Limelight Loses Patent Suit
News Analysis -
February 29, 2008 : Stock plunges 30 percent after a jury rules Limelight infringed on a key patent held by rival Akamai
Cablevision Faces FiOS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 28, 2008 : Stock rises as MSO manages to grow across the board despite mounting competition from Verizon’s completely fiber-fed platform
Liberty Seals DirecTV Swap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 28, 2008 : Liberty Media polishes off a $12.5B stock deal that transfers over News Corp.'s stake in the US's largest satellite TV operator
AT&T Quickens U-verse Pace
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
February 27, 2008 : AT&T's John Stankey talks up U-verse's growth and downplays thoughts of a wireless price war against Verizon
Verizon Defends Pricing Practices
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
February 26, 2008 : Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg defended his company's aggressive new wireless pricing plans
Mediacom Adds $30M to '08 Capex
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 26, 2008 : MSO increases '08 capex for system upgrades, all-digital migrations, SDV, and other moves to free up bandwidth for more hi-def
CMC, Moto Offer Digital Path for MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 19, 2008 : A new platform aims to reclaim analog for more advanced digital services such as HD and VOD
Cablevision Mexico Gets Flash With VOD
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
February 18, 2008 : Cablevision Mexico takes a flash approach to its video-on-demand service delivery using SeaChange's latest server technology
Arris Slammed on Q4
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 14, 2008 : Shares dive more than 20% in after-hours trading after vendor reduces Q1 forecasts
Akimbo Expands VOD Strategy
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 28, 2008 : Akimbo develops a complete Internet VOD solution for content providers' own websites
Charter Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 27, 2008 : Year-over-year double-digit pro forma revenue and pro forma adjusted Ebitda grow for the fifth consecutive quarter
Liberty Global Reports Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 26, 2008 : Achieved 2007 rebased OCF growth of 15%; repurchased $1.9B of equity in 2007
BlackArrow Names Chairman
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 25, 2008 : BlackArrow names Larry Kramer chairman of the board; expands executive team with CFO Tracy Martin
Study Touts Interactive Ads
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 25, 2008 : Interactive advertising revenues to reach $147B globally by 2012, according to the Kelsey Group's annual forecast
RCN Adds Pa. Franchise
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 19, 2008 : Local franchise marks company's fifth Pennsylvania market added since last July
NDS Wins in India
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 19, 2008 : Hathway selects NDS XTV digital video recorder (DVR) technology to launch India's first cable DVR service
Comcast Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 14, 2008 : Comcast reports 2007 results and provides outlook for 2008
The Future of Optical Communications
LRTV Custom TV - The Future of Optical Communications -
February 28, 2008 : The optical communications industry is back on the rise, but this time its the consumer who is driving the networks needs for agility and innovation. Applications such as YouTube and Facebook are creating ever more unpredictable stresses on the network, but how are the equipment providers responding? Is photonic integration the answer on the road to 40 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s networks? LRTV looks at what lies in the future for the optical industry with JDSUs David Gudmundson, NSNs Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, and Heavy Readings own Sterling Perrin.
Cox Gets ABC VOD
BroadBananas - Michael Harris -
February 27, 2008 : But, with a nod to the popular 'Start Over' business model, the prime time content deal includes a no ad-skipping provision
Verizon's Got Game
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
February 25, 2008 : The merits of a more casual approach
The Friday Five
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 15, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
‘Not Jazzed’ on BigBand
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 08, 2008 : Analyst tells investors to sit on the sidelines as dueling metrics make it tough to gauge which vendors are winning the SDV market war
LRTV's Outtake Reel
LRTV Documentaries - LRTV Outtakes -
February 06, 2008 : Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
LRTV's Outtake Reel
LRTV CTIA Wireless - LRTV Outtakes -
February 06, 2008 : Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
On Second Thought…
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 04, 2008 : The FCC does have something to say about this whole cable programmer lawsuit thingie
DVD Direct
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 04, 2008 : Cablevision continues to think outside the (cable) box
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