Alcatel-Lucent Stays Tight-Lipped
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 01, 2006 : It's day one at the new vendor giant, and it has a shiny new logo. But there's little visibility into what comes next
Sources: Myrio Upgrade Running Late
News Analysis -
December 01, 2006 : Siemens division is months late with a new release focused on HDTV and PVR capabilities, say sources. Myrio says it's on schedule
Euro Cable Operators Splash Some Cash
LR Cable News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 30, 2006 : Euro cable operator Telenet agrees to buy UPC's Belgian business for €187 million, while Numericable invests in new access gear
Poll: Lucent Faces Bigger Cull
News Analysis -
November 30, 2006 : Alcatel-Lucent will cut more jobs than the 10% projected, with Lucent taking the biggest hit, predicts a Light Reading poll
AT&T Launches HDTV
News Analysis -
November 29, 2006 : Carrier crosses major hurdle in delivering a cable-beating video service, also begins shipping new Motorola set-top boxes
Time Warner Subscribers Sue
LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick -
November 28, 2006 : The MSO is set to star in a potential class-action suit filed by former Adelphia and Comcast subscribers
BT Turns On 21CN, IPTV
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 28, 2006 : BT has hooked up the first real customers to its spanking new next-gen network, while its IPTV launch is set for next week
Ericsson to Buy Entrisphere?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
November 28, 2006 : Swedish trade paper suggests Ericsson could buy its GPON partner to secure a deal at AT&T. Ericsson says partnership is enough
Sources: Cisco Forming IPTV 'Ecosystem'
News Analysis -
November 27, 2006 : Cisco is putting together a set of vendor partners to deliver an end-to-end IPTV distribution system that may include Siemens/Myrio
Survey: Internet Video Content
Reports- by Mark Sullivan -
November 29, 2006 : A comparison of services that could complement carrier IPTV offerings
* Akimbo
* Xbox Live
* MovieBeam
* Apple iTunes
* Movielink
* iFilm
Star Uses OpenTV
News Wire Feed -
December 01, 2006 : OpenTV and Star are working to develop solutions to deploy advanced digital television products and services to cable networks in China
IntAct Licenses to WNC
News Wire Feed -
December 01, 2006 : IntAct has signed a licensing agreement with Wistron NeWeb which will allow WNC to bundle the IntAct IPTV solution across a range of STBs
BitTorrent Bags $20M
News Wire Feed -
December 01, 2006 : BitTorrent secures $20M in venture capital led by Accel Partners
AT&T U-verse Debuts
News Wire Feed -
November 30, 2006 : AT&T announced the initial launch of AT&T U-verse, which utilizes AT&T’s fiber-rich network
Juniper Powers TV Cabo
News Wire Feed -
November 30, 2006 : TV Cabo has selected M320 Multiservice Routers from Juniper Networks to build its new IP/MPLS metropolitan networks throughout Portugal
Doordarshan Trials Mobile TV
News Wire Feed -
November 30, 2006 : Nokia announces DVB-H broadcast mobile TV pilot with Indian national television broadcaster Doordarshan
TiVo Reports Q3
News Wire Feed -
November 30, 2006 : Cuts net loss from $14.2M, or $0.17 per share, in Q305 to $11.1M, or $0.12 per share
Latens Wins in Norway
News Wire Feed -
November 29, 2006 : Latens Systems has been awarded a contract to provide Latens FCAS Content & Revenue Security to Salten Bredbånd
Nobody Does It Better
Cable Guy - Alan Breznick -
November 29, 2006 : Nobody knows how to tick off consumers better than cable operators
RCN's 'Forward-Thinking DNA'
BroadBananas - Michael Harris -
November 09, 2006 : Cable overbuilder says it's finally ready to conduct a major test of VOIP
Sparring Over Start Over
Cable Guy - Alan Breznick -
November 08, 2006 : Moto boasts its On-Demand Solutions unit powers Start Over
XBox
Light Ranting -
November 07, 2006 : The Xbox gets a movie trailer
FT Goes to Le Cinéma
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
November 07, 2006 : France Telecom is getting into the movie business
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