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
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
PPC Plucks Evolution Broadband
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 18, 2010 : But Evolution Digital will remain independent and continue to develop and sell DTAs, TiVo boxes, and headend systems to Tier 2 and 3 cable MSOs
TiVo: Cable Should Love It Some IP
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 18, 2010 : TiVo, still no fan of tru2way, says an upstream IP path to cable headends and metadata can remedy the ills of the retail set-top market
Verizon Gets First Taste of 'HBO GO' Portal
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
February 17, 2010 : Comcast customers visiting HBO GO site are directed to access content through the MSO's Fancast Xfinity TV site
Mediacom Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 26, 2010 : Revenues were $372.0M, a 5.0% pro forma increase
Moto Closes BitBand Buy
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February 19, 2010 : Strategic acquisition enhances Motorola's On Demand Portfolio
DirecTV Posts Q4
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 18, 2010 : DirecTV Q4 results complete another record-setting year for the company
Verizon Trots Out 'HBO GO'
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 17, 2010 : Verizon and HBO announced that Verizon's FiOS TV customers will be the first to gain access to HBOGO.com
Edgeware Wins at Telekom Austria
News Wire Feed -
February 17, 2010 : Carrier is deploying Edgeware´s video delivery appliances to power its fast-growing aonTV service
EPIX Goes Mobile With Adobe
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 16, 2010 : EPIX delivers programming to mobile devices, expands multi-screen options for subscribers
Moto Set to Split Into Two
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 11, 2010 : Motorola expects to separate into two, independent, publicly traded companies in the first quarter of 2011
Rovi, FourthWall Connect on EBIF
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 08, 2010 : FourthWall Media and Rovi signed agreement to offer Enhanced Television solution to many of Rovi's Interactive Program Guide customers
SolutionInc Goes Down Under
News Wire Feed -
February 04, 2010 : SolutionInc announced a license agreement with Movielink, largest provider of VoD services to Australia's hospitality industry
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
Netflix on the iPhone?
Contentinople -
March 02, 2010 : 11:50 AM Netflix is looking into whether its users would be interested in an iPhone app for its service
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
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
The Future of Web Video
The Cable Pipeline -
February 23, 2010 : 9:55 AM Ready or not, business models will inevitably shift toward subscription models
'HBO Go' to Launch
Contentinople -
February 17, 2010 : 9:05 AM HBO's TV Everywhere effort will be opening up to more users today UPDATED 3:05 PM
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