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Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 20, 2009 : 4:40 PM Costly CableCARDs, Charter inching closer to an exit, cable FTTP without all the mess, and more
Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 20, 2009 : Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software
Telstra Amps Up Its HFC
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 19, 2009 : Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR
Kudelski's Clincher
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2009 : 1:05 PM Shareholders go for Kudelski's sweetened bid for OpenTV, and the notion that OpenTV faces a brighter future with Kudelski in control
Iowa Cabler Gets Wired for IPTV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 11, 2009 : Butler-Bremmer taps Harmonic's Docsis-powered architecture as it looks to unify all its video services on one, common IP-based platform
Juniper Does Docsis (Again)
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 9, 2009 : Signaling that it's back in the cable modem game, Juniper becomes the first to win the Docsis 3.0 stamp for an 'embedded cable modem module'
Mediacom Preps 100-Meg D3
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2009 : 5:45 PM MSO will roll 100-meg Docsis 3.0 services in 2 markets next month, while another 9 start off with 50-meg tiers
Netflix Friday
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 6, 2009 : 11:10 AM My PS3 is about to get a movie-streaming upgrade
TWC Still Searching for a Rebound
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2009 : The economy weighed on TWC as the pace of residential sub growth slowed in the third quarter, but biz services offered a bright spot
Photos: SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '09
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 2, 2009 : Cable IP convergence, 3D-TV demos, and Docsis and PON growing closer together – just some of the things that were on tap at cable's big tech confab in Denver
ActiveVideo's Year of Reckoning
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 30, 2009 : 5:10 PM Company expects its interactive TV platform in 20 million homes by the end of 2010, double where it is now
Arris Crafting Its Own Video Sling
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 30, 2009 : Video place-shifting is just one 'TV Everywhere'-like feature that could grace a multimedia cable gateway that Arris is cooking up for MSOs
S-CDMA Gets a Sponsor
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 29, 2009 : 1:25 PM Cox and Moto are conducting a 90-day field test of the upstream-boosting technology on an 'ugly node'
Huawei Breaks US Set-Top Seal
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) October 29, 2009 : Sources say Huawei has digital terminal adapters (DTAs) in the door at Suddenlink and Mediacom, with bigger ambitions in mind
Rogers Seeks Tru2way Alternative
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : Tru2way could fall off the table as Canadian MSO starts to vet out a more Web-like, IP-capable interactive platform of the future
SCTE Expo: MSOs Prep IPTV Push
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : MSOs want IPTV, but they're still mulling how to get there without breaking the bank or abandoning their massive RF video investments
Craddock's Back
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : 8:35 AM Former Comcaster's retirement is short-lived as he takes on the CTO post at PCT International
Comcast Thinks Big With ITV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : MSO plans to scale up its interactive television platform to include 50 networks by the end of 2010
Discovery Exec: Free Web TV Is a Biz Kill
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : Don't expect the Hulu-ization of Discovery's stable of nets so long as the Web-centric service continues to rely on a free, ad-supported business model
Moto Hones Super-Dense CMTS Blade
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : Moto expects to start shipping a CMTS module that packs in 48 dedicated upstream ports and reduces per-port costs by 60% by mid-2010
EchoStar: We're Cable's Answer
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 23, 2009 : EchoStar will amp up its pitch to cable MSOs next week, claiming it can fulfill their vision for 'TV Everywhere'
FCC Sets Sail on Internet Rulemaking
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 22, 2009 : FCC OKs a draft set of rules aimed at preserving a 'free and open Internet,' but two Commissioners aren't entirely on board
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 22, 2009 : 10:30 AM Comcast and Rogers near Web TV launches, Disney unlocks 'Keychest,' BigBand's new IPTV pals, and more...
All-Digital, With Benefits
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 21, 2009 : 11:45 AM RCN cleared of having to perform pricey 'proof of performance' tests after bidding adieu to analog
Cable's Canoe Seeks More Rowers
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 20, 2009 : MSO-backed venture could expand employee base by as much as 40% as it prepares to launch its first national interactive ad campaign
Playing Politics
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 19, 2009 : 11:35 AM A group of Internet big guns come out in support of FCC Chair's proposal to codify net neutrality rules
Cable's Canoe Heads for Scalable Waters
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 15, 2009 : Canoe has not set a date for the maiden voyage of its interactive ad campaign, but says the scalable platform it will run on will be ready by year's end
Shaw Maxing Out on 100-Meg
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 15, 2009 : 3:55 PM Canadian MSO deploys 'Nitro' in three more cities, delivering the Docsis 3.0 tier to a total of 3.6M homes
Cox Shuts Down Net Congestion Tests
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) October 15, 2009 : MSO's still analyzing data on ten-month pilot in Arkansas and Kansas, but expects to share results when it comments on the FCC's proposed network neutrality rules
Insight Nudges Speed Needle
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 13, 2009 : 12:45 PM MSO's debuting a 30-meg tier by year's end, likely pushing a Docsis 3.0 launch into sometime next year
Comcast Gets Dynamic With VoD Ads
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 13, 2009 : Although small in scope, Comcast's dynamic ad insertion deployment in Jacksonville is an indicator there are bigger things to come
Changed Insight
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 12, 2009 : 3:25 PM MSO CEO says more HD, VoD, and DVR enhancements are among latest enhancements gracing 'Digital 5.0' initiative
Cable-Tec Expo '09: The Hot List
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 12, 2009 : Cable IPTV, wireless connections, ITV, taking Docsis 3.0 upstream, and hanging with Huawei... here's our list of hot topics and to-dos for the big show in Denver
Comcast Beefs Up PC Security
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 8, 2009 : 6:00 PM And begins testing in-browser banner alerts using a system based on open-source software (Sorry, PerfTech and FrontPorch)
Netgear's Big in Japan
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 8, 2009 : Netgear's Docsis 3.0 modem strategy gets a boost by way of Japan's largest cable MSO and its speedy 160 Mbit/s downstream tier
Comcast Snares a CLEC
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 7, 2009 : Purchase of Cimco Communications jumpstarts Comcast's move into the mid-level business services market
Blog Posts
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 20, 2009 : 4:40 PM Costly CableCARDs, Charter inching closer to an exit, cable FTTP without all the mess, and more
Harmonic Goes Lite for Cable IPTV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 20, 2009 : Adding to the cable IPTV fray, Harmonic's seeking support for Docsis Lite, an architecture requiring new CMTS and edge QAM software
Telstra Amps Up Its HFC
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 19, 2009 : Cable upgrade lets Telstra offer 100-Mbit/s downstream services to 1M homes in Melbourne and provides a pipe for its broadband DVR
Kudelski's Clincher
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2009 : 1:05 PM Shareholders go for Kudelski's sweetened bid for OpenTV, and the notion that OpenTV faces a brighter future with Kudelski in control
Iowa Cabler Gets Wired for IPTV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 11, 2009 : Butler-Bremmer taps Harmonic's Docsis-powered architecture as it looks to unify all its video services on one, common IP-based platform
Juniper Does Docsis (Again)
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 9, 2009 : Signaling that it's back in the cable modem game, Juniper becomes the first to win the Docsis 3.0 stamp for an 'embedded cable modem module'
Mediacom Preps 100-Meg D3
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2009 : 5:45 PM MSO will roll 100-meg Docsis 3.0 services in 2 markets next month, while another 9 start off with 50-meg tiers
Netflix Friday
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 6, 2009 : 11:10 AM My PS3 is about to get a movie-streaming upgrade
TWC Still Searching for a Rebound
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2009 : The economy weighed on TWC as the pace of residential sub growth slowed in the third quarter, but biz services offered a bright spot
Photos: SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '09
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 2, 2009 : Cable IP convergence, 3D-TV demos, and Docsis and PON growing closer together – just some of the things that were on tap at cable's big tech confab in Denver
ActiveVideo's Year of Reckoning
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 30, 2009 : 5:10 PM Company expects its interactive TV platform in 20 million homes by the end of 2010, double where it is now
Arris Crafting Its Own Video Sling
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 30, 2009 : Video place-shifting is just one 'TV Everywhere'-like feature that could grace a multimedia cable gateway that Arris is cooking up for MSOs
S-CDMA Gets a Sponsor
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 29, 2009 : 1:25 PM Cox and Moto are conducting a 90-day field test of the upstream-boosting technology on an 'ugly node'
Huawei Breaks US Set-Top Seal
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) October 29, 2009 : Sources say Huawei has digital terminal adapters (DTAs) in the door at Suddenlink and Mediacom, with bigger ambitions in mind
Rogers Seeks Tru2way Alternative
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : Tru2way could fall off the table as Canadian MSO starts to vet out a more Web-like, IP-capable interactive platform of the future
SCTE Expo: MSOs Prep IPTV Push
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : MSOs want IPTV, but they're still mulling how to get there without breaking the bank or abandoning their massive RF video investments
Craddock's Back
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 28, 2009 : 8:35 AM Former Comcaster's retirement is short-lived as he takes on the CTO post at PCT International
Comcast Thinks Big With ITV
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : MSO plans to scale up its interactive television platform to include 50 networks by the end of 2010
Discovery Exec: Free Web TV Is a Biz Kill
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : Don't expect the Hulu-ization of Discovery's stable of nets so long as the Web-centric service continues to rely on a free, ad-supported business model
Moto Hones Super-Dense CMTS Blade
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 26, 2009 : Moto expects to start shipping a CMTS module that packs in 48 dedicated upstream ports and reduces per-port costs by 60% by mid-2010
EchoStar: We're Cable's Answer
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 23, 2009 : EchoStar will amp up its pitch to cable MSOs next week, claiming it can fulfill their vision for 'TV Everywhere'
FCC Sets Sail on Internet Rulemaking
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 22, 2009 : FCC OKs a draft set of rules aimed at preserving a 'free and open Internet,' but two Commissioners aren't entirely on board
Cable Catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 22, 2009 : 10:30 AM Comcast and Rogers near Web TV launches, Disney unlocks 'Keychest,' BigBand's new IPTV pals, and more...
All-Digital, With Benefits
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 21, 2009 : 11:45 AM RCN cleared of having to perform pricey 'proof of performance' tests after bidding adieu to analog
Cable's Canoe Seeks More Rowers
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 20, 2009 : MSO-backed venture could expand employee base by as much as 40% as it prepares to launch its first national interactive ad campaign
Playing Politics
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 19, 2009 : 11:35 AM A group of Internet big guns come out in support of FCC Chair's proposal to codify net neutrality rules
Cable's Canoe Heads for Scalable Waters
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 15, 2009 : Canoe has not set a date for the maiden voyage of its interactive ad campaign, but says the scalable platform it will run on will be ready by year's end
Shaw Maxing Out on 100-Meg
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 15, 2009 : 3:55 PM Canadian MSO deploys 'Nitro' in three more cities, delivering the Docsis 3.0 tier to a total of 3.6M homes
Cox Shuts Down Net Congestion Tests
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) October 15, 2009 : MSO's still analyzing data on ten-month pilot in Arkansas and Kansas, but expects to share results when it comments on the FCC's proposed network neutrality rules
Insight Nudges Speed Needle
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 13, 2009 : 12:45 PM MSO's debuting a 30-meg tier by year's end, likely pushing a Docsis 3.0 launch into sometime next year
Comcast Gets Dynamic With VoD Ads
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 13, 2009 : Although small in scope, Comcast's dynamic ad insertion deployment in Jacksonville is an indicator there are bigger things to come
Changed Insight
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 12, 2009 : 3:25 PM MSO CEO says more HD, VoD, and DVR enhancements are among latest enhancements gracing 'Digital 5.0' initiative
Cable-Tec Expo '09: The Hot List
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) October 12, 2009 : Cable IPTV, wireless connections, ITV, taking Docsis 3.0 upstream, and hanging with Huawei... here's our list of hot topics and to-dos for the big show in Denver
Comcast Beefs Up PC Security
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 8, 2009 : 6:00 PM And begins testing in-browser banner alerts using a system based on open-source software (Sorry, PerfTech and FrontPorch)
Netgear's Big in Japan
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 8, 2009 : Netgear's Docsis 3.0 modem strategy gets a boost by way of Japan's largest cable MSO and its speedy 160 Mbit/s downstream tier
Comcast Snares a CLEC
Cable Digital News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment October 7, 2009 : Purchase of Cimco Communications jumpstarts Comcast's move into the mid-level business services market
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