Asia Watch: M&A, IPTV & Indian Delays
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
December 31, 2009 : The latest developments from the APAC region, including wireless acquisitions and activity in the broadband TV markets
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...
Apple Video Play May Hurt Boxee, Roku
LR Cable News Analysis -
December 22, 2009 : It's stylish to label Apple's purported subscription TV service as a 'cable-killer,' but it's the Web TV players that could face the most risk
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
Verivue Tech Gets a Toehold at Shaw
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 21, 2009 : Industry sources say the Canadian MSO is among the first to use Verivue's Flash-centric servers, paving the way for a future Web TV play
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
City Telecom Seeks TV License
News Wire Feed -
December 31, 2009 : City Telecom has submitted an application for a Domestic Free Television Programme Service in Hong Kong
InfoValue Touts WiMax IPTV Deal
News Wire Feed -
December 30, 2009 : InfoValue Computing announced its IPTV deployment at a brand
new WiMAX infrastructure in Asia Pacific
Net Insight Wins in Africa
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 29, 2009 : Net Insight to supply backbone network for cable TV distribution in an African country
Starz Names CEO
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO, will join Starz as its President and CEO
Creditors Approve Thomson Plan
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : All creditors’ committees (Suppliers, Lenders, and Noteholders) have now approved the Restructuring Plan
AlcaLu Delivers GPON to Vietnam
News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Has been selected by CMC Telecom Infrastructure Corp. to deliver the first GPON solution in Vietnam
BBC Trust OKs Project Canvas
News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Joint venture to develop a standard that would allow viewers to watch on-demand services and other Internet content on TV
India's Digicable Hires IBM
LR Cable News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Cable and broadband distribution player has signed a US$83 million, 10-year strategic outsourcing agreement with IBM
Hibernia Buys MediaXstream
News Wire Feed -
December 22, 2009 : Transatlantic high-bandwidth connectivity provider acquires leading provider of high-quality transport and managed network services
CableCARD Update
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 23, 2009 : 3:15 PM Leased CableCARDs are drubbing the retail modules by a score of 17.75 million to 456,000
Carriers Form FTTH JV
EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre -
December 22, 2009 : 10:00 AM Portuguese carriers team for fiber rollout
TiVo Culls It Some Cable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 18, 2009 : 11:55 AM TiVo's partnership with Evolution Broadband bore some Tier 2 fruit this week
YouTube & Twitter in 2009
Contentinople -
December 16, 2009 : 11:35 AM The sites announce what we've been watching and Tweeting most this year
Comcast's 'Xfinity' Goes Live
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
December 15, 2009 : 9:35 AM MSO's Web TV service, and its initial stab at the 'TV Everywhere' concept, appears to be available on a national level this morning UPDATED 11:25 AM
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
The IPTV Difference
LRTV Custom TV - Ericsson's Ian Tapp at TelcoTV -
December 14, 2009 : Ian Tapp, SVP of Business Development for Ericsson, talks about how telcos can differentiate themselves by using IPTV to provide a rich user experience and how this differentiation is becoming ever more important as consumers' expectations of content and content choice continue to rise
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
Roll Video: The Boxee Box Event
Contentinople -
December 09, 2009 : 9:00 AM More time with Boxee's CEO, the crash of the Boxee Box beta demo, and Boxee's solution to video piracy
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
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