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
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
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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
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'
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
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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
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
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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