New TiVo DVRs Built for Web & Cable Content
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : TiVo's Webbed-up 'Premiere' line is going retail, but RCN and Virgin Media are likely the first MSOs to get a taste of the new platform
Rovi Exits Comcast Guide JV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : Comcast gains absolute control of GuideWorks while obtaining 'expanded license' for Rovi's mobile and online navigation technology
Dish May Serve Rate Hikes
LR Cable News Analysis -
March 01, 2010 : With sub adds firmly back in the black, the satellite TV firm may look to charge more for programming and hardware
Netflix Cheers Cablevision’s PC-to-TV Play
LR Cable News Analysis -
February 24, 2010 : Netflix says what's good for MSO's digital TV and Internet subs could be great for its own 'Watch Instantly' video streaming service
Cablevision to Deliver Net Content to Set-Tops
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 24, 2010 : MSO testing a system that will allow Internet video to be relayed from the PC, processed in the network, then played on TV
MSO Taking the MPEG-4 Plunge
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 23, 2010 : Zito Media, an MSO run by former Adelphia exec James Rigas, hopes to get the most bang out of its limited bandwidth as it upgrades to digital
Kabel Deutschland to Float an IPO?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 22, 2010 : Germany's largest MSO may go for a partial stock offering after rejecting buy-out bids in the range of $6.8 billion to $7.5 billion
BigBand Plays SCTE Canada
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 02, 2010 : BigBand Networks will discuss the cable industry’s evolution to a centralized IP video delivery system
MediaFriends Joins HITS AxIS
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March 02, 2010 : MediaFriends and HITS announced that an EBIF-enabled MediaFriends' TV Caller ID iTV application is now available for commercial launch
Charter Posts Q4
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March 02, 2010 : Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased 4.5% on a pro forma basis and 4.3% on an actual basis compared to 2008
Pace Wins in Malaysia
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March 02, 2010 : Astro selects Pace’s set-top box technology for Malaysia’s first HD service
Dish Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 01, 2010 : Dish Network reported total revenue of $2.96B for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009
Ericsson Picked by TeliaSonera
LR Mobile News Feed -
February 26, 2010 : TeliaSonera is upgrading its fixed broadband access network to offer businesses and consumers media-rich services
Arris Wraps Ad Splicing Interop
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 26, 2010 : Arris has successfully completed interoperability testing for the EGT VIPr Ad Splicing solution with its ConvergeMedia SkyVision
Mediacom Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 26, 2010 : Revenues were $372.0M, a 5.0% pro forma increase
Virgin Media Posts Q4
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February 25, 2010 : Announces strong financial performance propelled by consumer revenue growth
CBS Keeping Moonves
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February 24, 2010 : CBS announced a new employment agreement with president and CEO Leslie Moonves
A New Broadband Content Business Model
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
March 03, 2010 : 11:20 AM Impose Internet consumption caps, then allow preferred content to slip by without running up the bandwidth meter
thePlatform Goes Social
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 03, 2010 : 7:05 AM New video player from Comcast unit allows networks to embed video on Facebook and Twitter while preserving ads and distribution rules
Comcast's Jorge Salinger: New Access Attitude
LRTV Interviews - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : Jorge Salinger, VP of Access Architecture at Comcast, talks about how to move the industry toward building a consolidated access device that allows for a higher density of QAMs per RF port – or a really fat bandwidth pipe, if you will
Comcast Beefs Up iPhone App
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 02, 2010 : 6:50 AM Offers remote DVR feature, but only for some customers for now
Arris Tunes Up Moxi Box
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : 11:35 AM Arris puts new three-tuner HD-DVR up for sale the day before TiVo's big product announcement in New York
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick: Docsis 3.0
LRTV Interviews - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 26, 2010 : Heavy Reading's top cable analyst Alan Breznick fields questions about Docsis 3.0 deployments, applications, and, of course, the speeds and feeds
Cablevision Shows Its Innovative Side
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 24, 2010 : 12:15 PM But will its PC-to-TV trial rate, as the FCC looks to link set-top innovation to the National Broadband Plan?
Google Execs Sentenced to Jail
Contentinople -
February 24, 2010 : 11:30 AM Italian court orders execs to jail for allowing an offensive video to be uploaded to YouTube in 2006
Wal-Mart Shells Out for VUDU
Contentinople -
February 23, 2010 : 10:40 AM Many were expecting the retail giant to buy the online video startup, but not for this much
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