LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 31, 2008 : Shares jump more than 30% after appeals court upholds ruling that EchoStar infringed on the DVR pioneer's 'Time Warp' patent
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2008 : Have a senator's warnings last summer of a coming digital TV transition 'train wreck' already left the station?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) January 30, 2008 : VOIP specialist will keep its options open as 'interim' CEO Curt Hockemeier steps in to steer the company until it finds a permanent replacement for departing chief Andy Paff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2008 : Harmonic chief declined to pinpoint his acquisition plans, but said video technology that complements or expands the company's market position would offer the best strategic fit
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2008 : Company to pursue 'selective acquisitions' following solid fourth quarter and a successful stock offer that brought in about $142 million
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2008 : Concurrent claims to be among those on the short-list for cable's secretive, high-level 'Canoe' advanced ad initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2008 : With more than 23,000 streams dedicated to the new offering, Concurrent lays claim to what's being billed as the largest deployment of 'Start Over'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : When it comes to basic sub growth, Insight continues to zig while the rest of the industry is zagging
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : Company-wide revenues rise 3% year-over-year, but are offset by a small decline in Concurrent's on-demand product line. CEO says revenue growth in '08 is 'top priority'
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : Given that more than a quarter of RCN's customrs in Chicago don't have a set-top or a CableCARD-equipped TV, migrating everyone to digital by mid-April will be no mean feat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 24, 2008 : Gemstar takes action after it's unable to score a licensing deal, while Virgin calls lawsuit 'a piece of flagrant opportunism'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 23, 2008 : Cable's top pressure group makes good on a threat to seek legal action against the FCC in wake of new rules that would scotch existing service contracts between MSOs and MDU owners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 23, 2008 : Canadian MSO picks new back-office system from Concurrent that promises to work with third-party servers and support 'time-shifted TV' and other network-based DVR apps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2008 : MSO paves the way for an all-digital system in The Windy City, providing enough headroom for a big VOD menu expansion and a lineup of at least 100 linear hi-def channels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2008 : New SDV system touts scaleability and redundancy, but will it be enough to drive new deployments and greater revenue?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 18, 2008 : Crafts video monitoring system for cable networks to address quality issues that could arise as switched digital video deployments grow and VOD usage explodes
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 18, 2008 : One of the MSO's largest institutional shareholders wants Comcast to oust its chairman and CEO and do away with its 'dual-class' voting structure
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (20) January 17, 2008 : As broadband providers seek ways to deal with bandwidth-sucking apps, Time Warner Cable is gearing up a usage-based billing model that could replace 'all-you-can-eat' offerings
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 17, 2008 : Cable puts advanced advertising on the front burner to turn the tide of dollars that are flowing toward the Internet at an alarming rate
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 16, 2008 : Just days after big CE confab, Paul Allen-backed DVR firm reverses retail course, shelving high-end hi-def box and laying off half of staff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 15, 2008 : While it may give switched digital video a closer look in '09, the MSO says it can offer 50 HD channels this year without the technology
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : How much capacity will cable need in 2016? Arris CTO is brave enough to take a stab at it
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Startup says new system can cram 50% more hi-def or standard-def channels into a 6 MHz spectrum slot without affecting quality. Is Comcast among its first takers?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Consortium edges toward a downloadable conditional access system by completing the code needed for commercial chips, but the group has yet to team up with the established security suppliers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Ex-Videotron exec leads LiquidxStream into a crowded 'universal' edge QAM sector and sets his sights on large MSOs with the startup's first product
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2008 : Its initial launch won't feature tru2way, the new name for the OpenCable Platform, but still will be interactive, thanks to the box's high-speed IP capabilities
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : Not Motorola and Cisco, anyway, when it comes to the platform's implications for interactive, retail-ready cable boxes and set-top-free digital television equipped with CableCARD slots
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : CableLabs hasn't awarded certifications to any Docsis 3.0 modems yet, but at least one vendor in the field already has designs on a modem/VOIP combo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : MSO confirms plans to begin rollouts early next year of network-DVR service/architecture championed by Time Warner Cable
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 10, 2008 : It took some looking, but there was a small sampling of digital TVs with new 'tru2way' branding, on the floor at this year's gadget confab
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2008 : Moderator throws FCC chairman into the chum line, but service provider policy sharks don't take the bait
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 9, 2008 : Kevin Martin is noncommittal about throwing in with cable's 'tru2way' approach or the CEA's competing 'DCR Plus' proposal for interactive, set-top-free, digital TVs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 8, 2008 : Given the spotlight at CES, Comcast's chief says cable is rectifying its closed, proprietary history by ushering in an era of openness with CE companies and retailers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 8, 2008 : The movie and TV hub gets its official launch, marking the first time an MSO has used an 'over-the-top' Internet service to reach beyond its coverage borders
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2008 : Fires at competition with plan to offer 1,000 HD 'choices' by year-end and more than 6,000 VOD, including about 3,000 in HD, on tap for 2009. Project complemented by launch of Web-based Fancast.com service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2008 : Sling Media used this week's tradeshow to debut its place-shifting box with a Docsis modem baked in, affirming that its cable strategy will live on after the EchoStar aquisition
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : Cable's tru2way initiative gets some momentum and a logo, EchoStar has HD on the brain, and Hillcrest scores some cash and hope for its air-mouse TV navigation tech
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : New gear announcements from Cisco include set-tops, and modems, and gateways. Oh, my!
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : Standard-def 'AnyPlay' unit sports a 60-Gbyte hard drive and on-board DVD player, which hooks into a docking station that doubles as a traditional digital set-top
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 4, 2008 : Who's got the hi-def lead heading into the monster gadget/media-fest in Vegas?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 4, 2008 : Charlie Dietz is set to retire on January 11, but don't be surprised to see him resurface in some cable-related capacity in the coming months, perhaps with consulting or contributing on company boards
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 3, 2008 : But its new set-tops, launched in time for CES, are still equipped for the industry's slow transition out of MPEG-2
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : The digital TV transition is 412 days away, and the mainstream media is covering it. But at least one FCC commissioner wonders whether chaos will reign under the 'compressed schedule'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : Comcast now has full ownership of cable systems in the Midwestern US that pass about 1.2 million homes and serve roughly 696,000 basic video subs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : An à la carte-seeking lawsuit will soon cross swords in the courtroom with major cable and satellite TV service providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 31, 2008 : Shares jump more than 30% after appeals court upholds ruling that EchoStar infringed on the DVR pioneer's 'Time Warp' patent
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2008 : Have a senator's warnings last summer of a coming digital TV transition 'train wreck' already left the station?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) January 30, 2008 : VOIP specialist will keep its options open as 'interim' CEO Curt Hockemeier steps in to steer the company until it finds a permanent replacement for departing chief Andy Paff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2008 : Harmonic chief declined to pinpoint his acquisition plans, but said video technology that complements or expands the company's market position would offer the best strategic fit
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2008 : Company to pursue 'selective acquisitions' following solid fourth quarter and a successful stock offer that brought in about $142 million
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2008 : Concurrent claims to be among those on the short-list for cable's secretive, high-level 'Canoe' advanced ad initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2008 : With more than 23,000 streams dedicated to the new offering, Concurrent lays claim to what's being billed as the largest deployment of 'Start Over'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : When it comes to basic sub growth, Insight continues to zig while the rest of the industry is zagging
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : Company-wide revenues rise 3% year-over-year, but are offset by a small decline in Concurrent's on-demand product line. CEO says revenue growth in '08 is 'top priority'
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 25, 2008 : Given that more than a quarter of RCN's customrs in Chicago don't have a set-top or a CableCARD-equipped TV, migrating everyone to digital by mid-April will be no mean feat
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 24, 2008 : Gemstar takes action after it's unable to score a licensing deal, while Virgin calls lawsuit 'a piece of flagrant opportunism'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 23, 2008 : Cable's top pressure group makes good on a threat to seek legal action against the FCC in wake of new rules that would scotch existing service contracts between MSOs and MDU owners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 23, 2008 : Canadian MSO picks new back-office system from Concurrent that promises to work with third-party servers and support 'time-shifted TV' and other network-based DVR apps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2008 : MSO paves the way for an all-digital system in The Windy City, providing enough headroom for a big VOD menu expansion and a lineup of at least 100 linear hi-def channels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2008 : New SDV system touts scaleability and redundancy, but will it be enough to drive new deployments and greater revenue?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 18, 2008 : Crafts video monitoring system for cable networks to address quality issues that could arise as switched digital video deployments grow and VOD usage explodes
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 18, 2008 : One of the MSO's largest institutional shareholders wants Comcast to oust its chairman and CEO and do away with its 'dual-class' voting structure
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (20) January 17, 2008 : As broadband providers seek ways to deal with bandwidth-sucking apps, Time Warner Cable is gearing up a usage-based billing model that could replace 'all-you-can-eat' offerings
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 17, 2008 : Cable puts advanced advertising on the front burner to turn the tide of dollars that are flowing toward the Internet at an alarming rate
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 16, 2008 : Just days after big CE confab, Paul Allen-backed DVR firm reverses retail course, shelving high-end hi-def box and laying off half of staff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 15, 2008 : While it may give switched digital video a closer look in '09, the MSO says it can offer 50 HD channels this year without the technology
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : How much capacity will cable need in 2016? Arris CTO is brave enough to take a stab at it
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Startup says new system can cram 50% more hi-def or standard-def channels into a 6 MHz spectrum slot without affecting quality. Is Comcast among its first takers?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Consortium edges toward a downloadable conditional access system by completing the code needed for commercial chips, but the group has yet to team up with the established security suppliers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2008 : Ex-Videotron exec leads LiquidxStream into a crowded 'universal' edge QAM sector and sets his sights on large MSOs with the startup's first product
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2008 : Its initial launch won't feature tru2way, the new name for the OpenCable Platform, but still will be interactive, thanks to the box's high-speed IP capabilities
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : Not Motorola and Cisco, anyway, when it comes to the platform's implications for interactive, retail-ready cable boxes and set-top-free digital television equipped with CableCARD slots
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : CableLabs hasn't awarded certifications to any Docsis 3.0 modems yet, but at least one vendor in the field already has designs on a modem/VOIP combo
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 11, 2008 : MSO confirms plans to begin rollouts early next year of network-DVR service/architecture championed by Time Warner Cable
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 10, 2008 : It took some looking, but there was a small sampling of digital TVs with new 'tru2way' branding, on the floor at this year's gadget confab
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2008 : Moderator throws FCC chairman into the chum line, but service provider policy sharks don't take the bait
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 9, 2008 : Kevin Martin is noncommittal about throwing in with cable's 'tru2way' approach or the CEA's competing 'DCR Plus' proposal for interactive, set-top-free, digital TVs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 8, 2008 : Given the spotlight at CES, Comcast's chief says cable is rectifying its closed, proprietary history by ushering in an era of openness with CE companies and retailers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 8, 2008 : The movie and TV hub gets its official launch, marking the first time an MSO has used an 'over-the-top' Internet service to reach beyond its coverage borders
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2008 : Fires at competition with plan to offer 1,000 HD 'choices' by year-end and more than 6,000 VOD, including about 3,000 in HD, on tap for 2009. Project complemented by launch of Web-based Fancast.com service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2008 : Sling Media used this week's tradeshow to debut its place-shifting box with a Docsis modem baked in, affirming that its cable strategy will live on after the EchoStar aquisition
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : Cable's tru2way initiative gets some momentum and a logo, EchoStar has HD on the brain, and Hillcrest scores some cash and hope for its air-mouse TV navigation tech
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : New gear announcements from Cisco include set-tops, and modems, and gateways. Oh, my!
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2008 : Standard-def 'AnyPlay' unit sports a 60-Gbyte hard drive and on-board DVD player, which hooks into a docking station that doubles as a traditional digital set-top
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 4, 2008 : Who's got the hi-def lead heading into the monster gadget/media-fest in Vegas?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 4, 2008 : Charlie Dietz is set to retire on January 11, but don't be surprised to see him resurface in some cable-related capacity in the coming months, perhaps with consulting or contributing on company boards
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 3, 2008 : But its new set-tops, launched in time for CES, are still equipped for the industry's slow transition out of MPEG-2
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : The digital TV transition is 412 days away, and the mainstream media is covering it. But at least one FCC commissioner wonders whether chaos will reign under the 'compressed schedule'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : Comcast now has full ownership of cable systems in the Midwestern US that pass about 1.2 million homes and serve roughly 696,000 basic video subs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2008 : An à la carte-seeking lawsuit will soon cross swords in the courtroom with major cable and satellite TV service providers
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