Mediacom CEO Drops Bid to Go Private
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2010 : A frustrated Rocco Commisso withdraws after special committee rejects his offer to sweeten original bid of $6 per share
BlackBerry Avoids Ban in India
News Analysis -
August 31, 2010 : RIM avoids an immediate ban in India by enabling the Indian government to access BlackBerry data, but the matter isn't settled for good
Lead Times Double for Docsis Modem Silicon
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 30, 2010 : Chip shortages are causing cable modem makers to adjust forecasts, but persistent problems could put MSO inventory levels at risk
Has Verizon Made Its Last DSL Boost?
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
August 30, 2010 : With relatively low investment dollars, Verizon offers DSL customers download speeds of up to 15 Mbit/s, but is this the last upgrade?
Cable Adapting to Video's Streaming Future
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 30, 2010 : Cable is checking out the Web TV playbook as it ponders how to deliver video to PCs, phones, and tablets via a variety of bit rates
Cisco Buys Into TV Everywhere (Again)
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2010 : Cisco looks to kick its cross-platform video strategy into another gear with purchase of media publishing firm ExtendMedia
Comcast Targets Philly With SDV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2010 : MSO's hometown will be among the first to get the full SDV treatment, with Motorola serving as a lead vendor
New Product Recap: July 2010
Reports -
August 03, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
Concurrent Going Multi-Screen at IBC
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Concurrent connects, captures, and capitalizes on commercial multi-screen video at the 2010 IBC Show
Mediacom Staying Public
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Rocco B. Commisso withdraws his offer to take Mediacom Communications private
Widevine Scores Best Buy Deal
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Widevine to provide video optimization and DRM for Insignia-branded devices sold at Best Buy stores
Horizon Uses RGB Gateway
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : Using RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) to dramatically increase the number of HDTV channels it offers its IPTV subscribers
Softel Streamlines Captioning
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : MultiText, a new option for the Swift vTX and Swift TX subtitling encoding and transmission systems
Iliad Reports H1
News Wire Feed -
August 31, 2010 : French operator sees net profits double year-on-year to €171.4 million ($217.3 million)
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 31, 2010 : 1:30 PM Paul Allen lawyers up, Comcast sets VoD data free, Evolution goes south, and Roku braces for Apple iTV
Euronews: August 31
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 31, 2010 : 9:45 AM NSN, Telefónica, and Eircom are among the choice cuts on the butcher's slab of today's European telecom news
Could Cisco Flip for Skype?
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
August 30, 2010 : 3:25 PM How much of Cisco's cash is in Luxembourg, anyway?
Google to Launch Major Rental Service
Contentinople -
August 30, 2010 : 9:25 AM It's been quietly testing VoD for a while, but this new launch will have the full weight of Google and Hollywood behind it
Euronews: August 27
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 27, 2010 : 8:10 AM Vodafone, Sony Ericsson, and Mrs Robinson get star billing in today's European telecoms news digest
RCN Goes Private
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 26, 2010 : 5:45 PM And the man who led RCN out of bankruptcy won't be coming along for the rest of the ride
Relax, Enjoy a Cup of MoCA
Rewired - Carol Wilson -
August 26, 2010 : 5:25 PM There's little reason to get too frazzled by the home networking wars – the US is MoCA turf and will be for some time
Euronews: August 26
EuroBlog - Paul Rainford -
August 26, 2010 : 8:30 AM There's a TV tinge to today's roundup of European telecom news – so let's turn it on...
Another QAM-Tum Leap?
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
August 25, 2010 : 11:30 AM Harmonic and LiquidxStream have set the edge QAM density bar, but cable's move to IPTV will likely require vendors to raise it again
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