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Articles published in December 2012
This Olde Website: 2012
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2012 : Fire up that 1400-baud modem and enjoy how the Web used to look like when one visited the Internet homes of Comcast, Verizon, Apple, Boxee and more
Six Cable Deals We Might See in 2013
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 27, 2012 : It's time to slam the speculation engine into overdrive and highlight some deals – both big and small – that could come in the new year
Four Ways Cable Is Saving The Coax
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 26, 2012 : Cable's got a handful of projects in the works that will prolong having to extend fiber to the premises in a big way
Where SDN Is Going Next
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
December 26, 2012 : 6:00 AM Well, it seems to be going everywhere, but here are some guesses as to what might come of that
CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 21, 2012 : John Chambers takes care of some paperwork on the Friday afternoon before the Christmas holiday
Motorola & Arris: Product Gaps & Overlaps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2012 : Arris and Moto Home claim their combo would fill some important product holes. But they would also need to address some glaring overlaps
Pace: Motorola Home Deal Wasn't Worth It
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2012 : Also: Senator launches Data Cap Integrity Act; Comcast's X1 remote gets a voice; TiVo swaps out CFOs
Sidera Shifts Up a Gear
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
December 21, 2012 : 3:15 AM New strategy targets cloud service providers, content companies and mobile operators, promising data center connections and more
Arris's Exposure to TiVo Lawsuit Capped at $50M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 20, 2012 : An SEC filing also reveals that Arris would be saddled with a $117.5 million break-up fee should its $2.35B deal for Motorola Home go south
For Sail: Alcatel-Lucent's Subsea Business
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 20, 2012 : 12:00 PM Reports suggest the company's cable-laying fleet is on its way to FT
Arris Swings for the Fences
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 20, 2012 : 11:00 AM The $2.35B deal for Motorola's Home business would remove Arris from the shadows of Cisco and cement Bob Stanzione's legacy
Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security
AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 20, 2012 : 9:10 Vendor posts blog quoting its CEO as it counters security claims
Netflix Partner Tries UltraHD on the Internet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 20, 2012 : Also: Comcast starts HD-DTA rollouts; Nintendo Wii U connects with pay-TV; DirecTV cranks up the TV Everywhere volume
BT's Hot for 4G
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 20, 2012 : 6:40 AM But what would it do with LTE?
Google Protects Arris From Big, Scary TiVo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 20, 2012 : Arris's financial exposure to the TiVo-Motorola patent lawsuit is immaterial, Arris CEO Bob Stanzione stressed ... again and again and again
Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B
LR Cable News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
December 19, 2012 : Just in time for the holidays, Arris picks up a little something to increase its competitiveness against Cisco
OpenTV Guns for Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 19, 2012 : Which is worse, having Carl Icahn on your back or getting sued for alleged infringement of seven patents?
Netgear's 1-Gig Cable Gateway Breaks Through
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 19, 2012 : Netgear's the first vendor to announce it has won CableLabs certification for a modem that can bond 24 downstream channels
Peeling the Digital Banana
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
December 19, 2012 : 10:30 AM Is 'digital' the new black? Wasn't it the old black?
Dish Given 4G Rollout Target
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 19, 2012 : Also: Comcast's market cap breaches $100B; Casa lands a CCAP deal; Symmetricom's rough Q2; TWC speeds up business installs in NYC
Bharti's Big-Screen Experience
AsiaBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 19, 2012 : 6:50 AM Screen envy is the order of the day at Bharti Airtel's Gurgaon operations center
Quantifying 'The Netflix Problem'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2012 : 4:10 PM Talk about your operational challenges – Netflix encodes a whopping 120 different versions of each movie
4G State of Play: LTE in the USA
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 18, 2012 : 3:50 PM With the Chicago deployment expanded, Sprint now has LTE up in 49 markets. Here's a snapshot of 4G's state of play in the USA
Comcast Backs Sprint-Clearwire Combo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2012 : Also: thePlatform speeds up OTT video publishing; Hulu Plus crosses 3 million sub mark; Zoom lets TWC subs sidestep modem fees
Liberty Global Bids $2.5B for Telenet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2012 : But John Malone may have a fight on his hands as Telenet's advisors believe the Belgian MSO's worth more than what Liberty's offering
Small Cells in the Radar May Be Farther Than They Seem
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 17, 2012 : 5:30 PM The 3.5GHz radar band could be interesting for small-cell applications, but don't hold your breath for the military to move off that turf
Google Preps Its New Year Fiber Flow
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2012 : Google Fiber will ring in first part of the New Year by expanding services to five more Kansas City 'fiberhoods'
Cox Brings OTT-Like Smarts to the Set-Top
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2012 : Cox's top-end Cisco boxes gain the ability to recommend video selections for up to eight individuals in a given household
Cox Restores Big Email Outage
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2012 : Also: Ziggo and UPC drop out of LTE auction; Avail-TVN goes multi-screen with subscription VoD; Akamai names new CEO
SPIT Spinoff Seeks Enterprise Niche
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 17, 2012 : Billing spinoff Cycle30 will try to beat Amdocs and Convergys for cable deals using a system tailored for commercial services
Who's Buying Clearwire Shares?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 14, 2012 : 4:40 PM At $3.38 a share, Clearwire is trading way above the premium that the Sprint offer is supposed to establish
Is There Really a Spectrum Shortage?
Jonestown - Dan Jones -
December 14, 2012 : 11:20 AM The big three US wireless carriers appear to be better off with bandwidth than it would sometimes seem
Who's Behind Comcast's Video Downloader?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2012 : 11:10 AM The dots suggest it's Michael Willner's new company, Penthera
What Comcast Learned From Trying Out CCAP
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2012 : A six-month trial revealed that CCAP's operational impact won't be trivial, Comcast's Jorge Salinger says
Charter Strikes Back at the CEA
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2012 : Also: A bunch of firsts - Aereo strikes its first cable network deal; Comcast gets first dibs on A&E's iPad app; 3net's first cable partner
Cisco Says CCAP's Tipping Point Is 1Gbit/s
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 13, 2012 : A forklift upgrade to the converged platform won't be necessary until operators are delivering 1Gbit/s to service groups, the vendor claims
Verizon/Redbox Take a Swing at Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 13, 2012 : Also: Verizon pushes 'FlexView' titles; former Moto exec takes reins of SeaChange platforms unit; commercial loudness rules take effect
Wayra Czechs In to Central Europe
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 13, 2012 : 10:15 AM Telefónica Digital's Wayra operation is opening a startup incubator in the Czech Republic
Juniper Cracking SDN Open
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
December 13, 2012 : 5:00 AM The $176M acquisition of startup Contrail looks like an attempt to create an open-source movement in software-defined networking
Google Fiber's Non-Experimental Experiment
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 12, 2012 : 5:00 PM Eric Schmidt says Google's fiber project is 'not an experiment' and hints at expansion. But what else is he really supposed to say?
Photos: Broadcom's CES Preview
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
December 12, 2012 : 1:35 PM From an 18th-story San Francisco office, Broadcom shared its ideas for a wireless near-future
What 4G Players Want for Christmas
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 12, 2012 : 1:20 PM A stocking full of personalized data plans, it seems…
Cisco Extends Bridge to CCAP
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 12, 2012 : Cisco unveils two line cards that boost the capacity of its flagship CMTS as it develops a next-gen CCAP platform
TW Cable iPad App Opens Set-Top VoD Tap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 12, 2012 : Also: Belden buys PPC for $517M; another Apple TV rumor; Suddenlink broadens TiVo Stream offer; Comcast dunks Celtics MetroE deal
Dish Spectrum Gets Clearance for Takeoff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 11, 2012 : Dish gets approval to use its AWS-4 spectrum for mobile broadband but will 'consider its strategic options' before making its next move
Netflix Hearts Google Fiber
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 11, 2012 : 3:45 PM Netflix ranks the nation's 'major' ISPs, and apparently Google Fiber qualifies as one while satellite broadband providers get the cold shoulder
UK Kicks Off 4G Auction Process
Wireless Bits - Michelle Donegan -
December 11, 2012 : 2:35 PM Hurrah! 4G auction process gets under way today as regulator Ofcom starts taking applications
Sprint & Dish Slug It Out Over Spectrum
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 11, 2012 : Also: Cablevision gets closer to selling Bresnan systems; Google Fiber's national sticker shock; Samsung backs TV app startup
Buying Into the New Cisco
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
December 11, 2012 : 6:00 AM For all the talk of a software-and-services makeover, Cisco might not be ready to let the switch/router market fall prey to SDN
Comcast Execs Talk Up X2, Cloud DVR
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 11, 2012 : An internal Comcast broadcast drops hints about the X1 QAM/IP successor and a possible strategy to avoid future TiVo lawsuits
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