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Cable Catchup


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October 29, 2010 : 4:50 PM Shareholder challenges Carlyle's CommScope buyout, Comcast and the ACA square off over NBCU, and the cord-cutting debate rages on

Javelin Wants Cisco, Moto to Tap Out


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October 29, 2010 : Vendor tries to break the Moto-Cisco duopoly – on cable taps, not set-tops and conditional access systems
Comment: Re: 3Duh - Jeff Baumgartner October 29, 2010

MoCA Goes Over the Top


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October 29, 2010 : 12:20 PM MoCA is largely a service provider play, but recent Boxee trial shows some retail potential for the technology

Arris Leaps Into CMTS Port Licensing


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October 28, 2010 : 3:45 PM Looks like Cisco won't have that part of the market cornered for very long

Arris Rides Docsis Roller Coaster in Q3


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October 28, 2010 : Shipments of Docsis CPE hits a three-year high as demand for wideband modems accelerates, but CMTS shipments reaches a two-year low
Comment: Re: World Series - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2010

Cablevision to Pay for World Series Streams


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October 27, 2010 : 7:10 PM Cablevision, locked in a retrans battle with Fox, offers to reimburse subs who pay to stream games directly from MLB.com
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Stick It!


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October 27, 2010 : 1:25 PM Where did you affix your 'CBL GRL' or 'CBL GUY' decal? Care to share?

Comcast Loses 275K Video Subscribers in Q3


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October 27, 2010 : MSO shed 275,000 basics in Q3 as it continues to invest in and expand its content distribution network
Comment: Trojan Horse? - Jeff Baumgartner October 26, 2010

Verismo Gives Cable an OTT Weapon of Its Own


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October 26, 2010 : MSOs attacking other MSOs with subscription video services? Crazier things have happened

The $20M RGB Didn't Raise


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October 26, 2010 : 5:05 PM Turns out the video gear vendor didn't raise another round of equity, but it's still talking about an IPO to help with M&A

Insight Preps Docsis 3.0 Launches


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October 26, 2010 : 10:00 AM MSO to boot up wideband in two markets before the end of the year

Comcast's TV Everywhere Play Breaks Out of Beta


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October 26, 2010 : PC-locked Xfinity TV service goes wide with 150,000 'video choices,' allowing cable TV customers to access it via third-party ISPs

Photos: SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010


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October 26, 2010 : A visual recap of last week's big cable show in the Big Easy

G.hn Chips Away at Product Promises


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October 25, 2010 : Sigma Designs is first to announce a G.hn chipset, but don't expect to see the home-networking technology in action until mid-2011
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CommScope Rockets on Takeover Talks


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October 25, 2010 : CommScope's stock jumps more than 30% after confirming that private equity firm wants to take vendor private for almost $3B
Comment: Re: Boat. Misses. - Jeff Baumgartner October 25, 2010

Huawei Expands Its Cable CPE Universe


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October 22, 2010 : DTAs, Docsis cable modems, and tru2way set-tops – oh my!

Panasonic Names US Cable Leader


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October 21, 2010 : 4:55 PM David Nicholas tasked with moving the needle at Panasonic as it attempts to make another run at the US cable box market

Cisco Pops Pay-As-You-Go CMTS Play


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October 21, 2010 : Cisco could disrupt the CMTS market with a new licensing model that lets MSOs only pay for the capacity they need

Cable-Tec Expo: What's the Magic IPTV Number?


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October 20, 2010 : Cable's debating how many 6MHz channels will be needed for IP video simulcasts, but 16 appears to be the agreed-upon long-term answer

BigBand Plots Plans for Comcast's CMAP


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October 20, 2010 : BigBand raises QAM density bar with 40-port blade that snaps into its Media Services Platform, with an eye on Comcast's big box initiative

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo: 10 Hot Trends


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October 20, 2010 : The 10 trends we'll be tracking at this week's big confab in the Big Easy include IP video, Huawei's next move, and TV Everywhere

CableLabs Preps iPad App Framework


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October 19, 2010 : 5:45 PM CableLabs 'proof-of-concept' seeks out a common way for MSOs to develop apps that link iPads to older, non-IP set-tops using EBIF
Comment: when? - Jeff Baumgartner October 19, 2010

Time Warner Cable Hints at Video CDN Plan


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October 19, 2010 : MSO exec references architecture featuring two master libraries, six regional caches, and 65 edge streaming locations

Javelin Partners Up


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October 19, 2010 : 9:15 AM Arris to hawk Javelin's new line of upstream-expanding cable taps and modules
Comment: Name Game - Jeff Baumgartner October 19, 2010

Casa's CMTS Gets Dense


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October 18, 2010 : 4:00 PM Cable IPTV is a big target for a new Casa CMTS that supports modules with 64 downstream and upstream ports

Docsis Gets Its EPON On


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October 18, 2010 : CableLabs is close to releasing a spec for business services that grafts Docsis provisioning to EPON

SeaChange Gives VoD a Shot of 'Adrenalin'


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October 18, 2010 : SeaChange unveils TV Everywhere back-office service delivery software just as a cable-backed newcomer, BNI Video, starts to nip at its heels
Comment: Re: Uphill battle? - Jeff Baumgartner October 15, 2010

The New CableCARD Rules


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October 15, 2010 : Here's a snapshot of what else went into the FCC's shot at CableCARD reform

Cable Guys Buck Up for BNI Video


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October 15, 2010 : Comcast, Time Warner Cable invest millions in video back-office firm that's poised to help cable compete with Netflix and other OTT threats

FCC Opens the Way for More HD-DTAs


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October 14, 2010 : Cable chip and box makers could get a healthy lift after the FCC exempts the deployment of one-way, HD-capable DTA boxes
Comment: TiVo still pleased - Jeff Baumgartner October 14, 2010

FCC Shoots Down TiVo's SDV Proposal


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October 14, 2010 : The FCC approved several rules aimed at fixing the CableCARD approach, but TiVo's 'IP Backchannel' idea didn't make the cut
Comment: Re: Show me the money - Jeff Baumgartner October 14, 2010

Javelin Jabs at Gigabit Cable Upstream


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October 13, 2010 : Javelin has quietly developed a line of modules and taps to help cable build fresh upstream capacity above the 1GHz ceiling

Vidiom Pitches Prepackaged Cable IPTV


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October 13, 2010 : Verimatrix, BigBand, Avail-TVN, and Harmonic among partners for company's 'turnkey' IPTV platform for Tier 2/3 MSOs

Cable SDV Makes Bid for a Tech Renaissance


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October 12, 2010 : Expected growth from Comcast and Charter, and potential for Tier 2/3 MSOs to jump in, led Heavy Reading to bump up 2010 SDV estimates

Google TV Guns for Cable Deals


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October 11, 2010 : Google's already knocking on MSO doors about its TV platform, asking how it can duplicate the integration it's managed with Dish
Comment: Suddenlink Too - Jeff Baumgartner October 8, 2010

Photos: Google TV-Logitech Gearfest


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October 8, 2010 : We came, we saw, we took some snapshots

Cable ITV Braces for 'Template Tension'


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October 7, 2010 : The use of uniform templates will accelerate cable's ITV efforts, but programmers want more look and feel flexibility
Comment: Re: Sub effect? - Jeff Baumgartner October 7, 2010
Comment: Sub effect? - Jeff Baumgartner October 7, 2010

PTO Affirms TiVo's 'Time Warp'


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October 6, 2010 : 5:50 PM Patent and Trademark Office affirms validity of key patent in the lengthy TiVo-Dish DVR war

iSuppli’s AppleTV Teardown: $61.98 in Materials


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October 5, 2010 : Apple's new streaming box drastically improves margins over the first-gen TV device, which 'appeared to be a near give-away'
Comment: Re: CableCard - Jeff Baumgartner October 5, 2010
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NDS Cracks the US Cable Code


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October 5, 2010 : Pitching integration know-how and other professional services – not cable products tweaked for the US – helps UK-based NDS gain ground

Comcast Homes In on Security Services


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October 4, 2010 : MSO's home security service, launched in Houston, ties broadband access with home monitoring and energy conservation

HBO Is GO for Google TV


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October 4, 2010 : 1:30 PM Google's upcoming TV platform to get a premium shot in the arm with HBO's 'authenticated' broadband video offering

Avail-TVN Bankrolls $30M TV Everywhere Play


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October 4, 2010 : Company spending big on central 'super' headend with 5 petabytes of storage that will ship video to TVs, PCs, iPads, and smartphones

Open Up & Say: 'TV Everywhere'


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October 1, 2010 : TradeHarbor targets cable customer care and on-the-go video services with voice-based sign-on and authentication