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
Rovi Exits Comcast Guide JV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 01, 2010 : Comcast gains absolute control of GuideWorks while obtaining 'expanded license' for Rovi's mobile and online navigation technology
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
Rumor: Cisco Wanted VUDU
Rumors - Craig Matsumoto -
February 23, 2010 : The video site apparently had something worth attracting multiple bidders
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
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
Sezmi Goes Retail With Best Buy
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
February 18, 2010 : Personalized TV service provider will distribute its system through Best Buy, beginning in LA and then going national
Synacor Sizes Up ‘TV Everywhere’
LR Cable News Analysis -
February 18, 2010 : Synacor's crafted an authentication system that could apply to MSO video portals as well as sites operated by programmers
thePlatform Gets Its Twitter On
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 03, 2010 : thePlatform unveils new social media player for professional video sites and content owners
Cablevision Connects PCs With TVs
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 24, 2010 : Cablevision announced the development of a new, first-of-its-kind service called PC to TV Media Relay
Comcast Taps Auditude
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 22, 2010 : Auditude announced that it has partnered with Comcast Interactive Media to manage and serve CIM’s video advertising across its Websites
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
Entone Works With VUDU
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 17, 2010 : Entone taking orders for Q2 2010 delivery of its VUDU-enabled Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver
Synacor Helps Cable Web Up Olympics
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 11, 2010 : Synacor’s entitlement platform to enable over 9M subscribers of select MVPDs to view a wealth of Internet video content at NBCOlympics.com
Espial Launches TV Browser
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 09, 2010 : Espial announces high-performance browser for connected TVs
Charter to Offer Epix
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
February 04, 2010 : Charter and EPIX reach agreement for television, on demand, and online content to launch in May 2010
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
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
Wal-Mart Shells Out for VUDU
Contentinople -
February 23, 2010 : 10:40 AM Many were expecting the retail giant to buy the online video startup, but not for this much
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
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