Fog Lifting on RFOG
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 31, 2008 : SCTE launches standards effort for 'RF over Glass,' a new architecture that will enable cable MSOs to deploy FTTP in greenfields
Level 3 Stays the Course
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
March 28, 2008 : The earnings still don't look pretty, but Level 3 says it is sticking to its original integration plan
AT&T Tunes Into Mobile TV
CTIA News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 28, 2008 : As AT&T preps the May launch of its mobile TV service, Verizon Wireless reminds the world it has a year's head start over its rival
FCC Chair to Comcast: Set a Date
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 27, 2008 : Agency Chairman Kevin Martin wants Comcast to commit to when it will end present P2P application management practices
Why Not WiMax?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 27, 2008 : WiMax and cable's Docsis platform speak the same technical language in many respects
Greek Altnet Bags Further Funds
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
March 27, 2008 : Greek competitive operator ON Telecoms has raised €65 million in funding as it builds out its triple-play business
Comcast Caves In to P2P Pressure
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 27, 2008 : MSO agrees to move to a 'protocol agnostic' capacity management system and increase its upstream capacity in some markets
Verizon Asks FCC for FiOS Help
News Analysis - Raymond McConville -
March 26, 2008 : The carrier accuses MSOs of unfairly delaying customers who want to switch video providers
Panasonic Picks Sigma
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Sigma's media processor is selected to power the Comcast/Panasonic AnyPlay portable DVR
AT&T Invests $1B in Cali
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : AT&T delivers on commitment to invest in its California digital infrastructure
CAA Teams on 'MFN' Service
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Cable Audit Associates teams with law firm Moye White to provide networks with solution for contractual 'Most Favored Nation'
T-VIPS Wins UK Deal
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : T-VIPS appointed as preferred supplier to National Grid Wireless for service information manager
Limelight, Widevine Team
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Limelight Networks and Widevine provide content delivery and multiplatform DRM for Adobe Flash, other media formats
Velocix Wins Deals
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Star Search and Deal or No Deal gameshows use Velocix to broadcast live over the Internet
Veveo Launches Feed App
News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : vtap learns user interests and pushes relevant feed of fresh Web video to PCs, mobile devices, and social network profiles
Rogers Joins Rentrak
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Rogers Cable in Canada joins Rentrak to supply content providers in North America performance data for its video-on-demand service
Starz Kicks Off Brand Campaign
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
March 31, 2008 : Starz unveils brand campaign featuring new logo and tag line 'Are You Ready?'
Turmoil at Thomson
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
March 31, 2008 : Sacré bleu! French vendor loses its chairman and CEO
RCN Calls Out Verizon
Raynman - Raymond McConville -
March 28, 2008 : Says it's playing smokescreen games
DBS Catches a Break
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 28, 2008 : But will the FCC show the same leniency toward small cable ops in front of the February 2009 digital transition?
Idiots for Life
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
March 27, 2008 : Charter makes itself and its customers look foolish
Tit for Tat
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 26, 2008 : The rhetoric is flying fast and furious in the cable vs. Verizon volleys...
FT's Content Play
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
March 26, 2008 : France Telecom firms up its content strategy
CableCARD Update III
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 25, 2008 : 4.5 million and counting...
High on High-Def
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 25, 2008 : Forecast says cable and satellite hi-def subscriptions will jump to 71 million by 2012, but HD network revenues will be playing catchup
Billions & Billions
BroadBananas - Michael Harris -
March 25, 2008 : Comcast's latest VOD milestone would make Carl Sagan proud...
Déjà Vu
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
March 24, 2008 : Two more small cable ops obtain set-top waivers from the FCC, so long as they ― wait for it ― agree to go all-digital before Feb. 17, 2009
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