2009 Top Ten: Most Popular Cable Stories
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : M&A speculation, Comcast's bandwidth buster, and anything about Huawei got your index fingers a-clickin' in 2009
The Set-Top Files (Part II)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 28, 2009 : Verizon, Cablevision, Cisco, and Moto all pitch ideas on how the FCC can help spark innovation in the video device market
TiVo Gives Cable Both Barrels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 24, 2009 : TiVo may be biting the hand that's feeding it by whining to the FCC that cable discriminates against retail boxes and hinders product innovation
Can One Middleware Rule European Cable?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2009 : Cable Europe Labs aims to unify a fragmented digital video market with a pan-European middleware spec, but it needs MSOs to buy in
The Set-Top Files (Part I)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : Cable and CE giants and their lobbying arms are telling the FCC how it can help spur video device innovation. Here's a sampling of what's been said so far...
Comcast Settles P2P Class Action Spat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 22, 2009 : MSO will pay up to $16M to settle the score for its previous use of a network management system that throttled some P2P applications
Who's Saying Hello to Moto?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Report says Arris and a handful of private equity firms are eyeing Moto's set-top unit, though Arris will likely need financial help to land it
Consumer Groups to FCC: Redo the Set-Top Rules
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Group calls on the FCC to open a new rulemaking process for a standard 'gateway' that can accommodate video from all sources, including the Web
Verizon: Huawei No Shoo-In for XG PON
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
December 18, 2009 : Verizon used Huawei's XG PON gear in its first field trial, but that has no bearing on its final vendor selection and deployment process
Recovery Act: Cable Shortchanged
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : Lots more broadband stimulus funds are to be handed out, but only one American Cable Association member, a telco, has scored so far
KPN Updates on FTTH
News Wire Feed -
December 23, 2009 : KPN will proceed with fiber on a regional basis, following commercial fiber pilots in 10 cities
Australia Publishes FTTH Bill
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December 23, 2009 : Draft of legislation to support the rollout of fiber optic networks in new developments around Australia
Comcast Brings D3 to Chico
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December 22, 2009 : Unveils its 50-Mbit/s Extreme High-Speed Internet service for consumers in several areas of California
Telstra Trials FTTP
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December 22, 2009 : Announces a trial in Point Cook, Victoria, to upgrade part of its access network with fiber-to-the-premises technology
Qwest Gets Some Credit
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December 21, 2009 : New $1.035 billion revolving credit facility expires on Sept. 30, 2013
Golden Nugget Bets on Cox
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December 21, 2009 : Cox Business to deploy in-room, free-to-guest cable television in standard and high definition and VoD services to the Golden Nugget
T Italia Builds Quake-Proof FTTx
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December 21, 2009 : Next-generation ultra broadband infrastructure available in 4,600 apartments, offering links at speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s
Cox Adds Three Officers
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December 18, 2009 : Cox appoints new product, operations, and technology executives
Speaking the Language of Net Neutrality
The Cable Pipeline -
December 23, 2009 : 10:25 AM The FCC's draft rules seem to suggest that ISPs won't be allowed to prioritize access to content and applications
Carriers Form FTTH JV
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2009 : 10:00 AM Portuguese carriers team for fiber rollout
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 14, 2009 : 5:40 PM Comcast's 'Xfinity' brand makes a brief appearance, WOW back in hot water, Charter's big on backhaul, and more
Porting Tru2way
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 09, 2009 : 12:45 PM ADB touts tru2way box's porting from a Cisco/TWC network to a Moto/Comcast environment – you know, what it's supposed to do
Facing Dumb Pipe Fears
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
December 08, 2009 : 5:45 PM Qwest is taking the road less traveled when it comes to video services
Back to the [Broadband] Future
The Cable Pipeline -
December 01, 2009 : 11:10 AM Lessons from the regulatory past could help the FCC establish the broadband future
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