LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 30, 2009 : The MSO, with some help from Cablevision, has kicked off a technical WiFi trial in New Jersey covering about 100 NJ Transit commuter rail stations
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2009 : The guy who helped Tandberg Television springboard its US cable business is onto a new challenge: helming Internap, a company that's trying to straighten out its content network delivery biz
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : 5:15 PM -- MSO capex will certainly dip in '09, but in one analyst's view, Harmonic should fare better than BigBand
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : 1:30 PM -- About 200 cable folks gathered at The Cable Center in Denver for WICT Rocky Mountain's annual event
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : MSO doesn't let financial troubles stop it from launching a Docsis 3.0-powered 60 Mbit/s service against AT&T's U-verse
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2009 : The industry's ready to go if the Feb. 17 transition date remains firm or if lawmakers try to cram yet another DTV delay bill through the mixer
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2009 : Cox has released details about a new bandwidth management system it will start trialing next month in Kansas and Arkansas, possibly based on Sandvine technology UPDATED 1:45 PM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 27, 2009 : Vendor claims its policy server, a key component of the PacketCable Multimedia architecture, touches 70% of all deployed cable modems in North America
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 27, 2009 : With Senate approval in hand, a decision to delay the broadcast TV transition by about four months moves to the House, which could cast its vote as early as Tuesday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 23, 2009 : Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision certainly aren't immune to economic conditions, but one analyst says they should fare better than their telco and satellite TV competitors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) January 23, 2009 : Senate poised to vote on a 'bipartisan' bill that would delay the broadcast digital TV switch to June 12, a move that could affect some subscriber acquisition campaigns and analog reclamation plans
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2009 : An 11 percent layoff is underway, but the company could see significant growth in the cable sector as MSOs migrate to a modular CMTS architecture
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : 3:20 PM -- Set-top waiver not enough to spur all-digital move in tiny Point Roberts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : MSO says it's on track to meet an FCC deadline and free up gobs of capacity that can be reused to expand hi-def and VoD menus, as well as Docsis 3.0-fueled Internet services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : 1:05 PM -- Move into hosted voice and Internet services is good news for two vendors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) January 20, 2009 : FCC wonders if MSO's new 'protocol agnostic' bandwidth management system discriminates against over-the-top VoIP apps or somehow treats such traffic differently than Comcast's own PacketCable voice service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 20, 2009 : Despite CEA opposition, the FCC allows Cablevision to use SmartCard-based boxes through 2010 – a grace period that, the MSO claims, it needs to develop and deploy a new downloadable security system
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 20, 2009 : 11:10 AM -- New customer not disclosed, but Cox confirms it's 'evaluating a new technology'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 20, 2009 : François Pogodalla believes a successful tru2way strategy can be created by tightly integrating advanced digital set-tops with middleware from his company's Osmosys division
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 16, 2009 : The FCC Chairman is shipping out on Jan. 20, so here's our Top 10 Kevin Martin Moments – with a cable flavor just for the folks who dine at the CDN table
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 15, 2009 : Jim Dolce's stealthy startup has a direct line into the cable industry thanks to a new partnership with Arris
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) January 15, 2009 : Says component integration and bill of materials for new 320 Mbit/s wideband modem chip will help vendors breach a new pricing threshold and spur broader adoption of the speedy Docsis 3.0 platform
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2009 : 4:20 PM --New filing viewed as a precursor to a possible pre-packaged bankruptcy for debt-saddled MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2009 : Thanks to a US PTO reexamination, there may yet be hope for Dish and EchoStar that someone (OK, anyone) will be on its side in its DVR patent case with TiVo. Then again, it may amount to nothing
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2009 : Despite Comcast denials, analyst sticks to his guns that Comcast is to source up to 100,000 new voice modems from Moto, a move that would trim Arris's market share at the nation's largest MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 13, 2009 : Copyright debate centered on a network-based DVR service moves closer to a date with the US high court after it asked the DoJ for its point of view on an earlier ruling that favored Cablevision
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 13, 2009 : 10:40 AM -- UPDATE: Sling founder confirms the Krikorian brothers are leaving EchoStar
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 12, 2009 : 1:00 PM -- Long live the CableCARD... and Cisco and Motorola's set-top security margins
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 11, 2009 : Time Warner Cable exec says easy access to Internet-fed video is among the features and functions with which sophisticated tru2way retail boxes will whet consumer appetites
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) January 10, 2009 : FCC Chairman says cable's platform for interoperable retail set-tops and digital TVs is 'closed' and hinders product innovation
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : 5:20 PM -- Some say long, persistent viewing of video in three dimensions made them feel a wee bit woozy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : Firm has quietly developed an HD box based on the CableLabs platform, and is the first modem vendor to acknowledge the adoption of a new chipset from Broadcom
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : Paul Allen-backed firm resets retail strategy with a $799 HD-DVR that has a 500-Gbyte hard drive and 1080p resolution capabilities, though support for tru2way remains further out on the product roadmap
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : 5:00 PM -- Or it will at least do its part to pull everyone out of this crappy economy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 8, 2009 : Sir Howard Stringer's CES keynote went heavy on Sony's over-the-top content strategies, but completely ignored the company's cable and tru2way efforts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : Time Warner Cable shares dip after MSO says impairment charges largely tied to cable franchise rights will result in a 2008 net loss
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : A year after a splashy intro at the '08 CES gadgetfest, the companies are re-evaluating the features that will grace the final product, and high-definition appears to be at the top of the revised wish list
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2009 : 12:05 PM -- Cable vet set to take the helm of the industry's standards-setting body
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2009 : Evolution Broadband offers a sneak peak at its new CableCARD, a security module that will match up with a new line of tru2way set-tops the company plans to pitch at small and mid-sized MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 6, 2009 : MSO makes good on a plan to deploy a new bandwidth management system that does not discriminate against P2P applications, while a new bandwidth consumption meter is still undergoing employee trials
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 6, 2009 : 12:50 PM -- Small MSO is confident it can restructure debt and emerge from bankruptcy later this year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 6, 2009 : Mediaroom-based 'Storefront' service allows IPTV service providers to manage and sell multimedia bundles, including movies, ringtones, and even physical goods – via TVs, PCs, and mobile devices
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 5, 2009 : Dutch MSO places 'large initial order' for wideband gear from Arris as it braces for fiber-fed competition from incumbent telco KPN UPDATED 1/6 3:35 PM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2009 : Cable Nebraska gives BBT's 'downloadable' conditional access system and MPEG-4-based video platform a shot among test homes, and could start to roll it out more widely over the next three months
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 30, 2009 : The MSO, with some help from Cablevision, has kicked off a technical WiFi trial in New Jersey covering about 100 NJ Transit commuter rail stations
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 30, 2009 : The guy who helped Tandberg Television springboard its US cable business is onto a new challenge: helming Internap, a company that's trying to straighten out its content network delivery biz
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : 5:15 PM -- MSO capex will certainly dip in '09, but in one analyst's view, Harmonic should fare better than BigBand
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : 1:30 PM -- About 200 cable folks gathered at The Cable Center in Denver for WICT Rocky Mountain's annual event
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 29, 2009 : MSO doesn't let financial troubles stop it from launching a Docsis 3.0-powered 60 Mbit/s service against AT&T's U-verse
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2009 : The industry's ready to go if the Feb. 17 transition date remains firm or if lawmakers try to cram yet another DTV delay bill through the mixer
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 28, 2009 : Cox has released details about a new bandwidth management system it will start trialing next month in Kansas and Arkansas, possibly based on Sandvine technology UPDATED 1:45 PM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 27, 2009 : Vendor claims its policy server, a key component of the PacketCable Multimedia architecture, touches 70% of all deployed cable modems in North America
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 27, 2009 : With Senate approval in hand, a decision to delay the broadcast TV transition by about four months moves to the House, which could cast its vote as early as Tuesday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 23, 2009 : Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision certainly aren't immune to economic conditions, but one analyst says they should fare better than their telco and satellite TV competitors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) January 23, 2009 : Senate poised to vote on a 'bipartisan' bill that would delay the broadcast digital TV switch to June 12, a move that could affect some subscriber acquisition campaigns and analog reclamation plans
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 22, 2009 : An 11 percent layoff is underway, but the company could see significant growth in the cable sector as MSOs migrate to a modular CMTS architecture
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : 3:20 PM -- Set-top waiver not enough to spur all-digital move in tiny Point Roberts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : MSO says it's on track to meet an FCC deadline and free up gobs of capacity that can be reused to expand hi-def and VoD menus, as well as Docsis 3.0-fueled Internet services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 21, 2009 : 1:05 PM -- Move into hosted voice and Internet services is good news for two vendors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) January 20, 2009 : FCC wonders if MSO's new 'protocol agnostic' bandwidth management system discriminates against over-the-top VoIP apps or somehow treats such traffic differently than Comcast's own PacketCable voice service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 20, 2009 : Despite CEA opposition, the FCC allows Cablevision to use SmartCard-based boxes through 2010 – a grace period that, the MSO claims, it needs to develop and deploy a new downloadable security system
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 20, 2009 : 11:10 AM -- New customer not disclosed, but Cox confirms it's 'evaluating a new technology'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 20, 2009 : François Pogodalla believes a successful tru2way strategy can be created by tightly integrating advanced digital set-tops with middleware from his company's Osmosys division
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 16, 2009 : The FCC Chairman is shipping out on Jan. 20, so here's our Top 10 Kevin Martin Moments – with a cable flavor just for the folks who dine at the CDN table
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 15, 2009 : Jim Dolce's stealthy startup has a direct line into the cable industry thanks to a new partnership with Arris
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) January 15, 2009 : Says component integration and bill of materials for new 320 Mbit/s wideband modem chip will help vendors breach a new pricing threshold and spur broader adoption of the speedy Docsis 3.0 platform
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2009 : 4:20 PM --New filing viewed as a precursor to a possible pre-packaged bankruptcy for debt-saddled MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) January 14, 2009 : Thanks to a US PTO reexamination, there may yet be hope for Dish and EchoStar that someone (OK, anyone) will be on its side in its DVR patent case with TiVo. Then again, it may amount to nothing
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 14, 2009 : Despite Comcast denials, analyst sticks to his guns that Comcast is to source up to 100,000 new voice modems from Moto, a move that would trim Arris's market share at the nation's largest MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 13, 2009 : Copyright debate centered on a network-based DVR service moves closer to a date with the US high court after it asked the DoJ for its point of view on an earlier ruling that favored Cablevision
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 13, 2009 : 10:40 AM -- UPDATE: Sling founder confirms the Krikorian brothers are leaving EchoStar
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 12, 2009 : 1:00 PM -- Long live the CableCARD... and Cisco and Motorola's set-top security margins
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 11, 2009 : Time Warner Cable exec says easy access to Internet-fed video is among the features and functions with which sophisticated tru2way retail boxes will whet consumer appetites
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) January 10, 2009 : FCC Chairman says cable's platform for interoperable retail set-tops and digital TVs is 'closed' and hinders product innovation
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : 5:20 PM -- Some say long, persistent viewing of video in three dimensions made them feel a wee bit woozy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : Firm has quietly developed an HD box based on the CableLabs platform, and is the first modem vendor to acknowledge the adoption of a new chipset from Broadcom
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 9, 2009 : Paul Allen-backed firm resets retail strategy with a $799 HD-DVR that has a 500-Gbyte hard drive and 1080p resolution capabilities, though support for tru2way remains further out on the product roadmap
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : 5:00 PM -- Or it will at least do its part to pull everyone out of this crappy economy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) January 8, 2009 : Sir Howard Stringer's CES keynote went heavy on Sony's over-the-top content strategies, but completely ignored the company's cable and tru2way efforts
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : Time Warner Cable shares dip after MSO says impairment charges largely tied to cable franchise rights will result in a 2008 net loss
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 8, 2009 : A year after a splashy intro at the '08 CES gadgetfest, the companies are re-evaluating the features that will grace the final product, and high-definition appears to be at the top of the revised wish list
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2009 : 12:05 PM -- Cable vet set to take the helm of the industry's standards-setting body
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 7, 2009 : Evolution Broadband offers a sneak peak at its new CableCARD, a security module that will match up with a new line of tru2way set-tops the company plans to pitch at small and mid-sized MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 6, 2009 : MSO makes good on a plan to deploy a new bandwidth management system that does not discriminate against P2P applications, while a new bandwidth consumption meter is still undergoing employee trials
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) January 6, 2009 : 12:50 PM -- Small MSO is confident it can restructure debt and emerge from bankruptcy later this year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 6, 2009 : Mediaroom-based 'Storefront' service allows IPTV service providers to manage and sell multimedia bundles, including movies, ringtones, and even physical goods – via TVs, PCs, and mobile devices
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 5, 2009 : Dutch MSO places 'large initial order' for wideband gear from Arris as it braces for fiber-fed competition from incumbent telco KPN UPDATED 1/6 3:35 PM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment January 2, 2009 : Cable Nebraska gives BBT's 'downloadable' conditional access system and MPEG-4-based video platform a shot among test homes, and could start to roll it out more widely over the next three months
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