for the largest cable MSO in the land
MSOs Unite Against Telcos at the Headend
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 29, 2008 : New specs unify the interactive architectures of Time Warner Cable and Comcast, and could speed the adoption of switched digital video
Woman Bites MSO
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 24, 2008 : Happy Holidays, Comcast! You’re being sued
CableCARD Update VI
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2008 : Breaking news! One-way Plug & Play TV sets still aren’t very popular
Cablevision Counters CEA CableCARD Claims
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2008 : CEA charged that the MSO's proposed downloadable conditional access system is proprietary and would end reliance on CableCARDs
Scoping Out Scopus
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2008 : Harmonic exec says decisions about people and products tied to Scopus should be flushed out by the '09 NAB confab
Harmonic Scoops Up Scopus for $51M
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2008 : Despite some product overlaps, Harmonic says purchase will give it a leg up internationally and in a range of 'emerging markets' UPDATED 1:20 PM
Nortel: M&A Update
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
December 23, 2008 : The latest informed speculation on Nortel's asset sale(s)
Warner Pulls YouTube Videos
Contentinople -
December 22, 2008 : Thousands of videos are gone from YouTube, after it failed to work out a renewal with Warner
Cable Vets Launch VC Firm
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2008 : A trio with recent ties to Comcast and Broadbus has launched Genovation Capital, a firm that aims to get new ideas off the ground
Subsea Cable Cut Update
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2008 : Repair work has begun on some of the severed cables
Palm Bailout
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
December 22, 2008 : Tis the season
Moto Trims Video Division
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 19, 2008 : Employees at VoD and switched digital division units get the axe as part of a broader layoff that will affect 3,000 employees
Smell Like a Whopper
Monkey Bidness -
Larry Wilcox -
December 19, 2008 : Life just keeps getting worse
Coupon Clipper Update
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 19, 2008 : With the DTV transition just two months away, roughly three fourths of homes that rely on rabbit ears have requested box coupons
MWC: Security Update
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
December 19, 2008 : Going to Barcelona for MWC? Then read this
JDSU: Selling Out?
Valley Wonk -
Craig Matsumoto -
December 18, 2008 : Keep Fabrinet on speed dial
French Do Deal on FTTH
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
December 18, 2008 : Three of France's main FTTH hopefuls have struck an accord
Analyst Chops Charter
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2008 : Pali's Richard Greenfield cuts MSO to 'neutral' as concerns grow that bankruptcy may be in Charter's future
ActiveVideo Eyes the CE World
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2008 : Given its track record with a direct-to-MSO strategy, this could offer a complementary path of less resistance
MWC: Show & Tell
Wireless Bits -
Michelle Donegan -
December 18, 2008 : Can next February's Mobile World Congress be as big as this year's?
GSMA: Bullish on Barcelona
EuroBlog -
Ray Le Maistre -
December 18, 2008 : Organizer reckons the masses will still hit Mobile World Congress
Huawei Sniffing at Set-Top Strategy
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2008 : Among Huawei's possible points of entry into the US cable market, the Chinese giant is said to be developing a set-top strategy
Move Moves
Contentinople -
December 17, 2008 : Move Networks moves beyond the PC
The Adtran Advocate
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 17, 2008 : In tough economic times, press junkets work
CableLabs Cheers Casa Chassis
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2008 : A new carrier-class cable modem termination system from Casa Systems has quietly obtained 'Full' Docsis 3.0 qualification from CableLabs
CEA Chirps at Cablevision Set-Top Request
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2008 : Consumer Electronics Association argues that MSO's waiver extention request would end Cablevision's reliance on CableCARD technology
Cable Proposes Digital Transition ‘Quiet Period’
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2008 : To help avoid confusion with the broadcast TV transition, a gob of US MSOs volunteer to stop migrating analog channels to digital
Gloves Don't Work
Jonestown -
Dan Jones -
December 16, 2008 : Touch-screens in the cold
Comporium Tests Positive for DTAs
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2008 : MSO is using simple one-way device from Evolution Broadband to reclaim analog spectrum and pave the path to more hi-def fare
VDSL's Power
The Philter -
Phil Harvey -
December 16, 2008 : Telcos can be greener without FTTH
WorldGate Update
The Bauminator -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2008 : Private investment fund snaps up the bulk of the company that brought us the 'Ojo' videophone
Siemens Pays
Monkey Bidness -
Larry Wilcox -
December 16, 2008 : It's beginning to look a lot like Weihnachten
Funai Makes Tru2way Play
LR Cable News Analysis -
Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2008 : The company behind brands such as Sylvania, Emerson, and Magnavox is entering the tru2way market with a dual-tuner DVR
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