Asia Watch: M&A, IPTV & Indian Delays
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 31, 2009 : The latest developments from the APAC region, including wireless acquisitions and activity in the broadband TV markets
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
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
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
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
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
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
Starz Names CEO
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO, will join Starz as its President and CEO
India's Digicable Hires IBM
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Cable and broadband distribution player has signed a US$83 million, 10-year strategic outsourcing agreement with IBM
MPEG Group Focuses on 3DTV
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 21, 2009 : MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) announces the formation of the 3DTV Working Group
Welho Preps 2010 3DTV Launch
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 18, 2009 : Finnish cable operator Welho has started 3DTV test distribution in its network
Videotron Turns to Tru2way
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 17, 2009 : Videotron to accelerate home entertainment delivery with Samsung Tru2Way-enabled set-top boxes
Comcast Web TV Beta Goes Wide
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 16, 2009 : Comcast announced that it has made its On Demand Online experience available nationally in beta at no additional cost to customers
Volicon Upgrades Video 'Observer'
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 16, 2009 : Volicon announced a significant new release of its Observer RPM, the company's post set-top-box video service assurance solution
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
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
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
The IPTV Difference
LRTV Custom TV - Ericsson's Ian Tapp at TelcoTV -
December 14, 2009 : Ian Tapp, SVP of Business Development for Ericsson, talks about how telcos can differentiate themselves by using IPTV to provide a rich user experience and how this differentiation is becoming ever more important as consumers' expectations of content and content choice continue to rise
Porting Tru2way
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 09, 2009 : 12:45 PM ADB touts tru2way box's porting from a Cisco/TWC network to a Moto/Comcast environment – you know, what it's supposed to do
Roll Video: The Boxee Box Event
Contentinople -
December 09, 2009 : 9:00 AM More time with Boxee's CEO, the crash of the Boxee Box beta demo, and Boxee's solution to video piracy
Facing Dumb Pipe Fears
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
December 08, 2009 : 5:45 PM Qwest is taking the road less traveled when it comes to video services
Paying VoD's Freight
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 08, 2009 : 8:20 AM Sunflower Broadband's ad-insertion trial in Kansas could show the way for larger MSOs
What Digeo Was Making
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 07, 2009 : 11:10 AM Not a heckuva lot, reveals Arris SEC filing
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