No Penalties for Missing Tru2way Date
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 01, 2009 : MSOs won't face fines for not having all their headends rigged up for tru2way by the original July 1 deadline
CEA Presses for CableCard Successor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 30, 2009 : Consumer equipment trade body wants FCC to help create a portable downloadable security system that would succeed the clunky CableCARD
FCC Reverses SDV Ruling
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 29, 2009 : Dark cloud hanging over switched digital video could be lifted after FCC 'vacates' earlier ruling against Cox and Time Warner Cable
Canoe Preps ITV Ad 'Template'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 26, 2009 : With a targeted ad product shelved for now, MSO-backed venture sets course for the Q4 launch of its first interactive ad campaign
Cox Gives Guide Guidance
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 25, 2009 : MSO expects to deploy a fancy, search-integrated, tru2way-fueled video navigation system by Q4
Cablevision Tunes Up With ActiveVideo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : Sources say MSO is gearing up for a system-wide deployment of a platform that allows it to bridge interactive Web-like apps to the TV
Cable Crafts 'Turbo' Option
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : CableLabs is mulling a patent claim on an 'invention' that lets customers temporarily turbo-charge speeds for big movie downloads
Verizon Assails Cable With Amped Upstream
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 22, 2009 : FiOS's new updates emphasize faster upstreams, while new giveaways aim to steal cable subscribers' hearts (and dollars)
Cisco Routers Start Watching Video
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 19, 2009 : Linecard-based monitoring capabilities will be a part of Cisco's video vision, starting later this year
Canoe Mothballs Targeted Ad Product
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 18, 2009 : Operational and scaling issues prompt JV to shelve first addressable ad play, but it claims Q4 interactive campaign is still a go
Testing Cisco's Media-Centric Data Center
Reports -
June 11, 2009 : Is Cisco’s solution ready for the future service provider data center?
We tested:
Data center convergence
In-service software upgrades
Control plane failover
And more...
CableLabs Issues More Ad Specs
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
July 01, 2009 : CableLabs announced the issuance of a new set of specifications called the Stewardship and Fulfillment Interfaces
ACA Supports Waiver
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 30, 2009 : Calls Evolution Broadband waiver adopted by FCC 'pro-consumer in every respect'
Net Insight Performs on the Pitch
News Wire Feed -
June 30, 2009 : Net Insight’s Nimbra platform selected for contribution feeds from venues in European football league
Atlantic Broadband Deploys Clearleap
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 29, 2009 : 15th largest cable provider in the US deploys clear|flow, a next-gen content acquisition, delivery, management, and distribution system
OneLink Whips Up BIAP's Widgets
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 24, 2009 : OneLink Communications announced their agreement to launch the BIAP Ad Widgets Advertising System
Moto, CMC Connect on HD
News Wire Feed -
June 24, 2009 : Enhanced HITS Quick Take Plus service from HITS and Motorola provides comprehensive package for launching HDTV and other services
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 01, 2009 : 5:30 PM A tru2way shrug, a Tom Lookabaugh sighting, cheap WiMax, tuned-out consumers, and a refitted SinglePipe
Clearleap Jumps on First Win
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 29, 2009 : 8:30 AM Startup that lets MSOs bridge Web TV fare to non-IP digital set-tops notches its first cable win
Old-School ITV
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 26, 2009 : 9:05 AM It was in black and white, but voice activated!
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 24, 2009 : 9:30 AM Dr Malone pays up, cable tells the FCC to buzz off, and Verizon and Comcast are now BFFs
Here Comes 'TV Everywhere'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : 8:20 PM Press conference. Wednesday morning. Brass on hand. Be there
Comcast Tries On 3D VoD
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 19, 2009 : 1:45 PM MSO and Lionsgate enter the third dimension to juice up slasher flick My Bloody Valentine UPDATED
CommunicAsia 2009: Day 4
LRTV Documentaries - CommunicAsia 2009: Day 4 -
June 19, 2009 : Georgina Burnett finds out whether service providers can make money out of IPTV in the AsiaPac region
Tzu-Han Huang, Chunghwa Telecom
LRTV Interviews - Chunghwa Telecom at CommunicAsia 2009 -
June 18, 2009 : Tzu-Han Huang, President of Chunghwa Telecom, talks to Ray Le Maistre about IPTV, VoD, and online banking
DTA Waiver Mania
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 18, 2009 : 1:40 PM Thomson and Pace join the waiver-seeking party at the FCC
SDV Fines Dropped?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 18, 2009 : 10:45 AM Rumor du jour: Are Cox and Time Warner Cable off the hook?
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