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News & Views Most Popular Sling Shoots for Chromecast Support By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/28/2014 In a move that should spur more multiscreen viewing without set-top boxes, Sling Media's new retail Slingbox M1 will shortly introduce Chromecast support for users ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Michelle Wow, this is a surprising win for the Chromecast. I didn't expect this sort... Cable Broadband Surpassing Video: Moody's By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/28/2014 In a potentially game-changing shift for the cable industry, US MSOs will soon have more broadband subscribers than video subscribers for the first time in the ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Quality of customer care would definitely be an issue if there were a discernible... Muni Utilities Take Gigabit Fight to FCC By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/28/2014 The municipalities and municipally-owned utilities that have been successfully providing broadband services are gearing up for a long battle, determined to address ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers @smkinoshita, I agree, and I think the laws are confusing to us all. I wonder... TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/25/2014 TiVo General Counsel Matt Zinn has lashed out at Light Reading's coverage of the US House of Representatives' passage of a bill that would repeal the FCC's ... Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Unless TiVo has another massive round of patent litigation up its sleeve, the... Eurobites: BSkyB Agrees $9.1B M&A Deal By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 7/25/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Europe still weighs on Vodafone revenues; EE on course for 6 million 4G customers by year's end. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown EE on the other hand added 1.3 million new 4G customers. "The best quarterly... U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/24/2014 Leaving Verizon FiOS in its dust, AT&T U-verse continued to maintain a breakneck growth pace in the second quarter, albeit at a somewhat slower rate than in ... Post a Comment \| Read (13 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk What's changed with video services is the cost of content to the network operators.... Eurobites: DT's Hungary Operation Cuts Jobs By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/24/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica doubles down on security; Nokia holds steady in Q2; "right to be forgotten" row continues. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Kruz Wasn't this change only supposed to affect Google and not the other seach e... Numbers Are In: LR's 2014 Salary Survey By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 7/24/2014 Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: pcharles09 @SReedy, Much cheaper and quicker turnaround time since a lot of organizations... Are You Earning as Much as Your Peers? By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 7/24/2014 Do you ever wonder what sort of pay check the guy in the next cube is taking home each month? Or how many figures separate you from your boss? Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: SReedy It's linked to in the second to last paragraph, as well as in our feature stories... Rabbit TV: We'll Pay Retrans Fees By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/24/2014 Rabbit TV, the online video aggregation service, wants to pay broadcasters to distribute their programming over the web. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: smkinoshita I have to wonder what Rabbit's strategy is with this approach. The risks... To TDS, TV Is a Gigabit Must-Have By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/23/2014 Unlike some entities providing gigabit services, TDS Telecom believes the TV component of its 1-Gig offering is an important distinction. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers TDS Telecom's Matt Apps let me know that new customers can come in quite a... House Votes to Kill CableCARD Mandate By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/23/2014 It's been seven years since the FCC's "seven oh seven" mandate banned cable companies from including integrated security in consumer set-top boxes. Now the US House ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Alcatel-Lucent Upgrades Türk Telekom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/23/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Google not off the antitrust hook yet; TalkTalk telly on the up; Microsoft's cheaper Lumia. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Kruz I wonder how many users will opt for another Lumia devices considering all... Comcast Seeks More X1 Magic By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/22/2014 Happy days are not quite here again for Comcast, even though the giant MSO does have much to cheer about these days. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Asus, Quantenna Bring Gigabit WiFi Home By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/22/2014 Asus is headed to market with a gigabit router, and it's laying claim to the world's first retail device with support for Wave 2 802.11ac WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: danielcawrey I have always been interested in Asus hardware, and I think that this Quantenna... FiOS: Slower Sub Growth, Faster Upload Speeds By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/22/2014 While it continues to make market inroads against cable and satellite TV providers, FiOS's growth rate is definitely slowing down as the Verizon ... Post a Comment \| Read (12 comments) Latest Comment: jabailo Yes and with the increasing use of legal streaming services for movies and... Blog Wars: Verizon, Level 3 Duke it Out By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/22/2014 The war of words over net neutrality isn't just being fought at the FCC, where comments due last week overwhelmed the agency's electronic filing system. Level 3 ... Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: Carol Wilson If Verizon FiOS users are getting download speeds measured in kilobits, they... The Municipal Menace? By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/22/2014 My favorite recent headline about the ongoing legislative brouhaha over municipal networks is this one, from a publication called The Escapist: "Tenn. Congresswoman ... Post a Comment \| Read (17 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Not to discount or dismiss the effects of lobbyist spending, but there are... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive The Municipal Menace? By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/22/2014 My favorite recent headline about the ongoing legislative brouhaha over municipal networks is this one, from a publication called The Escapist: "Tenn. Congresswoman ... Post a Comment \| Read (17 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Not to discount or dismiss the effects of lobbyist spending, but there are... U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/24/2014 Leaving Verizon FiOS in its dust, AT&T U-verse continued to maintain a breakneck growth pace in the second quarter, albeit at a somewhat slower rate than in ... Post a Comment \| Read (13 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk What's changed with video services is the cost of content to the network operators.... FiOS: Slower Sub Growth, Faster Upload Speeds By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/22/2014 While it continues to make market inroads against cable and satellite TV providers, FiOS's growth rate is definitely slowing down as the Verizon ... Post a Comment \| Read (12 comments) Latest Comment: jabailo Yes and with the increasing use of legal streaming services for movies and... Blog Wars: Verizon, Level 3 Duke it Out By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/22/2014 The war of words over net neutrality isn't just being fought at the FCC, where comments due last week overwhelmed the agency's electronic filing system. Level 3 ... Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: Carol Wilson If Verizon FiOS users are getting download speeds measured in kilobits, they... Numbers Are In: LR's 2014 Salary Survey By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 7/24/2014 Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: pcharles09 @SReedy, Much cheaper and quicker turnaround time since a lot of organizations... TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/25/2014 TiVo General Counsel Matt Zinn has lashed out at Light Reading's coverage of the US House of Representatives' passage of a bill that would repeal the FCC's ... Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Unless TiVo has another massive round of patent litigation up its sleeve, the... Are You Earning as Much as Your Peers? By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 7/24/2014 Do you ever wonder what sort of pay check the guy in the next cube is taking home each month? Or how many figures separate you from your boss? Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: SReedy It's linked to in the second to last paragraph, as well as in our feature stories... To TDS, TV Is a Gigabit Must-Have By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/23/2014 Unlike some entities providing gigabit services, TDS Telecom believes the TV component of its 1-Gig offering is an important distinction. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers TDS Telecom's Matt Apps let me know that new customers can come in quite a... VeloCloud Reimagines Enterprise WAN By Dan O'Shea, Managing Editor, 7/21/2014 Startup VeloCloud this week debuted a cloud-based WAN offering for branch office networks that could shake up the economics of private-line enterprise services. It ... Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: mrcynic Are there more details on Velocloud? Eurobites: Netflix to Take Euro Hit in Q3 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/22/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica passes M2M milestone; Vodafone offers small cells to rural folk; XMOS attracts $26.2 million Series D funding. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers Here's one of James Joyce's refrigerator. I think it's connected to the... Eurobites: BSkyB Agrees $9.1B M&A Deal By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 7/25/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Europe still weighs on Vodafone revenues; EE on course for 6 million 4G customers by year's end. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown EE on the other hand added 1.3 million new 4G customers. "The best quarterly... Muni Utilities Take Gigabit Fight to FCC By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Utility Communications/IoT, 7/28/2014 The municipalities and municipally-owned utilities that have been successfully providing broadband services are gearing up for a long battle, determined to address ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers @smkinoshita, I agree, and I think the laws are confusing to us all. I wonder... Cable Broadband Surpassing Video: Moody's By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 7/28/2014 In a potentially game-changing shift for the cable industry, US MSOs will soon have more broadband subscribers than video subscribers for the first time in the ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: mendyk Quality of customer care would definitely be an issue if there were a discernible... Sling Shoots for Chromecast Support By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/28/2014 In a move that should spur more multiscreen viewing without set-top boxes, Sling Media's new retail Slingbox M1 will shortly introduce Chromecast support for users ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Michelle Wow, this is a surprising win for the Chromecast. I didn't expect this sort... Asus, Quantenna Bring Gigabit WiFi Home By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/22/2014 Asus is headed to market with a gigabit router, and it's laying claim to the world's first retail device with support for Wave 2 802.11ac WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: danielcawrey I have always been interested in Asus hardware, and I think that this Quantenna... Eurobites: Alcatel-Lucent Upgrades Türk Telekom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/23/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Google not off the antitrust hook yet; TalkTalk telly on the up; Microsoft's cheaper Lumia. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Kruz I wonder how many users will opt for another Lumia devices considering all... Eurobites: DT's Hungary Operation Cuts Jobs By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/24/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica doubles down on security; Nokia holds steady in Q2; "right to be forgotten" row continues. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Kruz Wasn't this change only supposed to affect Google and not the other seach e... Rabbit TV: We'll Pay Retrans Fees By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 7/24/2014 Rabbit TV, the online video aggregation service, wants to pay broadcasters to distribute their programming over the web. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: smkinoshita I have to wonder what Rabbit's strategy is with this approach. The risks... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards mendyk, 7/28/2014 3:24:38 PM Cable Broadband Surpassing Video: Moody's Re: Re: Let's not forget customer support/experience Quality of customer care would definitely be an issue if there were a discernible difference among providers. In general, that's not the case with telecom or video services. A happy customer tends to be one who hasn't had... jasonmeyers, 7/28/2014 1:16:28 PM Muni Utilities Take Gigabit Fight to FCC Re: Re: Interests and Competition @smkinoshita, I agree, and I think the laws are confusing to us all. I wonder if one thing we might see emerge here are hybrid efforts by some municipalities -- dark fiber initiatives, perhaps, or even neutral conduit along... Michelle, 7/28/2014 1:09:21 PM Sling Shoots for Chromecast Support Re: Cord-cutting meets cord connecting Wow, this is a surprising win for the Chromecast. I didn't expect this sort of integration for a long while. I'm curious to see how other providers respond. Ray@LR, 7/28/2014 12:27:00 PM Cable Broadband Surpassing Video: Moody's Re: Let's not forget customer support/experience In terms of the triple play/broadband battle in general.... I think it's key to remember that the quality of customer support and service also comes into play -- it can be just as important a criterion whne deciding... mendyk, 7/28/2014 11:38:56 AM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? What's changed with video services is the cost of content to the network operators. In the past five years, rights fees reached a tipping point, making what was a marginal but acceptable margin level now too low. Cable operators... smkinoshita, 7/28/2014 11:24:52 AM Muni Utilities Take Gigabit Fight to FCC Re: Interests and Competition "The City of Wilson is simply trying to bypass their citizens, governor, legislature, and state policy." Nothing smells more of deception than a line like that. I can't begin to understand the laws in effect here as I'm... brookseven, 7/28/2014 11:16:33 AM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? Dennis, I think unprofitable is a strong statement. Residential service has always been: - High Volume, - Low Margin, - Long Term. The ROI on these services has been LONG. But if you have the service for... mendyk, 7/28/2014 11:13:54 AM TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage Re: Re: Spin, baby, spin Unless TiVo has another massive round of patent litigation up its sleeve, the revenue stream may be a bit shallow, which would account for the testiness. Ariella, 7/28/2014 10:24:51 AM TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage Re: Re: Spin, baby, spin @MendyK no, the numbers do not appear to be in their favor. pcharles09, 7/28/2014 10:14:34 AM Numbers Are In: LR's 2014 Salary Survey Re: Re: Good to hear some positive news @SReedy, Much cheaper and quicker turnaround time since a lot of organizations also offer incentives to get additional certifications. pcharles09, 7/28/2014 10:07:07 AM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? @mendyk, Too much unprofitable revenue will eventually lead to the lights being OFF. Seems like something that needs to be acted upon sooner rather than later. dcollins11201, 7/27/2014 4:46:35 PM TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage Re: Re: Lawyer jokes Agree, considering how tightly knitted the cabal that is cablelabs is....its a wonder this hasnt happened earlier.I used to be pissed off at cablelabs and their cronies......now i could just care less. mendyk, 7/27/2014 12:47:41 PM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? You wonder how many years it will take for the conventional video service model to fade into oblivion. At this point, live programming (almost all of it sports) is what's keeping this going. Probelm is, it's very difficult... MarkC73, 7/27/2014 1:47:19 AM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? I still stand by a couple of statements, first content is and will be king. Second, OTT, ala carte, etc. is inevitable. However, a lot of how things are delivered is controlled by the content providers. This... danielcawrey, 7/26/2014 1:26:34 PM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? Yeah, I would also have to question how much these video numbers really mean anymore. I think that many people are tired of paying for exorbitant video subscriptions. These providers really need to start thinking... mendyk, 7/26/2014 10:36:02 AM TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage Re: Re: Spin, baby, spin The Silicon Valley Business Journal recently reported that Mr. Zinn litigated $1.6 billion for TiVo over the past three years, mainly through patent cases. TiVo's market cap now sits at $1.55 billion. The arithmetic does... mendyk, 7/25/2014 5:19:26 PM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? Meanwhile, operators have started to figure out that margins are likely to continue to shrink for conventional video services, at least under the current model. So maybe "winning" the race to add more video subs isn't really... brookseven, 7/25/2014 5:03:26 PM U-verse Growth Slips But Still Strong Re: Re: something missing? Beyond converting lower end subs of DSL to either FiOS or U-Verse, there is simply a limit on market share that people are going to win. There are 2 other video competitors. I think that essentially that video... Liz Greenberg, 7/25/2014 3:04:09 PM Salary Survey Report 2014 Re: Re: Ha! Most Admire Companies list... Thanks Sarah. Per your post, the issue is pervasive across the tech sector. It really is an ingrained attitude which is reflected all the way through the employment process. From the moment women apply... DaveZNF, 7/25/2014 2:54:28 PM TiVo Criticizes CableCARD Coverage Re: Spin, baby, spin The fact is, CableCARD's future is uncertain. Which is bad for TiVo's struggling retail business. Given Zinn's response, they must be petrified and this is what damage control looks like. SReedy, 7/25/2014 2:53:15 PM Salary Survey Report 2014 Re: Re: Ha! Most Admire Companies list... I'll shoot you an email, Liz! The breakfast is totally free for women in the biz. More Message Boards		Regional News Asia Europe India Samsung Delays Tizen Smartphone Launch Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 7/28/2014 Smartphone giant apparently needs more time to build supporting ecosystem for its ... (4 comments) Qualcomm Looks to Soften China Antitrust Blow Robert Clark, , 7/25/2014 Chipmaker's CEO builds bridges in China as the company faces a significant ... (4 comments) More From Asia Eurobites: Regulators Delve Into IoT Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 7/28/2014 Also in today's EMEA roundup: Huawei teams up for the European soccer season; KPN ... (1 Comment) Samsung Delays Tizen Smartphone Launch Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 7/28/2014 Smartphone giant apparently needs more time to build supporting ecosystem for its ... 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