Small Cablecos Weigh Digital Options
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 28, 2009 : Moto and the Comcast Media Center are leading with deals, but other suppliers and integrators are also making hay with Tier 2 and 3 MSOs
EchoStar Puts Sling Out to License
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 28, 2009 : EchoStar is in discussions to licence its 'SlingLoaded' place-shifting tech to outside set-top suppliers and digital TV makers
BigBand Pushes IP Video Convergence
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 27, 2009 : Vendor claims 'Converged Video Exchange' will let cable ops deliver and manage video services to IP-based boxes and to more screen types
Cable Downplays 'Cord-Cutting' Threat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 23, 2009 : MSOs still don't think over-the-top video's about to devour their video business model, but they're clearly bracing for that threat
Vodafone Launches IPTV in Portugal
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
July 17, 2009 : Vodafone faces an uphill struggle as it joins the already-crowded triple-play market in Portugal with its own IPTV offering
Comcast's TV-Free iPhone App
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
July 16, 2009 : MSO offers iPhones a free app with no live TV and no DVR controls UPDATED 7/17 8 AM
Verizon Adds Twitter, Facebook to FiOS
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
July 15, 2009 : Verizon adds Facebook, Twitter, and other apps, plus Web TV, to its FiOS service. Analyst expects AT&T to follow soon
Cisco's Eos Press Conference
Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto -
July 10, 2009 : A few pics from a press meeting inside Cisco digital media nerve center
China Mobile to Retain Revenues Crown
News Analysis - Catherine Haslam -
July 06, 2009 : China Mobile will continue to dominate its domestic telecom market for the next five years, according to Pyramid Research report
Cablevision Reports Q2
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July 30, 2009 : Second-quarter consolidated net revenues grew 9.8%, compared to the prior year period, to $1.876 billion
Comcast Hires Gov't Help
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July 28, 2009 : Comcast announced two new senior hires in its Federal Government Affairs office in Washington
BigBand Gets Urge to Converge
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July 27, 2009 : Converged Video Exchange aims to unify video across networks, devices, and screens
Comcast First With HBO HD-VoD
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July 23, 2009 : Comcast announced it is first cable provider to offer full HBO On Demand service in HD, bringing the ultimate HBO experience to customers
June a Record-Setter for VoD
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July 23, 2009 : Rentrak reports that June was the most-viewed month for video-on-demand this year, delivering more than 589 million transactions
RCN Digitizes Lehigh Valley
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July 23, 2009 : To begin switching its Lehigh Valley, Pa., network to all-digital cable TV programming, starting in September
Most Subs OK With Disabled Fast-Forward
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July 22, 2009 : Cox and Turner Broadcasting System announced measurement of advertising exposure in VoD content within Cox's MyPrimetime On DEMAND service
TellyTopia Dials In Web TV
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July 20, 2009 : Viewers now have access to over 50,000 Internet videos produced in high resolution on the i2TV channel powered by TellyTopia’s technology
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