LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 30, 2012 : Also: Espial eats ANT for $8M, Redbox/Verizon pricing and packaging details emerge, and Carlos Slim goes up against Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 29, 2012 : Tying cloud-based services with fast broadband pipes is transforming Comcast's commerical service strategy, says Comcast Business exec Kevin O'Toole
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 29, 2012 : Cox will focus on four key areas to hit its next revenue goal in 2016 and set the stage for other growth strategies, including acquisitions
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 29, 2012 : Also: Verizon settlement helps TiVo swing a healthy Q3 profit; FCC extends HD set-top deadline; Sigma Systems rolls out its CloudBroker
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 29, 2012 : Business services revenues for US cable operators are growing at $1B per year, according to Heavy Reading
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 28, 2012 : Also: Cox does more home security; Rovi to take guide data off the air; connected TVs becoming a video streaming haven
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) November 28, 2012 : A new software release will let cable operators stream pay-TV services directly to Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and LG connected TVs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 27, 2012 : The startup, run by several ex-Cisco execs, has developed a D3 wireless voice gateway that will compete with the likes of Arris and Technicolor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 27, 2012 : Also: OneAccess means business with Docsis 3.0; Mediacom customer care gets appy; Verizon to offer NBCU everywhere
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 26, 2012 : The operator intends to expand its business-class menu with the acquisition of Telovations, a profitable hosted-services provider
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (15) November 26, 2012 : Canada's largest cable operator uses FTTH in select markets to run a new broadband service that provides symmetrical speeds of 250 Mbit/s
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 26, 2012 : Also: Moto Mobility shuts down some dedicated international websites; Disney Movies Online calls it quits; BTIG tries out Google Fiber
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 23, 2012 : Entropic is among the chipmakers eyeing HiNOC, a Chinese broadband standard that will compete with C-Docsis and C-HomePlug
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 22, 2012 : Also: TW Cable takes a run at Vonage and Skype; Microsoft may make a Roku rival; it's a bird, it's a plane, it's an EchoStar satellite!
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) November 21, 2012 : Dish fumes that a proposed FCC rule would disable a gob of its spectrum and threaten the company's ability to enter the wireless business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) November 21, 2012 : Also: Cox to expand its tablet TV lineup; Cisco notches a Videoscape win; Comcast app adds download option; Suddenlink deal is a wrap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 20, 2012 : A patent awarded to Shlomo Rakib sheds some light on his radical cable access architecture, which appears to include some SDN wrinkles
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 20, 2012 : Also: Alcatel-Lucent powers new 1-Gig network; Vdio goes beta in the US and UK; M&A wave hits social TV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 19, 2012 : Microsoft's console launches the WatchESPN app, but it will only work for consumers who get pay-TV services from a handful of providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) November 19, 2012 : Time Warner Cable has been kicking the tires on an automated way to bring Docsis-style provisioning to EPON services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 19, 2012 : Also: TW Cable eyes NYC subway Wi-Fi; Cablevision banks on possible Bresnan sale; Netflix CEO says it doesn't need a big brother
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 16, 2012 : Comcast's corporate hometown is one of two major markets that will get the cable operator's next-gen video product in the coming weeks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 16, 2012 : The FCC says a rule that lets cable operators encrypt basic TV services in all-digital systems will take effect on Dec. 10
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 16, 2012 : Also: WaveDivision rolls in $1B in funding; FCC set to vet Charter's set-top plan; Comcast taps northeast biz unit lead
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 15, 2012 : Also: Contec connects with Charter; UTStarcom snags stake in aioTV; Grande pushes the TiVo Stream; Comcast expands the cable/mobile bundle
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 15, 2012 : This Technology raises $7.5M and reveals a customer lineup that includes Comcast, Verizon, NBCU and ABC
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (18) November 14, 2012 : Also: Google Fiber hitting 600Mbit/s-plus; US cable dominates broadband adds in Q3; TWC faces modem fee lawsuits; ThinkAnalytics keeps rolling
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) November 14, 2012 : China picks 'C-Docsis' as an acceptable cable access standard, creating a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for Broadcom and its vendor partners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 13, 2012 : It has taken almost three years to reach this point, but Google Fiber has begun to connect customers in Kansas City, Kan.
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2012 : Also: Comcast's NBCU unit cuts back; Netflix subs watch less TV; Vecima pockets a small profit; Google Fiber bulks up its TV lineup
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2012 : Akamai bolsters its CDN platform for network operators as it picks off Verivue, a video software firm that counts Cox as a customer
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 12, 2012 : Also: Rogers to boost broadband speeds; Fox renews fight against Dish's ad-zapper; Liberty Global is Puerto Rico's cable king
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 9, 2012 : Verizon's wholesale Ethernet division plans to extend its reach by tapping into the retail FiOS network, which passes millions of businesses
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 8, 2012 : 11:45 AM An analyst weighs the good, bad and ugly that could happen should Arris make a run at Motorola's cable business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 8, 2012 : Also: Netflix keeps video streaming crown; Arris may profit from AT&T's broadband tilt; Comcast catches heat in Georgetown
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 7, 2012 : Operator envisions faster speeds and a wider reach as it gears up to serve businesses with an Ethernet/Docsis 3.0 combination
LRTV Interviews - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Comcast's Karen Schmidt explains how the company is targeting mid-sized businesses with Metro Ethernet and aiming even higher when the opportunity arises
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : CenturyLink's Bennett Gamel says Ethernet will be the common factor as the carrier stitches its networks together to create a 'service agnostic' platform
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Strategies vary by service provider, but cloud-based services mark just one way they are trying to differentiate in a hyper-competitive market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Also: Dish Chairman says a DirecTV deal is do-able; TW Cable uses Xboxes to lure triple-play subs; Cable Center IDs new HoF class
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Reclaiming analog spectrum is just one of the big operational changes underway as Charter looks to duplicate the Cablevision playbook
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Tied to its 'Telco 2.0' initiative, tw telecom has launched bandwidth-on-demand and management features to help customers reach deeper into the cloud
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Also: Dish loses 19,000 subscribers; changes afoot at CTAM; retrans fees set to explode
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2012 : The cable set-top and modem repair giant makes a swift exit from Chapter 11, shaves $250M in debt and sets up $25M in new financing
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) November 5, 2012 : Netflix erects Icahn defense; Liberty Global sells 50,000 Horizon TV subscriptions; TWC posts Sandy update; DirecTV CEO is staying put
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 5, 2012 : TW Cable whiffs on third-quarter revenues and earnings targets and sheds more video subscribers than analysts were expecting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2012 : The non-profit CableLabs R&D consortium launches a for-profit unit called NetworkFX that will seek business outside the cable industry
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 2, 2012 : FCC data now shows 15 percent of cell sites and 17 percent of cable systems were out in areas hardest-hit by the storm as of Friday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 2, 2012 : CableLabs to relocate its San Francisco facility to the Silicon Valley, where an expanded 'innovation team' will connect with area startups
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 2, 2012 : Also: Boxee primes pump for new broadband TV box; OTT rentals to surpass subscription revenues; MoCA to dominate the wired home network
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 1, 2012 : Cablevision, Verizon and TW Cable offer updates on their recovery efforts in the wake of the historic storm
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) November 1, 2012 : Also: Cable recovering from Sandy's wrath; Brightcove at a loss in Q3; The Cable Center boards up
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 1, 2012 : 9:00 AM As we near next week's Leading Lights awards in Gotham, here's why these six finalists made the cut
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 30, 2012 : Also: Espial eats ANT for $8M, Redbox/Verizon pricing and packaging details emerge, and Carlos Slim goes up against Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 29, 2012 : Tying cloud-based services with fast broadband pipes is transforming Comcast's commerical service strategy, says Comcast Business exec Kevin O'Toole
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 29, 2012 : Cox will focus on four key areas to hit its next revenue goal in 2016 and set the stage for other growth strategies, including acquisitions
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 29, 2012 : Also: Verizon settlement helps TiVo swing a healthy Q3 profit; FCC extends HD set-top deadline; Sigma Systems rolls out its CloudBroker
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 29, 2012 : Business services revenues for US cable operators are growing at $1B per year, according to Heavy Reading
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 28, 2012 : Also: Cox does more home security; Rovi to take guide data off the air; connected TVs becoming a video streaming haven
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) November 28, 2012 : A new software release will let cable operators stream pay-TV services directly to Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and LG connected TVs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 27, 2012 : The startup, run by several ex-Cisco execs, has developed a D3 wireless voice gateway that will compete with the likes of Arris and Technicolor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 27, 2012 : Also: OneAccess means business with Docsis 3.0; Mediacom customer care gets appy; Verizon to offer NBCU everywhere
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 26, 2012 : The operator intends to expand its business-class menu with the acquisition of Telovations, a profitable hosted-services provider
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (15) November 26, 2012 : Canada's largest cable operator uses FTTH in select markets to run a new broadband service that provides symmetrical speeds of 250 Mbit/s
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 26, 2012 : Also: Moto Mobility shuts down some dedicated international websites; Disney Movies Online calls it quits; BTIG tries out Google Fiber
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 23, 2012 : Entropic is among the chipmakers eyeing HiNOC, a Chinese broadband standard that will compete with C-Docsis and C-HomePlug
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 22, 2012 : Also: TW Cable takes a run at Vonage and Skype; Microsoft may make a Roku rival; it's a bird, it's a plane, it's an EchoStar satellite!
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) November 21, 2012 : Dish fumes that a proposed FCC rule would disable a gob of its spectrum and threaten the company's ability to enter the wireless business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) November 21, 2012 : Also: Cox to expand its tablet TV lineup; Cisco notches a Videoscape win; Comcast app adds download option; Suddenlink deal is a wrap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 20, 2012 : A patent awarded to Shlomo Rakib sheds some light on his radical cable access architecture, which appears to include some SDN wrinkles
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 20, 2012 : Also: Alcatel-Lucent powers new 1-Gig network; Vdio goes beta in the US and UK; M&A wave hits social TV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 19, 2012 : Microsoft's console launches the WatchESPN app, but it will only work for consumers who get pay-TV services from a handful of providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) November 19, 2012 : Time Warner Cable has been kicking the tires on an automated way to bring Docsis-style provisioning to EPON services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 19, 2012 : Also: TW Cable eyes NYC subway Wi-Fi; Cablevision banks on possible Bresnan sale; Netflix CEO says it doesn't need a big brother
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 16, 2012 : Comcast's corporate hometown is one of two major markets that will get the cable operator's next-gen video product in the coming weeks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) November 16, 2012 : The FCC says a rule that lets cable operators encrypt basic TV services in all-digital systems will take effect on Dec. 10
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 16, 2012 : Also: WaveDivision rolls in $1B in funding; FCC set to vet Charter's set-top plan; Comcast taps northeast biz unit lead
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 15, 2012 : Also: Contec connects with Charter; UTStarcom snags stake in aioTV; Grande pushes the TiVo Stream; Comcast expands the cable/mobile bundle
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 15, 2012 : This Technology raises $7.5M and reveals a customer lineup that includes Comcast, Verizon, NBCU and ABC
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (18) November 14, 2012 : Also: Google Fiber hitting 600Mbit/s-plus; US cable dominates broadband adds in Q3; TWC faces modem fee lawsuits; ThinkAnalytics keeps rolling
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) November 14, 2012 : China picks 'C-Docsis' as an acceptable cable access standard, creating a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for Broadcom and its vendor partners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 13, 2012 : It has taken almost three years to reach this point, but Google Fiber has begun to connect customers in Kansas City, Kan.
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2012 : Also: Comcast's NBCU unit cuts back; Netflix subs watch less TV; Vecima pockets a small profit; Google Fiber bulks up its TV lineup
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 13, 2012 : Akamai bolsters its CDN platform for network operators as it picks off Verivue, a video software firm that counts Cox as a customer
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 12, 2012 : Also: Rogers to boost broadband speeds; Fox renews fight against Dish's ad-zapper; Liberty Global is Puerto Rico's cable king
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 9, 2012 : Verizon's wholesale Ethernet division plans to extend its reach by tapping into the retail FiOS network, which passes millions of businesses
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 8, 2012 : 11:45 AM An analyst weighs the good, bad and ugly that could happen should Arris make a run at Motorola's cable business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 8, 2012 : Also: Netflix keeps video streaming crown; Arris may profit from AT&T's broadband tilt; Comcast catches heat in Georgetown
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 7, 2012 : Operator envisions faster speeds and a wider reach as it gears up to serve businesses with an Ethernet/Docsis 3.0 combination
LRTV Interviews - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Comcast's Karen Schmidt explains how the company is targeting mid-sized businesses with Metro Ethernet and aiming even higher when the opportunity arises
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : CenturyLink's Bennett Gamel says Ethernet will be the common factor as the carrier stitches its networks together to create a 'service agnostic' platform
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Strategies vary by service provider, but cloud-based services mark just one way they are trying to differentiate in a hyper-competitive market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 7, 2012 : Also: Dish Chairman says a DirecTV deal is do-able; TW Cable uses Xboxes to lure triple-play subs; Cable Center IDs new HoF class
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Reclaiming analog spectrum is just one of the big operational changes underway as Charter looks to duplicate the Cablevision playbook
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Tied to its 'Telco 2.0' initiative, tw telecom has launched bandwidth-on-demand and management features to help customers reach deeper into the cloud
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 6, 2012 : Also: Dish loses 19,000 subscribers; changes afoot at CTAM; retrans fees set to explode
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2012 : The cable set-top and modem repair giant makes a swift exit from Chapter 11, shaves $250M in debt and sets up $25M in new financing
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) November 5, 2012 : Netflix erects Icahn defense; Liberty Global sells 50,000 Horizon TV subscriptions; TWC posts Sandy update; DirecTV CEO is staying put
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) November 5, 2012 : TW Cable whiffs on third-quarter revenues and earnings targets and sheds more video subscribers than analysts were expecting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 5, 2012 : The non-profit CableLabs R&D consortium launches a for-profit unit called NetworkFX that will seek business outside the cable industry
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 2, 2012 : FCC data now shows 15 percent of cell sites and 17 percent of cable systems were out in areas hardest-hit by the storm as of Friday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 2, 2012 : CableLabs to relocate its San Francisco facility to the Silicon Valley, where an expanded 'innovation team' will connect with area startups
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) November 2, 2012 : Also: Boxee primes pump for new broadband TV box; OTT rentals to surpass subscription revenues; MoCA to dominate the wired home network
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) November 1, 2012 : Cablevision, Verizon and TW Cable offer updates on their recovery efforts in the wake of the historic storm
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) November 1, 2012 : Also: Cable recovering from Sandy's wrath; Brightcove at a loss in Q3; The Cable Center boards up
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment November 1, 2012 : 9:00 AM As we near next week's Leading Lights awards in Gotham, here's why these six finalists made the cut
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