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2009 Top Ten: Most Popular Cable Stories


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December 28, 2009 : M&A speculation, Comcast's bandwidth buster, and anything about Huawei got your index fingers a-clickin' in 2009

The Set-Top Files (Part II)


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December 28, 2009 : Verizon, Cablevision, Cisco, and Moto all pitch ideas on how the FCC can help spark innovation in the video device market

TiVo Gives Cable Both Barrels


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December 24, 2009 : TiVo may be biting the hand that's feeding it by whining to the FCC that cable discriminates against retail boxes and hinders product innovation

CableCARD Update


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December 23, 2009 : 3:15 PM Leased CableCARDs are drubbing the retail modules by a score of 17.75 million to 456,000

Can One Middleware Rule European Cable?


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December 23, 2009 : Cable Europe Labs aims to unify a fragmented digital video market with a pan-European middleware spec, but it needs MSOs to buy in

The Set-Top Files (Part I)


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December 22, 2009 : Cable and CE giants and their lobbying arms are telling the FCC how it can help spur video device innovation. Here's a sampling of what's been said so far...

Comcast Settles P2P Class Action Spat


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December 22, 2009 : MSO will pay up to $16M to settle the score for its previous use of a network management system that throttled some P2P applications

Verivue Tech Gets a Toehold at Shaw


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December 21, 2009 : Industry sources say the Canadian MSO is among the first to use Verivue's Flash-centric servers, paving the way for a future Web TV play

Who's Saying Hello to Moto?


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December 21, 2009 : Report says Arris and a handful of private equity firms are eyeing Moto's set-top unit, though Arris will likely need financial help to land it
Comment: NCTA chief: Yeppers - Jeff Baumgartner December 18, 2009

Consumer Groups to FCC: Redo the Set-Top Rules


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December 18, 2009 : Group calls on the FCC to open a new rulemaking process for a standard 'gateway' that can accommodate video from all sources, including the Web

TiVo Culls It Some Cable


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December 18, 2009 : 11:55 AM TiVo's partnership with Evolution Broadband bore some Tier 2 fruit this week

Recovery Act: Cable Shortchanged


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December 18, 2009 : Lots more broadband stimulus funds are to be handed out, but only one American Cable Association member, a telco, has scored so far

Digging Up 'Friendster'


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December 18, 2009 : 7:00 AM 'Internet archaeologist' discovers the perfectly preserved ruins of a once vibrant, but primitive, online civilization

Ericsson at the Core of BendBroadband's HSPA+ Tilt


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December 17, 2009 : Ericsson's packet core and radio access gear is powering the offering, which taps into the MSO's AWS spectrum

Videotron Trots Out Tru2way


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December 17, 2009 : Tru2way's future in Canada brightens with Videotron's commitment to support Samsung HD-DVRs and sell the boxes via the MSO's retail chain

FCC: Retail Set-Top Is Possible, at Least


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December 16, 2009 : As the cable industy pushes for the development of a network-agnostic, retail set-top, it may have found a champion at the Commission
Comment: Re: And it works ... - Jeff Baumgartner December 16, 2009

DirecTV Disses Cable's 'All-MVPD' Plans


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December 16, 2009 : Claims retail box that's agnostic to all network types would be 'cost-prohibitive,' and that most customers prefer to lease set-tops

Jinni Locks In Its A Round


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December 15, 2009 : Startup closes up $1.6M round as it gears up to chase down deals for its mood-based video search and recommendation technology

Comcast's 'Xfinity' to Go Mobile in 2010


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December 15, 2009 : Comcast's 'Xfinity' lineup is presently limited to broadband-connected PCs, but access to mobile devices is in store for 2010

Comcast's 'Xfinity' Goes Live


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December 15, 2009 : 9:35 AM MSO's Web TV service, and its initial stab at the 'TV Everywhere' concept, appears to be available on a national level this morning UPDATED 11:25 AM

Cable Catchup


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December 14, 2009 : 5:40 PM Comcast's 'Xfinity' brand makes a brief appearance, WOW back in hot water, Charter's big on backhaul, and more

CastleNet Tunes In to IPTV


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December 14, 2009 : CastleNet's modem with on-board IPTV capabilities is one of six Docsis 3.0 products to get stamps from CableLabs in Cert Wave 71

Cable's Got Ideas for a Universal Retail Box


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December 11, 2009 : A retail set-top that works across video industries doesn't exist yet, but a common interfaced based on HDMI-CEC is a possible candidate

IPCO Update


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December 10, 2009 : 12:50 PM Company claims to be 'courting' MSO orders for its CableCARD-compliant boxes, and, hey, here's a picture of one

BigBand Acquires Arris's M&A Guy


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December 10, 2009 : Hiring of Rajive Dhar indicates BigBand may use an acquisition strategy to fuel revenue growth and diversify its customer base
Comment: teeny tiny - Jeff Baumgartner December 9, 2009

Box Maker Blames FCC for Everything


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December 9, 2009 : IPCO claims waivers for integrated security boxes are destroying its ability to get funding and sell its CableCARD-compliant set-tops

Porting Tru2way


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December 9, 2009 : 12:45 PM ADB touts tru2way box's porting from a Cisco/TWC network to a Moto/Comcast environment – you know, what it's supposed to do

Cox Pivots Back Into Mobile Services


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December 8, 2009 : MSO is tapping Sprint's 3G CDMA network to speed Cox's mobile foray into parts of Virginia, California, and Nebraska

Paying VoD's Freight


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December 8, 2009 : 8:20 AM Sunflower Broadband's ad-insertion trial in Kansas could show the way for larger MSOs

What Digeo Was Making


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December 7, 2009 : 11:10 AM Not a heckuva lot, reveals Arris SEC filing

Heavy Reading: How Cable Will Expand Biz Services


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December 7, 2009 : Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick discusses how far cable has come and what it will have to do to compete for enterprise dollars

Whither the CableCARD?


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December 7, 2009 : The FCC admits its CableCARD rules have failed to create a vibrant retail market for set-tops and is now seeking fresh ideas that encourage innovation
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Panasonic Appeals Over 'Set-Back' Ruling


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December 4, 2009 : Consumer electronics giant is developing a tru2way 'set-back' box, but believes the device shouldn't have to contain an analog tuner

Comcast O'Brien


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December 4, 2009 : 8:50 AM On the eve of Comcast's big deal, some NBC'ers were already paying homage to their potential new cable masters

TWC's Outlook: Cloudy, With a Chance of Ethernet


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December 4, 2009 : 'Ethernet Everywhere,' software as a service, and mobile broadband are on Time Warner Cable's business services agenda

Cox's Phil Meeks: On the Road to $1B


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December 3, 2009 : The business market for cable companies is still growing. Cox Business VP Phil Meeks says his company's business service group will hit $1 billion in revenues next year and could double that in six years

Cox Targets $2B in Biz Revenues


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December 3, 2009 : Cox Business VP Phil Meeks says $1B in revenues is a lock for 2010 UPDATED 5:25 PM

Biz Services Offer Big Upside for MSOs


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December 3, 2009 : Cable firms think they're poised to steal commercial service revenues from the telcos

Comcast to Take Control of NBC Universal


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December 3, 2009 : Comcast to pay $6.5 billion for 51% of media giant NBC Universal, unveils plans to combine the companies' content and programming assets

Getting Down to Virtual Business


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December 2, 2009 : 11:40 AM Even if you won't be in NYC for our BIG cable biz event Thursday, you can still catch part of it live via the Intertubes

Cedar Point Snags Growth Funds


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December 2, 2009 : A near-term sale of Cedar Point appears unlikely after VoIP vendor taps into newly available debt finance to help it chase global deals

Mediacom's Other 105-Meg Market


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December 2, 2009 : 7:10 AM It's Dagsboro, Del., and the 'Ultra 105' tier is expected to sell for an introductory price of about $150 per month

Comcast Lights Up Broadband Bit-Counter


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December 1, 2009 : The MSO's long-anticipated broadband usage meter starts testing in Portland, with NetForecast checking its bit-counting accuracy

Cleared for Takeoff?


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December 1, 2009 : 11:50 AM Vivendi and GE reportedly found common ground on the value of NBCU, paving the way for Comcast to seal a deal for the media giant