Cox Gives Guide Guidance
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 25, 2009 : MSO expects to deploy a fancy, search-integrated, tru2way-fueled video navigation system by Q4
Cablevision Tunes Up With ActiveVideo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : Sources say MSO is gearing up for a system-wide deployment of a platform that allows it to bridge interactive Web-like apps to the TV
Cable Crafts 'Turbo' Option
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : CableLabs is mulling a patent claim on an 'invention' that lets customers temporarily turbo-charge speeds for big movie downloads
Verizon Assails Cable With Amped Upstream
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 22, 2009 : FiOS's new updates emphasize faster upstreams, while new giveaways aim to steal cable subscribers' hearts (and dollars)
AT&T Jabs at Cable With More Perks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 16, 2009 : Latest round of U-verse upgrades boost 'Max' DSL speeds, while new video features shine light on telco's whole-home DVR advantage
Cisco Sends Video RSVP
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 12, 2009 : A multicast capability championed by Juniper and AlcaLu will finally find its way into Cisco routers UPDATED 6/17 1:45 PM
Cisco Gears Up for RS-DVRs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 04, 2009 : Cisco says a new video server platform, launching later this year, will be capable of ingesting more than 2,000 channels simultaneously
Verizon Broadcasts Its TV Visions
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
June 04, 2009 : Some keynote daydreaming shows the kind of TV industry Verizon wants FiOS to help create
Cablevision Girds for Remote DVRs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 02, 2009 : Scaling problems could choke Cablevision's RS-DVR at its summer launch, but SeaChange is reportedly 'betting the farm' on being able to fix it
Testing Cisco's Media-Centric Data Center
Reports -
June 11, 2009 : Is Cisco’s solution ready for the future service provider data center?
We tested:
Data center convergence
In-service software upgrades
Control plane failover
And more...
CableLabs Issues More Ad Specs
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July 01, 2009 : CableLabs announced the issuance of a new set of specifications called the Stewardship and Fulfillment Interfaces
Atlantic Broadband Deploys Clearleap
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June 29, 2009 : 15th largest cable provider in the US deploys clear|flow, a next-gen content acquisition, delivery, management, and distribution system
Moto, CMC Connect on HD
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June 24, 2009 : Enhanced HITS Quick Take Plus service from HITS and Motorola provides comprehensive package for launching HDTV and other services
AT&T, AlcaLu Redo U-Verse Deal
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June 23, 2009 : AT&T extends network integration contract with Alcatel-Lucent for AT&T U-verse services
Comcast Juices Up Summer VoD
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June 23, 2009 : Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, Dexter, True Blood, and more hits available anytime
Verizon Extends FiOS Net
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June 22, 2009 : Verizon launches FiOS1 channels on Long Island and in Northern New Jersey
Clearleap Jumps on First Win
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 29, 2009 : 8:30 AM Startup that lets MSOs bridge Web TV fare to non-IP digital set-tops notches its first cable win
Here Comes 'TV Everywhere'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 23, 2009 : 8:20 PM Press conference. Wednesday morning. Brass on hand. Be there
Comcast Tries On 3D VoD
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 19, 2009 : 1:45 PM MSO and Lionsgate enter the third dimension to juice up slasher flick My Bloody Valentine UPDATED
Tzu-Han Huang, Chunghwa Telecom
LRTV Interviews - Chunghwa Telecom at CommunicAsia 2009 -
June 18, 2009 : Tzu-Han Huang, President of Chunghwa Telecom, talks to Ray Le Maistre about IPTV, VoD, and online banking
Yahoo Mobile
LRTV Documentaries - Yahoo Mobile -
June 17, 2009 : Mattheus Kuntzer, Managing Director of Yahoo Mobile APAC, talks to Georgina Burnett about his company's partnership with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom and the Yahoo Mobile strategy for the Asia/Pacific region
EANTC's Carsten Rossenhövel, Part II
LRTV Interviews - EANTC's Carsten Rossenhövel: Testing Cisco- Part II -
June 11, 2009 : EANTC's Carsten Rossenhövel discusses Light Reading's latest test of Cisco's IP video network infrastructure. Topics covered include the test complexity, takeaways for service providers, and why so many different elements are required to provide IP video applications
Blurred Vision at BT
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
June 11, 2009 : 10:50 AM CEO of BT's video-over-broadband service quits
Turning the Tables
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 10, 2009 : 12:15 PM Discovery urges OpenTV board to buy out Kudelski's stake in the set-top software specialist
Bottleneck Buster
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 09, 2009 : 11:20 AM thePlatform attempts to address a non-sexy, albeit important, issue faced by VoD and Web TV alike: automated ingest
SeaChange Swipes at VoD Foes
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
June 05, 2009 : 1:30 PM SeaChange chief calls out Flash flaws and notes he isn't seeing 'much competition' from Moto these days
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