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LR Cable News Analysis
Articles published in December 2009
02 Felt iPhone Crunch Too
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 29, 2009 : 3:00 PM UK operator says iPhone caused it capacity problems too
BT in Spectrum Spat
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 29, 2009 : 9:00 AM BT objects to planned UK spectrum handout
AT&T Halts Online iPhone Sales in NYC
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 28, 2009 : 10:20 AM A traffic-calming measure?
2009 Top Ten: Most Popular Cable Stories
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : M&A speculation, Comcast's bandwidth buster, and anything about Huawei got your index fingers a-clickin' in 2009
The Set-Top Files (Part II)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : Verizon, Cablevision, Cisco, and Moto all pitch ideas on how the FCC can help spark innovation in the video device market
TiVo Gives Cable Both Barrels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 24, 2009 : TiVo may be biting the hand that's feeding it by whining to the FCC that cable discriminates against retail boxes and hinders product innovation
Sprint Plotting WiMax Phone at CES?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 23, 2009 : 5:25 PM The carrier did say it will launch a WiMax phone in 2010
CableCARD Update
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2009 : 3:15 PM Leased CableCARDs are drubbing the retail modules by a score of 17.75 million to 456,000
Can One Middleware Rule European Cable?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2009 : Cable Europe Labs aims to unify a fragmented digital video market with a pan-European middleware spec, but it needs MSOs to buy in
Speaking the Language of Net Neutrality
The Cable Pipeline -
December 23, 2009 : 10:25 AM The FCC's draft rules seem to suggest that ISPs won't be allowed to prioritize access to content and applications
The Set-Top Files (Part I)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : Cable and CE giants and their lobbying arms are telling the FCC how it can help spur video device innovation. Here's a sampling of what's been said so far...
Apple Video Play May Hurt Boxee, Roku
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 22, 2009 : It's stylish to label Apple's purported subscription TV service as a 'cable-killer,' but it's the Web TV players that could face the most risk
Comcast Settles P2P Class Action Spat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : MSO will pay up to $16M to settle the score for its previous use of a network management system that throttled some P2P applications
Carriers Form FTTH JV
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2009 : 10:00 AM Portuguese carriers team for fiber rollout
Verivue Tech Gets a Toehold at Shaw
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Industry sources say the Canadian MSO is among the first to use Verivue's Flash-centric servers, paving the way for a future Web TV play
Customer Handcuffed by Bad Service
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
December 21, 2009 : 1:30 PM -- How bad can customer service get? Ask the Telus customer who was arrested for seeking a refund
The Regrettable Noughts
Monkey Bidness - Larry Wilcox -
December 21, 2009 : 12:40 PM A lighthearted look back at a decade of wonders
Who's Saying Hello to Moto?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Report says Arris and a handful of private equity firms are eyeing Moto's set-top unit, though Arris will likely need financial help to land it
Consumer Groups to FCC: Redo the Set-Top Rules
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Group calls on the FCC to open a new rulemaking process for a standard 'gateway' that can accommodate video from all sources, including the Web
Operation Jokehold
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 18, 2009 : 2:10 PM Fake Steve says, 'This was meant as a joke'
This Week in WiMax
Kaps Korner -
December 18, 2009 : 12:45 PM Where are the devices? Coming, says Moto's Brda
TiVo Culls It Some Cable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : 11:55 AM TiVo's partnership with Evolution Broadband bore some Tier 2 fruit this week
Recovery Act: Cable Shortchanged
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Lots more broadband stimulus funds are to be handed out, but only one American Cable Association member, a telco, has scored so far
Digging Up 'Friendster'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : 7:00 AM 'Internet archaeologist' discovers the perfectly preserved ruins of a once vibrant, but primitive, online civilization
ActiveVideo Goes Over-the-Top With CE Play
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 17, 2009 : ITV firm isn't abandoning its MSO model, but embedding its 'CloudTV' platform in broadband-fed TVs and Blu-ray players could offer a fresh growth opportunity
Shakeup at France Telecom
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 17, 2009 : 3:15 PM French giant plans top-level changes; global chief quits
AT&T: Don't Choke Us
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 17, 2009 : 2:00 PM Jokey plan to take down AT&T's network might have 'spun out of control'
Ericsson at the Core of BendBroadband's HSPA+ Tilt
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2009 : Ericsson's packet core and radio access gear is powering the offering, which taps into the MSO's AWS spectrum
Video Battle Lines Are Being Drawn
TelcoTV Thoughts -
December 17, 2009 : 12:50 PM Cable has content; telcos have apps
Videotron Trots Out Tru2way
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2009 : Tru2way's future in Canada brightens with Videotron's commitment to support Samsung HD-DVRs and sell the boxes via the MSO's retail chain
FCC: Retail Set-Top Is Possible, at Least
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2009 : As the cable industy pushes for the development of a network-agnostic, retail set-top, it may have found a champion at the Commission
YouTube & Twitter in 2009
Contentinople -
December 16, 2009 : 11:35 AM The sites announce what we've been watching and Tweeting most this year
DirecTV Disses Cable's 'All-MVPD' Plans
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 16, 2009 : Claims retail box that's agnostic to all network types would be 'cost-prohibitive,' and that most customers prefer to lease set-tops
Jinni Locks In Its A Round
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 15, 2009 : Startup closes up $1.6M round as it gears up to chase down deals for its mood-based video search and recommendation technology
Comcast's 'Xfinity' to Go Mobile in 2010
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 15, 2009 : Comcast's 'Xfinity' lineup is presently limited to broadband-connected PCs, but access to mobile devices is in store for 2010
Comcast's 'Xfinity' Goes Live
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 15, 2009 : 9:35 AM MSO's Web TV service, and its initial stab at the 'TV Everywhere' concept, appears to be available on a national level this morning UPDATED 11:25 AM
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2009 : 5:40 PM Comcast's 'Xfinity' brand makes a brief appearance, WOW back in hot water, Charter's big on backhaul, and more
Meet the New Google Phone
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 14, 2009 : 3:45 PM Same as the old G-Phone?
Cablevision Eyes T-Commerce Launch in 2010
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 14, 2009 : Following its interactive-ad launch in '09, the MSO plans to let TV subs buy products directly from the set-top box sometime next year
CastleNet Tunes In to IPTV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2009 : CastleNet's modem with on-board IPTV capabilities is one of six Docsis 3.0 products to get stamps from CableLabs in Cert Wave 71
Weighing the Net Neutrality Debate
The Cable Pipeline -
December 11, 2009 : 5:30 PM Regulating ISPs may be the only path toward true open access
Will Buffering Blunt Web TV Biz Models?
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 11, 2009 : Call it changing channels for the broadband TV age: The vast majority of consumers click away when a video rebuffers, study says
Cable's Got Ideas for a Universal Retail Box
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 11, 2009 : A retail set-top that works across video industries doesn't exist yet, but a common interfaced based on HDMI-CEC is a possible candidate
This Week in WiMax
Kaps Korner -
December 11, 2009 : 2:30 PM Why 'hybrid' plans make sense
The Art of Shutting Up
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
December 11, 2009 : 1:45 PM Amazing news: A day without Twitter is entirely possible
Sad Sports News
Monkey Bidness - Larry Wilcox -
December 11, 2009 : 12:45 PM Doping scandal hits the pie circuit
My 62 Cents
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
December 11, 2009 : 11:45 AM AT&T sending me a tiny check suggests the telco may have big problems getting to know its customers
VoLGA: Dead or Alive?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 10, 2009 : 5:30 PM If it is dead, nobody told T-Mobile
IPCO Update
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 10, 2009 : 12:50 PM Company claims to be 'courting' MSO orders for its CableCARD-compliant boxes, and, hey, here's a picture of one
Turquoise: The New Black
Monkey Bidness - Larry Wilcox -
December 10, 2009 : 11:30 AM We anticipate a soothing, languorous year
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