The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 29, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 29, 2008 : Analyst says MSO readying a 'major unveiling' of business-class offerings; but, on the wireless front, it's favoring a network-agnostic application play over an infrastructure buildout
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 28, 2008 : ‘Seatgate’ allegations at Harvard, a fresh supbpoena from the NY Attorney General, perhaps an FCC hearing 're-do' at Stanford... It’s good to be Comcast these days
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2008 : Stock rises as MSO manages to grow across the board and keep basic subs in check despite mounting competition from Verizon’s completely fiber-fed platform
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2008 : John Malone's Liberty Media polishes off a $12.5B stock deal that transfers over News Corp.'s stake in the nation's largest satellite TV service operator
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 27, 2008 : The MSO says it's ready to test Docsis 3.0; meanwhile, Q4 results show a record number of phone subscribers added
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : MSO outlines some significant bandwidth-related moves for 2008, including more digital simulcast, a trio of SDV deployments, and, in some smaller markets, an outright migration to all-digital
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : MSO ups '08 capex for some system upgrades, all-digital migrations, SDV, and other moves aimed at freeing up bandwidth for more hi-def fare and preparing for the February 2009 DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : With FCC approval, Dr. John Malone is on US cable’s doorstep, poised to make a competitive house call on an industry that he helped lead into its modern era
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 25, 2008 : In a square-off at Harvard, the FCC looked ready to consider rules that would prevent service operators from discriminating against third-party apps running on their high-speed networks
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 25, 2008 : Rumor that Cablevision may try to shed its Rainbow Media division for as much as $3B rekindles privatization speculation
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 22, 2008 : As envisioned, this relatively bare-bones digital-to-analog converter would play a starring role in the MSO’s ‘all-digital’ strategy, starting toward the back half of 2008
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2008 : Citing an economic drain and a waning deployment scope, OpenTV confirms previous deal to support MSO's legacy Motorola set-top footprint is on 'indefinite hold'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2008 : Vendor says it will submit its flagship CMTS to CableLabs for Docsis 3.0 testing when Wave 58 gets underway later this month
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2008 : Comcast, already facing an FCC probe over its network management practices, is now the target of a class action lawsuit over allegations of false advertising
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2008 : Vendor aims to keep its product shipment lead with a new line of Docsis 3.0-based modems and embedded multimedia terminal adapters
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 20, 2008 : NCTA chief calls on the FCC to support a blanket waiver that would exempt smaller systems from delivering 'must carry' TV stations in analog and digital following the February 2009 transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 19, 2008 : Targeted to spectrum-strapped cable systems, new platform will help operators reclaim analog capacity for more advanced digital services such as HD and VOD, and make the move to the tru2way platform
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2008 : Comcast's selection of Thomson as a second source for EMTAs hits Arris hard, but vendor is confident it will bounce back in the second quarter and the second half of 2008
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : Shares dive more than 20 percent in after-hours trading as Arris issues a disappointing Q1 forecast alongside weak Q4 revenues
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : MSO says it will lean on switched digital and analog reclamation strategies to free up space for Docsis 3.0 and up to 60 linear HD channels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : Q4 and full-year financials were in-line as MSO replaces basic cable subscribers with new digital cable customers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : In an 80-page filing with the FCC, the nation’s largest cable operator stresses that it does not block Internet content but uses 'reasonable' techniques to manage high-speed traffic
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : Startup claims its agnostic broadband box for businesses can download at speeds up to 65 Mbit/s by fusing together six connections and creating one 'virtual' pipe
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : Study finds presence of serious broadcast coverage 'gaps,' but that may create a windfall for cable, satellite, and telco TV service providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 12, 2008 : In a case not technically related to Verizon's VOIP patent lawsuits, MSOs are accusing the carrier of illegal marketing tactics in the battle for voice customers
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 11, 2008 : A Yahoo-Microsoft tandem won't spawn a cable ad giant, but it could keep Google from grabbing more than its fair share of the turf as MSOs try to bring in more ad dollars with interactivity and targeting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 11, 2008 : MSO pushes the need for speed in the tech-savvy region, as new 16 Mbit/s product spars with AT&T's 10 Mbit/s offering. But analyst says lower pricing, not better speeds, will attract new subs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 8, 2008 : Without much fanfare, CableLabs publishes the official specs, while Solekai delivers a test tool for a new switched digital video adapter
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 8, 2008 : Analyst tells investors to sit on the sidelines as dueling metrics make it tough to gauge which vendors are winning the SDV market war
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 7, 2008 : SDV and edge QAM specialist met guidance, but Q4 was marked by lower revenues and net loss of $13.8M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 7, 2008 : A lucky 4 percent of the MSO's subscribers in Kentucky and Indiana will get to upgrade to a new 20 Mbit/s tier
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 7, 2008 : South Carolina is the first region to get a hi-def version of Time Warner Cable's Start Over feature, part of the MSO's push to get more aggressive in HD
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 7, 2008 : iTV firm-turned-videophone-maker might have to hang it up for good in the wake of a testy dispute with its largest customer, which claims it's not responsible for WorldGate's financial mess
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 6, 2008 : Cisco/SA modems for new, speedier 'Ultimate' tiers are bonding two Docsis channels, and synchronizing everything via a third 'control channel'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 6, 2008 : Canadian MSO pushes the speed envelope with the launch of two cable modem service tiers that employ Docsis channel bonding but still apply controversial consumption caps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 6, 2008 : The MSO didn't blow out the quarter, but Time Warner Cable did some catching up as two newly acquired systems 'turned the corner'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 5, 2008 : MSOs' hot-and-cold view on the technology is heating up again, insist execs from Ericsson and Camiant, which claim IMS is on the minds of several tier 1 operators
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 5, 2008 : Canadian MSO Videotron is set to announce a 'brand new very high speed Internet product' likely based on channel bonding techniques found in Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 5, 2008 : Facing a possible cash crunch, the spectrum overlay vendor is cutting back on staff and cutting loose its non-cable products
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : The FCC does have something to say about this whole cable programmer lawsuit thingie
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : Lawsuit from six national cable nets claim that last year's dual must-carry ruling violates their First Amendment rights, and that the FCC has overstepped its authority to regulate programmers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : MSO teams with Popcorn Home Entertainment on service that enables digital subs, for a premium, to rent VOD films in the tighter DVD window... and purchase the physical DVD itself
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Spectrum overlay specialist says it will focus solely on the cable market and move the bulk of its manufacturing to Asia, with a minimal impact on its US staff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Fresh off its first cable deployment, Transparent Video Systems is marketing a system that lets smaller operators reclaim analog spectrum and break the Motorola-Scientific Atlanta duopoly
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Dish Networks says it has not exhausted its legal options in the TiVo 'Time Warp' patent case
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 29, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 29, 2008 : Analyst says MSO readying a 'major unveiling' of business-class offerings; but, on the wireless front, it's favoring a network-agnostic application play over an infrastructure buildout
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 28, 2008 : ‘Seatgate’ allegations at Harvard, a fresh supbpoena from the NY Attorney General, perhaps an FCC hearing 're-do' at Stanford... It’s good to be Comcast these days
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2008 : Stock rises as MSO manages to grow across the board and keep basic subs in check despite mounting competition from Verizon’s completely fiber-fed platform
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2008 : John Malone's Liberty Media polishes off a $12.5B stock deal that transfers over News Corp.'s stake in the nation's largest satellite TV service operator
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 27, 2008 : The MSO says it's ready to test Docsis 3.0; meanwhile, Q4 results show a record number of phone subscribers added
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : MSO outlines some significant bandwidth-related moves for 2008, including more digital simulcast, a trio of SDV deployments, and, in some smaller markets, an outright migration to all-digital
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : MSO ups '08 capex for some system upgrades, all-digital migrations, SDV, and other moves aimed at freeing up bandwidth for more hi-def fare and preparing for the February 2009 DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 26, 2008 : With FCC approval, Dr. John Malone is on US cable’s doorstep, poised to make a competitive house call on an industry that he helped lead into its modern era
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 25, 2008 : In a square-off at Harvard, the FCC looked ready to consider rules that would prevent service operators from discriminating against third-party apps running on their high-speed networks
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 25, 2008 : Rumor that Cablevision may try to shed its Rainbow Media division for as much as $3B rekindles privatization speculation
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 22, 2008 : As envisioned, this relatively bare-bones digital-to-analog converter would play a starring role in the MSO’s ‘all-digital’ strategy, starting toward the back half of 2008
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2008 : Citing an economic drain and a waning deployment scope, OpenTV confirms previous deal to support MSO's legacy Motorola set-top footprint is on 'indefinite hold'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2008 : Vendor says it will submit its flagship CMTS to CableLabs for Docsis 3.0 testing when Wave 58 gets underway later this month
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2008 : Comcast, already facing an FCC probe over its network management practices, is now the target of a class action lawsuit over allegations of false advertising
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2008 : Vendor aims to keep its product shipment lead with a new line of Docsis 3.0-based modems and embedded multimedia terminal adapters
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 20, 2008 : NCTA chief calls on the FCC to support a blanket waiver that would exempt smaller systems from delivering 'must carry' TV stations in analog and digital following the February 2009 transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 19, 2008 : Targeted to spectrum-strapped cable systems, new platform will help operators reclaim analog capacity for more advanced digital services such as HD and VOD, and make the move to the tru2way platform
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2008 : Comcast's selection of Thomson as a second source for EMTAs hits Arris hard, but vendor is confident it will bounce back in the second quarter and the second half of 2008
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : Shares dive more than 20 percent in after-hours trading as Arris issues a disappointing Q1 forecast alongside weak Q4 revenues
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : MSO says it will lean on switched digital and analog reclamation strategies to free up space for Docsis 3.0 and up to 60 linear HD channels
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2008 : Q4 and full-year financials were in-line as MSO replaces basic cable subscribers with new digital cable customers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : In an 80-page filing with the FCC, the nation’s largest cable operator stresses that it does not block Internet content but uses 'reasonable' techniques to manage high-speed traffic
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : Startup claims its agnostic broadband box for businesses can download at speeds up to 65 Mbit/s by fusing together six connections and creating one 'virtual' pipe
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 13, 2008 : Study finds presence of serious broadcast coverage 'gaps,' but that may create a windfall for cable, satellite, and telco TV service providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 12, 2008 : In a case not technically related to Verizon's VOIP patent lawsuits, MSOs are accusing the carrier of illegal marketing tactics in the battle for voice customers
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 11, 2008 : A Yahoo-Microsoft tandem won't spawn a cable ad giant, but it could keep Google from grabbing more than its fair share of the turf as MSOs try to bring in more ad dollars with interactivity and targeting
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 11, 2008 : MSO pushes the need for speed in the tech-savvy region, as new 16 Mbit/s product spars with AT&T's 10 Mbit/s offering. But analyst says lower pricing, not better speeds, will attract new subs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 8, 2008 : Without much fanfare, CableLabs publishes the official specs, while Solekai delivers a test tool for a new switched digital video adapter
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 8, 2008 : Analyst tells investors to sit on the sidelines as dueling metrics make it tough to gauge which vendors are winning the SDV market war
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 7, 2008 : SDV and edge QAM specialist met guidance, but Q4 was marked by lower revenues and net loss of $13.8M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 7, 2008 : A lucky 4 percent of the MSO's subscribers in Kentucky and Indiana will get to upgrade to a new 20 Mbit/s tier
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 7, 2008 : South Carolina is the first region to get a hi-def version of Time Warner Cable's Start Over feature, part of the MSO's push to get more aggressive in HD
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 7, 2008 : iTV firm-turned-videophone-maker might have to hang it up for good in the wake of a testy dispute with its largest customer, which claims it's not responsible for WorldGate's financial mess
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 6, 2008 : Cisco/SA modems for new, speedier 'Ultimate' tiers are bonding two Docsis channels, and synchronizing everything via a third 'control channel'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 6, 2008 : Canadian MSO pushes the speed envelope with the launch of two cable modem service tiers that employ Docsis channel bonding but still apply controversial consumption caps
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 6, 2008 : The MSO didn't blow out the quarter, but Time Warner Cable did some catching up as two newly acquired systems 'turned the corner'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 5, 2008 : MSOs' hot-and-cold view on the technology is heating up again, insist execs from Ericsson and Camiant, which claim IMS is on the minds of several tier 1 operators
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 5, 2008 : Canadian MSO Videotron is set to announce a 'brand new very high speed Internet product' likely based on channel bonding techniques found in Docsis 3.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 5, 2008 : Facing a possible cash crunch, the spectrum overlay vendor is cutting back on staff and cutting loose its non-cable products
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : The FCC does have something to say about this whole cable programmer lawsuit thingie
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : Lawsuit from six national cable nets claim that last year's dual must-carry ruling violates their First Amendment rights, and that the FCC has overstepped its authority to regulate programmers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 4, 2008 : MSO teams with Popcorn Home Entertainment on service that enables digital subs, for a premium, to rent VOD films in the tighter DVD window... and purchase the physical DVD itself
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Spectrum overlay specialist says it will focus solely on the cable market and move the bulk of its manufacturing to Asia, with a minimal impact on its US staff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Fresh off its first cable deployment, Transparent Video Systems is marketing a system that lets smaller operators reclaim analog spectrum and break the Motorola-Scientific Atlanta duopoly
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 1, 2008 : Dish Networks says it has not exhausted its legal options in the TiVo 'Time Warp' patent case
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