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Posted in October 2011

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TW Cable Puts Android in the Picture


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October 31, 2011 : 5:10 PM But the latest tablet play won't stream live TV channels until after the MSO chomps on Google's Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012

Kudelski Sets 9% Layoff


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October 31, 2011 : Swiss video security specialist will reduce its workforce by 270 as it looks to trim costs by $103M and tighten focus on Web TV tech

Moto Mobility Braces for Layoffs


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October 31, 2011 : Also: YouTube is going pro; new Google TV hardware is coming in 2012; Internap connects with Concurrent; Coinstar raises Redbox rates

MobiTV Offers TV Everywhere


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October 31, 2011 : MobiTV President Paul Scanlon believes its experience with live TV and major mobile operators will give it an edge in the pay-TV world
Comment: Re: Not in their DNA - Jeff Baumgartner October 28, 2011

Google TV's Refresh


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October 28, 2011 : 3:30 PM Is it too late for Google to right the wrongs that graced its first integrated TV play?
Comment: Rough all over - Jeff Baumgartner October 28, 2011

FCC Greenlights USF Reform


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October 28, 2011 : Also: MobiTV serves up TV Everywhere platform; Harmonic beats the street; Verizon tops ISP survey; Netflix gets another beatdown

Cablevision Profits, Video Subs Shrink in Q3


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October 28, 2011 : But revenues rise 8% thanks in part to the MSO's recent acquisition of Bresnan Communications
Comment: Re: Videocracy - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2011
Comment: Re: poof? - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2011
Comment: Guide guidance - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2011
Comment: Re: Videocracy - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2011

TW Cable Navigates TV in the Cloud


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October 27, 2011 : The MSO is deploying a fancier, cloud-based navigation system that taps into a set-top's IP Docsis connection

DirecTV Pipes Live TV to iPads


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October 27, 2011 : Also: Virgin touts TiVo; Verivue scores at UPC; Arris CMTS/edge QAM router enters MSO lab; BigBand plays up targeted IPTV ads
Comment: Re: poof? - Jeff Baumgartner October 27, 2011

TW Cable Sheds Video and Voice Subs


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October 27, 2011 : MSO also misses the mark on revenues and earnings while business services remain a bright spot
Comment: Re: Videocracy - Jeff Baumgartner October 26, 2011

Verizon's Over-the-Top Home Control


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October 26, 2011 : Telco intends to sell its new 'broadband-agnostic' home-monitoring service outside of its DSL and fiber footprint starting in 2012

ESPN: No Regrets About 3DTV Tilt


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October 26, 2011 : ESPN thinks it made the right call when it was among the first networks to make an aggressive push into the world of 3DTV

Netflix Is Still the Video-Streaming King


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October 26, 2011 : Also: Apple TV rumors swirl; AT&T's wireless receiver has a price; Cablevision adds click-to-call; Fox extends its TV pay-wall

AT&T's Weber: Don't Overlook the Video Basics


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October 25, 2011 : TV Everywhere and video apps are fun and sexy, but they won't amount to a hill of beans if they aren't backed up by a strong core video service

EchoStar Sets Sights on a Network DVR


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October 25, 2011 : Tech company will follow Cablevision's lead with an nDVR that will be delivered to its first service provider customer by year's end
Comment: Netflix still falling - Jeff Baumgartner October 25, 2011

AT&T U-Verse Boxes Go Wireless


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October 25, 2011 : Also: Vendors pitch pre-packaged TV Everywhere platform; Netflix chief justifies Qwikster concept; HBO's got issues with Apple TV

Netflix Loses 810,000 Subs


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October 24, 2011 : Netflix stock falls more than 21% after the company whiffs on its streaming and DVD subscriber forecast
Comment: Re: Motive - Jeff Baumgartner October 24, 2011

Jobs Bio Confirms Apple Television Plan


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October 24, 2011 : Apple iTV predictions; Irdeto buys piracy cop; Canoe study touts ITV ad efficiency; WICT Rocky Mountain sets 'Tech it Out' lineup

Cable Co-Op Boots Up TV Everywhere Project


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October 24, 2011 : The NCTC has spawned an initiative that aims to create a centralized authentication system for hundreds of Tier 3 pay-TV operators

Is Cable T-Mobile's Fallback Plan?


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October 24, 2011 : Forget Plan B. A spectrum connection with Comcast and Time Warner Cable may become T-Mobile's new Plan A
Comment: Re: shifty eyes - Jeff Baumgartner October 21, 2011

Cable Porn Hacker Pleads Guilty


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October 21, 2011 : 12:30 PM Former Cox employee serving as a 'liaison' to Comcast admits to performing Super Bowl Interruptus in 2009, and gets a wrist slap

UltraViolet Reviewers Sing the Blues


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October 21, 2011 : Also: Charter knows broadband ads; Cogeco ripped for wideband fee; ACA frets about IP closed captioning rules; SCTE sets 'IP Challenge' field
Comment: I wonder... - Jeff Baumgartner October 20, 2011
Comment: Re: CDN play - Jeff Baumgartner October 20, 2011

BNI Video Seeks Scale With Cisco


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October 20, 2011 : MSOs will be more willing to make sizable commitments to BNI Video's product line once it's in the hands of a major cable vendor
Comment: MSOs weigh in - Jeff Baumgartner October 20, 2011

Cisco to Buy BNI Video for $99M


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October 20, 2011 : BNI's TV Everywhere video backoffice would help Cisco shore up Videoscape and challenge incumbents SeaChange and Ericsson

How Far Will Netflix Fall?


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October 20, 2011 : Also: Netflix bites on Honeycomb; CableLabs stokes MSO advanced ad plans; Roku adds more live TV to streaming platform, RadixTV goes OTT

The State of Docsis 3.0


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October 19, 2011 : 3:05 PM US cable's government handout-free wideband rollout is on pace to reach 77% of the nation's homes by year's end
Comment: Re: A million apps - Jeff Baumgartner October 19, 2011

Hyperoptic Lights Up 1-Gig in London


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October 19, 2011 : Also: WOW IDs its Docsis 3.0 tiers; Verizon bundles FiOS apps; MaxLinear tunes up Arris's D3 CPE; smart TVs surging

Clearleap, IBBS Take MSOs to the IP Video Bridge


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October 19, 2011 : IBBS to resell Clearleap's Stream On Demand platform, which pipes VoD to hybrid set-tops, Roku boxes and LG connected TVs over IP
Comment: Re: lights, camera... - Jeff Baumgartner October 18, 2011

Meet Huawei's New Cable Guy


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October 18, 2011 : The Chinese equipment maker has tapped former BendBroadband CTO Frank Miller to head its cable product strategy

Skype Founders to Target Netflix, LoveFilm


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October 18, 2011 : Also: Hulu may retry an IPO; Canoe launches ITV brand; Cox taps strategy chief; U-verse goes social; cable still thinks AllVid is all wet

Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Service or Application (Cable)


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October 18, 2011 : 7:40 AM Here's a glance at who made it onto the shortlist, and why

Verizon Ordered to Pay ActiveVideo $24.1M More


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October 17, 2011 : Also: Hulu mulls its next move; Casa notches China CMTS expansion deal; WoW eyes wideband tiers; Ultra HDTV advances

Netflix Crowns FiOS the Streaming King


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October 14, 2011 : 4:20 PM But Verizon's DSL service is the pauper in Netflix's latest ISP performance rankings

CableLabs Confirms CEO's 2012 Departure


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October 14, 2011 : Paul Liao won't renew his contract for 'personal reasons,' sparking concerns about the future of CableLabs in a consolidating industry

Hulu: No Sale


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October 14, 2011 : Also: Telcos, satellite guys top TV satisfaction study; Moto sets Google vote; Netflix notches another TV streaming deal
Comment: Re: "dinosaurs" - Jeff Baumgartner October 13, 2011

CableLabs CEO Liao Sets His Exit


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October 13, 2011 : It'll be three years and out for Dr. Paul Liao, the former Panasonic CTO who took the CableLabs helm in 2009

Netflix Amps Its Political Power


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October 13, 2011 : Also: HBO Go goes global; cable DVR and VoD usage on the rise; Suddenlink widens TiVo footprint; Canoe adds another cable vet

Monsoon Pitches MSO-Managed TV Place-Shifting


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October 13, 2011 : Monsoon to take on EchoStar and Moto with place-shifting devices that let MSOs decide which channels can be streamed in and out of the home

Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Product (Cable)


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October 13, 2011 : 5:30 AM Some reasons why this crop of cable products made the list of finalists

Comcast's Studio Shelves $60 VoD Test


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October 12, 2011 : 5:30 PM Universal backed down after some major theater studio owners threatened to boycott Tower Heist

Intel's TV Disconnect


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October 12, 2011 : Also: Roku gets HBO Go as it unveils low-cost box; Universal's $60 VoD test meets more static; SeaChange notches VoD win in Mexico

Charter CEO to Step Down


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October 11, 2011 : Michael Lovett will step down on April 30, 2012, or sooner, if the MSO can find a successor before then
Comment: BigBand CMTS - Jeff Baumgartner October 11, 2011

Arris/BigBand Could Resurrect Modular CCAP


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October 11, 2011 : A modular version of cable's budding converged services architecture is among the long-term plans once the companies get combined
Comment: Re: transitions - Jeff Baumgartner October 11, 2011
Comment: That didn't take long - Jeff Baumgartner October 11, 2011

DirecTV Unveils Content 'Nomad'


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October 11, 2011 : Also: Yahoo drops out of the Hulu bidding, Megacable hires a CTO, cable contractors sue in Georgia, Harmonic and Kit deal targets TV Everywhere

Arris Snaps Up BigBand


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October 11, 2011 : Arris is paying $2.24 per share for the struggling switched digital video specialist

Photos: CTAM 2011


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October 10, 2011 : The 2011 CTAM confab in New York took cable marketers into the cloud, and there were plenty of opportunities to grab some schwag
Comment: Re: considering - Jeff Baumgartner October 9, 2011

Comcast VoD Coming to TiVo


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October 7, 2011 : 10:30 AM Comcast's juicy FCC filing also references a 'private IP' service for PCs and Macs and a fall launch of Comcast's AnyPlay streaming device

Comcast, Universal to Test $60 VoD Flick


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October 7, 2011 : Also: VoD poised to breach $2B revenue mark; DC court to hear network neutrality appeals, YouTube streams free flicks across the pond

Suddenlink Goes Live With Metered Broadband


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October 6, 2011 : Subs will be subject to overage fees if they exceed their monthly bandwidth allotment more than two times

Comcast to Swing Xcalibur Wide in 2012


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October 6, 2011 : Comcast's cloud-inspired next-gen video platform is still limited to a small trial, but the MSO expects to take it nationwide next year

Cable Gets It On With IPv6


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October 6, 2011 : Also: Grande, Synacor do TV Everywhere; Showtime is cable's ITV idol; Softel jumps in cable's Canoe; Comcast Media Center expands ad roster

TW Cable Makes Cloud Progress With NaviSite


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October 6, 2011 : MSO's latest acquisition is starting to tailor and test cloud service offerings for small- and mid-sized businesses

Comcast, Verizon Connect With the Xbox 360


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October 5, 2011 : The Xbox 360 will soon stream a portion of Comcast's and Verizon's VoD library and a subset of the FiOS TV live TV lineup

Cox Dodges iPhone Question


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October 5, 2011 : Sprint will need help unloading millions of iPhones, and the technical pieces are in place for the MSO to lend the carrier a hand

Microsoft Ready to Switch on Xbox TV


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October 5, 2011 : Also: Cable pitches USF reform proposal; Comcast getting down to more business; Midcontinent seals system buys; Avail-TVN scores in Chile

CTAM 2011: Hot Topics


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October 5, 2011 : Cable's marketing honchos will give us a break from Docsis 3.0 and RFoG in favor of debates about a la carte and making a CE connection
Comment: Re: the dunk pic - Jeff Baumgartner October 4, 2011

Suddenlink to Fit Broadband Caps, Overage Fees


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October 4, 2011 : Also: Cox runs targeted ads; CableCARDs stall at retail; Transmode scores at UPC; thePlatform adds brass; Netflix & Showtime duke it out
Comment: Re: made it - Jeff Baumgartner October 4, 2011

Netflix Gets Spoofed


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October 3, 2011 : 1:40 PM Here's the sketch that didn't make it on Saturday Night Live

Verizon Appeals Net Neutrality Rules (Again)


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October 3, 2011 : Also: Round two for Hulu; CenturyLink intros Internet Basics tilt; Nagra advances ad play via M&A; Italy hosts video hacking case

C&W Lime Streams TV Everywhere with AnyView


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October 3, 2011 : Cable & Wireless's Caribbean unit to use adaptive bit rate system from Avail-TVN to stream video to IP-connected set-tops, PCs and mobile devices