LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 31, 2007 : VOD server and software specialist exits the VOD content aggregation biz in the UK and Ireland
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) December 31, 2007 : Satellite company will ring in the New Year by dividing in two. Pay-TV unit will be renamed 'Dish Network Corp.,' but moniker for spun-off 'EchoStar Holdings Corp.' tech unit may be short-lived
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 31, 2007 : It's abundantly clear that consumer interest in one-way digital TVs with CableCARD slots is fleeting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 28, 2007 : New downstream CMTS modules from Arris, Cisco, and Motorola are reducing port prices by 50% or more, paving the way for faster Docsis 2.0 tiers, and the start of 100-Mbit/s services based on Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 24, 2007 : From a bandwidth crunch to a regulatory jihad and a hammer-toting granny with 'tude, cable had its hands full in '07
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : Something tells me we won't see the FCC chairman doing the same for cable anytime soon
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : A $135 million bid for Philips's set-top business could elevate Pace to No. 3 status, past Scientific Atlanta/Cisco but still behind Thomson and Moto
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : A pair of MSO contracts for 100-Mbit/s service shows that the high-speed, channel-bonding early adopters continue to come from Asia and Europe
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 19, 2007 : FCC-adopted sub limit might prevent Comcast from making a big buy if, you know, any big MSOs were actually up for sale and, umm, Comcast was looking to buy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 19, 2007 : Christmas came early for three suppliers after CableLabs stamped their respective CMTS gear with prized Docsis 3.0 approvals. No modem vendors passed this round, but they'll get another chance in January
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) December 18, 2007 : In a close vote, the agency approves a 30 percent ownership limit designed, in part, to limit an MSO's power over young programmers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 17, 2007 : Arris makes staff cuts after closing the C-COR deal and outlines its – yaaaawn – new corporate structure
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 17, 2007 : As expected, companies seal deal before year-end to set up broader battles against larger rivals such as Cisco and Motorola
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 14, 2007 : 8-K filing could re-spark acquisition speculation about digital video specialist, but analysts would be surprised if anything's afoot in the near-term
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 14, 2007 : Timing could be everything, as the startup scores $25 million while cable rows ahead on an advanced-advertising initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) December 13, 2007 : But why? One possiblitity is that it portends a new in-house DVR strategy for satellite TV giant
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 12, 2007 : Concurrent wins the MSO's Arizona project and claims there's plenty of business still to be had in US cable VOD build-outs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 12, 2007 : The FCC is set to vote on an ownership cap proposal that could prevent Comcast from making a large acquisition
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 12, 2007 : 'Real-time' management, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of the cable network, as well as the repair and improvement of 'mission critical' services like switched digital, Docsis 3.0, and IP voice
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 11, 2007 : Cable's top pressure group asks the FCC to stay a decision on multi-dwelling units, saying the new rules affect some standing contracts
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 11, 2007 : Get educated… or get ready to stare into a black void that used to be your analog TV screen
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) December 11, 2007 : Some results are out for the current wave of CableLabs testing, but it looks as if any Docsis 3.0 results won't be known for another week
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 10, 2007 : Cable vets may remember this guy, who was doing user generated content long before the term was coined
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 10, 2007 : Images from the first ever Light Reading Live! event focused on the cable sector
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 7, 2007 : Macrovision has put up $2.8B to buy Gemstar-TV Guide, a deal that will turn the DRM specialist into a key cable video software as well as partner to Comcast under the GuideWorks joint venture
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) December 7, 2007 : Here at the latest Light Reading LIVE! event, MSOs touted the virtues of the cable sector's new growth engine – delivering broadband services to business customers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 7, 2007 : Remember when there were worries that MovieBeam might siphon away some of cable's VOD revenue? Worry no more
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 6, 2007 : CableLabs is making a wide intellectual property sweep for the tech behind a special dongle that will allow one-way devices to tune to channels in a cable operator's 'switched' programming tier
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 5, 2007 : Comcast shares could take a tumble today after the MSO reduced '07 RGU guidance and bumped up capex expectations by 5 percent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) December 4, 2007 : Investors add $24M to coffers, which optical access specialist looks to factor into cable's fiber-to-the-premises deployment opportunities in 'greenfield' situations
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 4, 2007 : The switched digital video land-grab is on. Motorola now claims to have commitments for 24 million homes passed
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 3, 2007 : While bigger, public MSOs sit on the sidelines, privately held Cox confirmed it will gear up and play for the 700 MHz spectrum that will soon be up for bid
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 3, 2007 : Two major MSOs say they won't join the 700 MHz frenzy, but have yet to outline what they plan to do with already won Advanced Wireless Spectrum. Cox says it will weigh in later today
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 31, 2007 : VOD server and software specialist exits the VOD content aggregation biz in the UK and Ireland
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) December 31, 2007 : Satellite company will ring in the New Year by dividing in two. Pay-TV unit will be renamed 'Dish Network Corp.,' but moniker for spun-off 'EchoStar Holdings Corp.' tech unit may be short-lived
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 31, 2007 : It's abundantly clear that consumer interest in one-way digital TVs with CableCARD slots is fleeting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 28, 2007 : New downstream CMTS modules from Arris, Cisco, and Motorola are reducing port prices by 50% or more, paving the way for faster Docsis 2.0 tiers, and the start of 100-Mbit/s services based on Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 24, 2007 : From a bandwidth crunch to a regulatory jihad and a hammer-toting granny with 'tude, cable had its hands full in '07
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : Something tells me we won't see the FCC chairman doing the same for cable anytime soon
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : A $135 million bid for Philips's set-top business could elevate Pace to No. 3 status, past Scientific Atlanta/Cisco but still behind Thomson and Moto
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 20, 2007 : A pair of MSO contracts for 100-Mbit/s service shows that the high-speed, channel-bonding early adopters continue to come from Asia and Europe
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 19, 2007 : FCC-adopted sub limit might prevent Comcast from making a big buy if, you know, any big MSOs were actually up for sale and, umm, Comcast was looking to buy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 19, 2007 : Christmas came early for three suppliers after CableLabs stamped their respective CMTS gear with prized Docsis 3.0 approvals. No modem vendors passed this round, but they'll get another chance in January
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) December 18, 2007 : In a close vote, the agency approves a 30 percent ownership limit designed, in part, to limit an MSO's power over young programmers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 17, 2007 : Arris makes staff cuts after closing the C-COR deal and outlines its – yaaaawn – new corporate structure
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 17, 2007 : As expected, companies seal deal before year-end to set up broader battles against larger rivals such as Cisco and Motorola
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 14, 2007 : 8-K filing could re-spark acquisition speculation about digital video specialist, but analysts would be surprised if anything's afoot in the near-term
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 14, 2007 : Timing could be everything, as the startup scores $25 million while cable rows ahead on an advanced-advertising initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) December 13, 2007 : But why? One possiblitity is that it portends a new in-house DVR strategy for satellite TV giant
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 12, 2007 : Concurrent wins the MSO's Arizona project and claims there's plenty of business still to be had in US cable VOD build-outs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 12, 2007 : The FCC is set to vote on an ownership cap proposal that could prevent Comcast from making a large acquisition
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 12, 2007 : 'Real-time' management, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of the cable network, as well as the repair and improvement of 'mission critical' services like switched digital, Docsis 3.0, and IP voice
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 11, 2007 : Cable's top pressure group asks the FCC to stay a decision on multi-dwelling units, saying the new rules affect some standing contracts
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 11, 2007 : Get educated… or get ready to stare into a black void that used to be your analog TV screen
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) December 11, 2007 : Some results are out for the current wave of CableLabs testing, but it looks as if any Docsis 3.0 results won't be known for another week
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 10, 2007 : Cable vets may remember this guy, who was doing user generated content long before the term was coined
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 10, 2007 : Images from the first ever Light Reading Live! event focused on the cable sector
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) December 7, 2007 : Macrovision has put up $2.8B to buy Gemstar-TV Guide, a deal that will turn the DRM specialist into a key cable video software as well as partner to Comcast under the GuideWorks joint venture
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) December 7, 2007 : Here at the latest Light Reading LIVE! event, MSOs touted the virtues of the cable sector's new growth engine – delivering broadband services to business customers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 7, 2007 : Remember when there were worries that MovieBeam might siphon away some of cable's VOD revenue? Worry no more
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 6, 2007 : CableLabs is making a wide intellectual property sweep for the tech behind a special dongle that will allow one-way devices to tune to channels in a cable operator's 'switched' programming tier
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 5, 2007 : Comcast shares could take a tumble today after the MSO reduced '07 RGU guidance and bumped up capex expectations by 5 percent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) December 4, 2007 : Investors add $24M to coffers, which optical access specialist looks to factor into cable's fiber-to-the-premises deployment opportunities in 'greenfield' situations
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 4, 2007 : The switched digital video land-grab is on. Motorola now claims to have commitments for 24 million homes passed
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 3, 2007 : While bigger, public MSOs sit on the sidelines, privately held Cox confirmed it will gear up and play for the 700 MHz spectrum that will soon be up for bid
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment December 3, 2007 : Two major MSOs say they won't join the 700 MHz frenzy, but have yet to outline what they plan to do with already won Advanced Wireless Spectrum. Cox says it will weigh in later today
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