Mediacom CEO Drops Bid to Go Private
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August 31, 2010 : A frustrated Rocco Commisso withdraws after special committee rejects his offer to sweeten original bid of $6 per share
BlackBerry Avoids Ban in India
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August 31, 2010 : RIM avoids an immediate ban in India by enabling the Indian government to access BlackBerry data, but the matter isn't settled for good
Cable Adapting to Video's Streaming Future
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August 30, 2010 : Cable is checking out the Web TV playbook as it ponders how to deliver video to PCs, phones, and tablets via a variety of bit rates
Cisco Buys Into TV Everywhere (Again)
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August 26, 2010 : Cisco looks to kick its cross-platform video strategy into another gear with purchase of media publishing firm ExtendMedia
Comcast Targets Philly With SDV
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August 26, 2010 : MSO's hometown will be among the first to get the full SDV treatment, with Motorola serving as a lead vendor
Harmonic Lays Claim to Edge QAM Density Crown
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August 24, 2010 : Outstrips rivals with the 'HectoQAM,' a device that packs 648 QAMs, targeting SDV, VoD, and IPTV, and sub-$100 pricing per QAM channel
Concurrent Going Multi-Screen at IBC
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August 31, 2010 : Concurrent connects, captures, and capitalizes on commercial multi-screen video at the 2010 IBC Show
Widevine Scores Best Buy Deal
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August 31, 2010 : Widevine to provide video optimization and DRM for Insignia-branded devices sold at Best Buy stores
Softel Streamlines Captioning
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August 31, 2010 : MultiText, a new option for the Swift vTX and Swift TX subtitling encoding and transmission systems
Netflix Hits the iPhone
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August 26, 2010 : Netflix app now available for iPhone and iPod Touch
Ericsson Study Maps TV Trends
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August 26, 2010 : Global survey finds Internet-based TV and video is growing rapidly, with 50% of sample using it every week
TiVo Posts Q4
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August 25, 2010 : For Q2, service and technology revenues were $42.1M, exceeding guidance of $40M to $42M
Sky, Rovi Strike IPG Patent Deal
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August 25, 2010 : Multi-year agreement provides broadcaster with a license to Rovi's IPG patent portfolio for pay-TV service platforms
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2010 : 1:30 PM Paul Allen lawyers up, Comcast sets VoD data free, Evolution goes south, and Roku braces for Apple iTV
RCN Goes Private
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August 26, 2010 : 5:45 PM And the man who led RCN out of bankruptcy won't be coming along for the rest of the ride
Euronews: August 25
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 25, 2010 : 8:30 AM Bad ads, political prisoners, and 'fat finger failure' feature in today's roundup of European telecom news nuggets
TiVo to Measure OTT Video
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August 23, 2010 : 11:15 AM DVR pioneer to start eyeballing streamed and downloaded Web video next month
Euronews: August 20
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August 20, 2010 : 8:50 AM Nokia, Intec Telecom Systems, and Telefónica are among those featured in today's roundup of European telecom news
Hollywood Fears Google TV
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August 18, 2010 : 9:50 AM Google has met with at least four major networks, but they are reluctant to sign on
HBO: No to Netflix
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August 17, 2010 : 12:45 PM Netflix has struck premium TV gold with EPIX and Starz, but the motherlode remains beyond its grasp
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