Comcast Media Center Making MPEG-4 Play
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2008 : CMC says it will distribute VOD fare in the more efficient format after it finalizes a new deal with SES Americom
Telcos: Climb Aboard the Tru2way Train
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 20, 2008 : At NXTcomm, CableLabs president and CEO encourages telcos to cooperate with cable and adopt the 'open' tru2way platform
CommunicAsia: APAC's TV Times
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
June 19, 2008 : IPTV is already well established in Asia/Pacific, but this week's CommunicAsia event has shown there's room for plenty more growth
Microsoft Pushes Advanced Ad Needle
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 18, 2008 : Microsoft snaps up Navic Networks as it looks to paddle alongside that big, cross-MSO advanced advertising initiative
AT&T CEO's Keynote Looks Back
NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 17, 2008 : AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson kicks off NXTcomm talking about railroads and Walkmen
Tellabs Lays Out WDM-PON Plan
NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 17, 2008 : Tellabs is ready to test the WDM-PON waters as part of the three-year Sardana trial in Europe
Verizon Extends FiOS to SMBs
NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 16, 2008 : Office buildings will get to subscribe to FiOS, too, as part of a footprint expansion Verizon announced today
NXTcomm Preview: GPON & WDM-PON
NXTcomm News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
June 13, 2008 : GPON will be on full display again at NXTcomm 2008. But this year WDM-PON is starting to be part of the conversation as well
BBT: Tru2way? No Problem
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 13, 2008 : That other MSO-led downloadable conditional access system venture says its platform will have no trouble supporting tru2way
Who Makes What: Switched Digital Video
LR Cable Reports- Jeff Baumgartner -
June 02, 2008 : Help categorize equipment and create a comprehensive list of SDV vendors
* What is it?
* Where's your product?
* Where's your company?
Rentrak Hires Two
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
July 01, 2008 : Rentrak hires Kristie Fortner as vice president of syndication and Gordon Jones as director of business development
Concurrent Closer to Delisting
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
July 01, 2008 : Receives letter from Nasdaq that, because it has not regained compliance with the $1.00 bid price requirement, its shares are subject to delisting
DirecTV Spreads 'On Demand'
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 30, 2008 : DIRECTV's on-demand service offers thousands of free titles, Internet program guide, rich graphics, and high definition
TWC Powers Up 'Powerboost'
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 27, 2008 : Road Runner (Standard, Turbo, and Extreme) customers can experience burst of faster downloading speeds for free
Optibase Requests Delisting
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 25, 2008 : Optibase requests the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to delist its shares
Concurrent Scales Back Office
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 25, 2008 : Concurrent upgrades its MediaHawk Back Office Software Suite (MHBOSS) to support up to 32 streaming servers
Arris, BlackArrow Do VOD Ads
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 25, 2008 : Arris and BlackArrow complete interoperability testing between their respective VOD delivery and addressable advertising systems
BitBand, NxTV Partner
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 24, 2008 : NxTV delivers an end-to-end converged entertainment and connectivity platform with Aruba, BitBand, and Verimatrix Hotels
Arris Deploys Passives
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
June 24, 2008 : Arris debuts optical passives for its 1 GHz CHP CORWave multi-wavelength optic solutions
Tru2way Glass: Half Full or Half Empty?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 01, 2008 : Or maybe it's a bit of both, according to a new forecast that appears to hit and miss on a few important things...
More U-verse Tricks
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
June 27, 2008 : More notes from a recent AT&T Labs visit
FiOS vs U-verse
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
June 26, 2008 : Verizon is taking on AT&T in North Texas
CableCARD Update IV
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2008 : The market for modules in one-way devices remains stagnant while the footprint of 'operator-supplied' CableCARDs continues to grow
Team Players
LRTV Documentaries - Team Players -
June 23, 2008 : Executives from Ericsson AB discuss the company’s acquisitions and how they fit into a larger goal of helping operators build great video services.
IPTV’s Economics
LRTV Documentaries - IPTV’s Economics -
June 20, 2008 : Executives from Ericsson, Telus, and others weigh in on the economics of IPTV. Are transport savings enough to justify an all IP experience? And once we have an all IP network, then what?
TV in the USA
LRTV Documentaries - TV in the USA -
June 20, 2008 : Heavy Reading analyst Sterling Perrin discusses the US market for telco TV and talks about the advantages cable has over telcos, and vice versa, as all are trying to penetrate and dominate the market for consumer video services
Ann Emilson, Country Manager - Singapore, Ericsson
LRTV Custom TV - Ann Emilson- Country Manager - Singapore- Ericsson -
June 20, 2008 : With its plans underway to hook up every home with fiber, Singapore is a very exciting place to be at the moment if you're in the telco space. But as Ericsson's country manager Ann Emilson tells LRTV, these developments will have a far-reaching impact across the whole region, especially when it comes to IPTV
Bengt Hellstrom, Director Business Development APAC, Net Insight
LRTV Interviews - Bengt Hellstrom- Director Business Development APAC- Net Insight -
June 19, 2008 : Net Insight's video transport solutions are well known in the broadcast world. But as Bergt Hellstrom tells LRTV, increasingly it is telco service providers who are now talking to him as IPTV ramps up in Asia
Roger Chen, Head of Multimedia, Far EasTone
LRTV Interviews - Roger Chen- Head of Multimedia- Far EasTone -
June 19, 2008 : Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. is keen to engage and learn from other carriers as it embarks on its video services strategy. The carrier's VP of business development and multimedia services, Roger Chen, says Far EasTone is about to embark on an initial test of IPTV services, with some receiving the trial service across a DSL line and others over a WiMax connection
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