ZyXEL Boosts IPTV Home Gateways
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2009 : For shuttling IPTV around the home, 802.11g isn't a good enough match for bonded ADSL2+ deployments, the vendor claims
Cisco, Moto Called Out by Ohio MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 28, 2009 : Massillon Cable urges the FCC to force the vendor giants to support 'SimulCrypt' and open up the market for security and set-tops UPDATED 8/31 1:30 PM
Court Scraps Cable Ownership Cap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 28, 2009 : But that doesn't mean we'll see a bunch of M&A activity for Comcast and other big MSOs
CableLabs Blesses Evolution's CableCARD
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 28, 2009 : Evolution's new security module offers entry to the tru2way market and ramps up competition with Motorola and Cisco among cable Tier 2s
Euro Firms Team for Hybrid TV
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
August 27, 2009 : Euro firms team up to define standard for the delivery of hybrid, broadcast/broadband TV services. But what about Project Canvas?
TiVo: AT&T and Verizon Won't Strike a Deal
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 27, 2009 : TiVo suit claims AT&T and Verizon are infringing on three DVR-related patents, seeks financial damages and injunctions
ChinaWatch: iPhone Imminent?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
August 27, 2009 : Tension builds around a potential iPhone announcement, and China Telecom unveils its financial results for the first half of the year
Concurrent Blames VoD Spending Cuts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2009 : Shares slide almost 18% after vendor says some of its biggest MSO customers cut VoD gear and software spending in fiscal Q4
Are the DTA Floodgates Opening Up?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2009 : At least two top 10 US MSOs are expediting DTA deployment plans after the FCC blessed devices from Cisco, Moto, Pace, and Thomson
Entone Connects With Conklin
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2009 : Entone’s Hydra IP Video Gateway and Amulet IPTV Receiver to interoperate with Conklin-Intracom’s fs|cdn integrated IPTV solution
U-verse Hits Gulf Coast
News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2009 : Mobile, Alabama, is first market along the central gulf coast to receive AT&T service
FCC Mulls Cable Cap Ruling
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2009 : 'The FCC staff is currently reviewing the Court’s decision with respect to the limit previously adopted'
ActiveVideo Moves Execs
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2009 : Enhances its product engineering and development team to drive accelerated deployment of ActiveVideo products and solutions
Free Press Raps Cap Scrap
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 29, 2009 : 'It is regrettable that the court tossed out an important public interest protection against excessive media consolidation'
Tollgrade Intros Triple Play OSS
News Wire Feed -
August 28, 2009 : Tollgrade introduces Stratum service assurance platform for testing triple-play services for telecom operators
Orange to Buy Unanimis
News Wire Feed -
August 28, 2009 : Orange to acquire Unanimis, the UK's largest exclusive digital advertising network
A Flip o' the Cable Cap
The Cable Pipeline -
August 31, 2009 : 1:35 PM District court agrees that the competitive video landscape has changed significantly over the last 17 years
Comcast Tests Remote DVR
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 27, 2009 : 10:50 AM MSO confirms tests are underway but is mum on when it will launch on a broad scale
Another Round to Charlie Ergen & Co?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2009 : 4:40 PM Dish & EchoStar say patent office has dismissed a TiVo petition to vacate a patent re-examination
Brits Mull Broadband Bris
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
August 26, 2009 : 10:55 AM Government suggests snipping off file-sharers... oh boy
TV Everywhere: Frightening & Enlightening
The Cable Pipeline -
August 26, 2009 : 9:35 AM Although Web TV could wreck traditional MSO biz models, the cable industry is in the driver's seat if 'TV Everywhere' is a success
Waiver Winners & Losers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 25, 2009 : 11:05 AM The CEA came out on the short end of yet another FCC set-top waiver decision UPDATE 11:55 AM
Big in the Baltics
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
August 24, 2009 : 1:55 PM TeliaSonera wants total control in Estonia, Lithuania
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 21, 2009 : 5:40 PM Jeff Bridges-y MSO does D3, analyst cuts SDV forecast, Comcast's cash, and why broadband is cable's new 'core' product...
Set-Top Spat
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 20, 2009 : 3:45 PM West Virginia Attorney General claims state has jurisdiction over allegations involving Comcast's set-top box policies
|