LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Video exec says dynamic ad-splicing systems are ready to pay the freight on Comcast's 400M monthly VoD streams
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Comcast's EVP and GM of data and communications services discusses the MSO's deal with Verizon Wireless, and what's on deck with Skype and Wi-Fi
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Also: Ziggo goes for IPO; Comcast still says no to usage-based broadband; fewer than 1M Google TV devices activated
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 28, 2012 : Cablevision's capex will rise above last year's $814.8M as the MSO accelerates some projects it had teed up for 2013
LR Mobile News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 28, 2012 : Sprint will sell $2B in notes for refinancing and network upgrades, but some cash may be earmarked to aid Clearwire
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2012 : Also: Comcast-TiVo hook-up inches closer to launch; Google eyes easier fiber deployments; Moto invests in MediaMorph
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 27, 2012 : An optional, by-the-gigabyte 'Essentials' service puts a friendlier spin on the idea that got TW Cable lambasted three years ago
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 27, 2012 : TiVo integration takes higher priority in the MSO's near-term video game plan
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 27, 2012 : Also: Adobe puts more hooks into TV Everywhere, Google gets out of Clearwire while cable stays in, Netflix gives RIM the cold shoulder
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 24, 2012 : Rogers boots up NextBox 2.0, a Videoscape-powered system featuring a souped-up gateway, a cloud-based UI and live TV streaming to tablets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 24, 2012 : Also: EchoStar posts Q4 loss; Dish to close more Blockbusters; Google picks Sanjay Jha's successor; lower STB shipments sting Technicolor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) February 23, 2012 : San Francisco is the first Comcast market to test out a system that links TiVo Premiere DVRs bought at retail to the MSO's VoD service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 23, 2012 : Dish's Charlie Ergen gives the company's LTE plans an 80% chance of success, but warns that the FCC's finger is on the 'self-destruct button'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 23, 2012 : Also: Pace to port TiVo UI in set-tops and gateways; Liberty Global eyes Ziggo, posts Q4 loss
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 23, 2012 : Samsung's cost-cutting is making set-tops an even suckier business, but Cisco insists it's still committed to the boxes
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 22, 2012 : MSO-led JV to lay off 120 employees, shut down its NYC office and change course to focus solely on cross-platform VoD ad insertion
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 22, 2012 : Among claims, T-Mobile says the deal will harm smaller carriers and put too much spectrum in the hands of Verizon Wireless
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2012 : Also: Ceton slashes price on CableCARD PC-TV tuner; BendBroadband lights up HBO GO; UK earmarks cash to handle LTE-TV interference
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 21, 2012 : MSO plans debut of Xfinity Streampix, a subscription OTT video service that will be kept out of the hands of cord-cutters
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 21, 2012 : The gloves are off as the MSO claims its erstwhile wireless partner is infringing on four patents linked to services such as MMS and SMS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2012 : Also: Evolution gets NCTC hunting license; Cass Cable says goodbye to MPEG-2; TiVo to remove Blockbuster app
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) February 21, 2012 : Cisco tries to defuse the rumor that its set-top unit is for sale, noting that John Chambers says it's committed to the market, and that's that
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 20, 2012 : Comcast Media Center lets cable partners feed off a video CDN that forms the basis of the MSO's Project Infinity VoD initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 17, 2012 : Shares jump 30% Friday as the online video publishing company raises $55M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 17, 2012 : Missed deadlines have apparently led to a parting of the ways between the MSO and Charlie Ergen's video tech spinoff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 17, 2012 : Also: Comcast promotes Avgiris; Cablevision subs get their game on; Hulu Plus invades the Wii
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (14) February 16, 2012 : The startup's broadcast-TV plan has precedents on its side, but the right legal play would make Aereo dead meat, an analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 16, 2012 : Also: DirecTV makes hay in Latin America; Comcast shares surge even with its D3 gaps; TW Cable preps bigger Android play
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : Cisco wants the European Commission to force Microsoft to open up and make Skype play nice with other video conferencing products
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : Also: FCC might extend analog TV rule; TWC CTO to keynote SCTE's Canadian confab; telcos top Ethernet rankings
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 15, 2012 : Comcast hopes to have its next-gen video platform, formerly known as Xcalibur, in front of 'hundreds of thousands' of subs in 2012
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : MSO's profits surge 26 percent as it sheds 17,000 video subs in the fourth quarter, versus 135,000 in the year-ago period
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 14, 2012 : Barry Diller-backed startup prepares to launch a broadband-delivered, $12 service that meshes broadcast TV with a network-based DVR
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 14, 2012 : MSO rides Silverlight for beta launch of app that streams live TV channels to home-bound PCs and Macs and lets subs manage DVRs remotely
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 14, 2012 : Huawei's to be among the first in line as CableLabs targets July for its first official tests on EPON gear that uses Docsis-style provisioning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2012 : Also: Hulu debuts first original series; U-verse realigns with Starz; GLDS nabs NCTC hunting license
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 13, 2012 : Cable co-op's downloadable video security platform gets off the block as some Tier 2 MSOs look to stay clear of the Moto/Cisco duopoly
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 13, 2012 : Also: Netflix settles privacy spat for $9M; Comcast takes a page from Apple's playbook; Boxee eyes DVR ideas; TiVo to cull U-verse data
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 10, 2012 : TV Everywhere firm cuts its IPO price as shares skyrocket in the early going, then settle for a small gain in their first day of trading
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) February 10, 2012 : Also: Roku jumps the pond; Amazon downplays subscription streaming plans; Arris to halt Moxi retail support; Cablevision chases government deals
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 9, 2012 : But it's in talks to get DirecTV signed on with Exede, a faster (12Mbit/s) satellite broadband service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 9, 2012 : Cable vendor shoots for a 10% top line boost, citing strength from its Docsis menu, Moxi video gateways and some help from BigBand
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 8, 2012 : Boxee wants TV tiers to stay in the clear so it can cater to "cord shavers." MSOs say encryption will reduce truck rolls, service theft
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) February 8, 2012 : 10:35 AM The first live stream of the Super Bowl attracted 2.1 million unique viewers, and a bunch of whiners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 8, 2012 : Also: TiVo seeks takeover bids; live TV is absent on upgraded U-Verse iPad app; Telus taps in to Cisco's Videoscape
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (13) February 7, 2012 : 1:00 PM Verizon's Redbox partnership could the pave the way to a virtual MSO and force cable to pursue much grander OTT video plays
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 7, 2012 : Also: Grist for the Apple iTV rumor mill; Brightcove prices its IPO; cable VoD ads get real; TW Cable ad highlights Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 6, 2012 : Google is ready to begin stringing fiber, getting it an important step closer to connecting live customers to its 1-Gig network
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 6, 2012 : Also: Time Warner plows cash into Conviva; Cisco exec heads to Comcast; Entropic checks into hospitality
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) February 6, 2012 : Consolidated believes the combined company can save $25 million in annual operations costs and as much as $10 million in capex
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 3, 2012 : As the wireless service reaches an end, Cox reportedly gets set for the expected layoffs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 3, 2012 : MSO grudgingly agrees to reconfigure its Cisco traffic manager so all P2P traffic sidesteps traffic management
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 3, 2012 : Satellite TV giant is seeking out new broadband partners to aid its OTT video offerings, and WildBlue apparently won't be among them
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 3, 2012 : Also: Ex-SeaChange pres has non-compete; DirecTV halts WildBlue broadband sales; shady sports streamers put on ice; PPV goes 3-D
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 2, 2012 : Also: Comcast exec to keynote SCTE shindig; Amdocs scores a big re-up; Cisco vet hops to Clearleap; Comcast home security is a Mile High
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 2, 2012 : With the loss of another key executive, the video software vendor is living up to its name
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 1, 2012 : Netflix taps encoding startup EYE IO to boost bandwidth efficiency by up to 50% and keep consumption caps and broadband meters in check
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) February 1, 2012 : A hearing on cable's co-marketing deals and AWS spectrum sales to Verizon Wireless is said to be on its way
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 1, 2012 : Also: SeaChange cuts headcount; Comcast beefs up Internet Essentials; DTAs pay for Technicolor; SlingPlayer's on Fire
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) February 1, 2012 : The CEA objects to a plan that would let MSOs sell old set-tops, including HD-DVRs, and it might win a round for a change
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Video exec says dynamic ad-splicing systems are ready to pay the freight on Comcast's 400M monthly VoD streams
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Comcast's EVP and GM of data and communications services discusses the MSO's deal with Verizon Wireless, and what's on deck with Skype and Wi-Fi
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 29, 2012 : Also: Ziggo goes for IPO; Comcast still says no to usage-based broadband; fewer than 1M Google TV devices activated
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 28, 2012 : Cablevision's capex will rise above last year's $814.8M as the MSO accelerates some projects it had teed up for 2013
LR Mobile News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 28, 2012 : Sprint will sell $2B in notes for refinancing and network upgrades, but some cash may be earmarked to aid Clearwire
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 28, 2012 : Also: Comcast-TiVo hook-up inches closer to launch; Google eyes easier fiber deployments; Moto invests in MediaMorph
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 27, 2012 : An optional, by-the-gigabyte 'Essentials' service puts a friendlier spin on the idea that got TW Cable lambasted three years ago
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 27, 2012 : TiVo integration takes higher priority in the MSO's near-term video game plan
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 27, 2012 : Also: Adobe puts more hooks into TV Everywhere, Google gets out of Clearwire while cable stays in, Netflix gives RIM the cold shoulder
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 24, 2012 : Rogers boots up NextBox 2.0, a Videoscape-powered system featuring a souped-up gateway, a cloud-based UI and live TV streaming to tablets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 24, 2012 : Also: EchoStar posts Q4 loss; Dish to close more Blockbusters; Google picks Sanjay Jha's successor; lower STB shipments sting Technicolor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) February 23, 2012 : San Francisco is the first Comcast market to test out a system that links TiVo Premiere DVRs bought at retail to the MSO's VoD service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 23, 2012 : Dish's Charlie Ergen gives the company's LTE plans an 80% chance of success, but warns that the FCC's finger is on the 'self-destruct button'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 23, 2012 : Also: Pace to port TiVo UI in set-tops and gateways; Liberty Global eyes Ziggo, posts Q4 loss
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 23, 2012 : Samsung's cost-cutting is making set-tops an even suckier business, but Cisco insists it's still committed to the boxes
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 22, 2012 : MSO-led JV to lay off 120 employees, shut down its NYC office and change course to focus solely on cross-platform VoD ad insertion
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 22, 2012 : Among claims, T-Mobile says the deal will harm smaller carriers and put too much spectrum in the hands of Verizon Wireless
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 22, 2012 : Also: Ceton slashes price on CableCARD PC-TV tuner; BendBroadband lights up HBO GO; UK earmarks cash to handle LTE-TV interference
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 21, 2012 : MSO plans debut of Xfinity Streampix, a subscription OTT video service that will be kept out of the hands of cord-cutters
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 21, 2012 : The gloves are off as the MSO claims its erstwhile wireless partner is infringing on four patents linked to services such as MMS and SMS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 21, 2012 : Also: Evolution gets NCTC hunting license; Cass Cable says goodbye to MPEG-2; TiVo to remove Blockbuster app
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) February 21, 2012 : Cisco tries to defuse the rumor that its set-top unit is for sale, noting that John Chambers says it's committed to the market, and that's that
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 20, 2012 : Comcast Media Center lets cable partners feed off a video CDN that forms the basis of the MSO's Project Infinity VoD initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 17, 2012 : Shares jump 30% Friday as the online video publishing company raises $55M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 17, 2012 : Missed deadlines have apparently led to a parting of the ways between the MSO and Charlie Ergen's video tech spinoff
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 17, 2012 : Also: Comcast promotes Avgiris; Cablevision subs get their game on; Hulu Plus invades the Wii
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (14) February 16, 2012 : The startup's broadcast-TV plan has precedents on its side, but the right legal play would make Aereo dead meat, an analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 16, 2012 : Also: DirecTV makes hay in Latin America; Comcast shares surge even with its D3 gaps; TW Cable preps bigger Android play
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : Cisco wants the European Commission to force Microsoft to open up and make Skype play nice with other video conferencing products
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : Also: FCC might extend analog TV rule; TWC CTO to keynote SCTE's Canadian confab; telcos top Ethernet rankings
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 15, 2012 : Comcast hopes to have its next-gen video platform, formerly known as Xcalibur, in front of 'hundreds of thousands' of subs in 2012
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 15, 2012 : MSO's profits surge 26 percent as it sheds 17,000 video subs in the fourth quarter, versus 135,000 in the year-ago period
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 14, 2012 : Barry Diller-backed startup prepares to launch a broadband-delivered, $12 service that meshes broadcast TV with a network-based DVR
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 14, 2012 : MSO rides Silverlight for beta launch of app that streams live TV channels to home-bound PCs and Macs and lets subs manage DVRs remotely
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 14, 2012 : Huawei's to be among the first in line as CableLabs targets July for its first official tests on EPON gear that uses Docsis-style provisioning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 14, 2012 : Also: Hulu debuts first original series; U-verse realigns with Starz; GLDS nabs NCTC hunting license
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 13, 2012 : Cable co-op's downloadable video security platform gets off the block as some Tier 2 MSOs look to stay clear of the Moto/Cisco duopoly
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 13, 2012 : Also: Netflix settles privacy spat for $9M; Comcast takes a page from Apple's playbook; Boxee eyes DVR ideas; TiVo to cull U-verse data
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 10, 2012 : TV Everywhere firm cuts its IPO price as shares skyrocket in the early going, then settle for a small gain in their first day of trading
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (9) February 10, 2012 : Also: Roku jumps the pond; Amazon downplays subscription streaming plans; Arris to halt Moxi retail support; Cablevision chases government deals
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 9, 2012 : But it's in talks to get DirecTV signed on with Exede, a faster (12Mbit/s) satellite broadband service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 9, 2012 : Cable vendor shoots for a 10% top line boost, citing strength from its Docsis menu, Moxi video gateways and some help from BigBand
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 8, 2012 : Boxee wants TV tiers to stay in the clear so it can cater to "cord shavers." MSOs say encryption will reduce truck rolls, service theft
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) February 8, 2012 : 10:35 AM The first live stream of the Super Bowl attracted 2.1 million unique viewers, and a bunch of whiners
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 8, 2012 : Also: TiVo seeks takeover bids; live TV is absent on upgraded U-Verse iPad app; Telus taps in to Cisco's Videoscape
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (13) February 7, 2012 : 1:00 PM Verizon's Redbox partnership could the pave the way to a virtual MSO and force cable to pursue much grander OTT video plays
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) February 7, 2012 : Also: Grist for the Apple iTV rumor mill; Brightcove prices its IPO; cable VoD ads get real; TW Cable ad highlights Netflix
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 6, 2012 : Google is ready to begin stringing fiber, getting it an important step closer to connecting live customers to its 1-Gig network
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 6, 2012 : Also: Time Warner plows cash into Conviva; Cisco exec heads to Comcast; Entropic checks into hospitality
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) February 6, 2012 : Consolidated believes the combined company can save $25 million in annual operations costs and as much as $10 million in capex
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) February 3, 2012 : As the wireless service reaches an end, Cox reportedly gets set for the expected layoffs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 3, 2012 : MSO grudgingly agrees to reconfigure its Cisco traffic manager so all P2P traffic sidesteps traffic management
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 3, 2012 : Satellite TV giant is seeking out new broadband partners to aid its OTT video offerings, and WildBlue apparently won't be among them
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 3, 2012 : Also: Ex-SeaChange pres has non-compete; DirecTV halts WildBlue broadband sales; shady sports streamers put on ice; PPV goes 3-D
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) February 2, 2012 : Also: Comcast exec to keynote SCTE shindig; Amdocs scores a big re-up; Cisco vet hops to Clearleap; Comcast home security is a Mile High
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment February 2, 2012 : With the loss of another key executive, the video software vendor is living up to its name
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) February 1, 2012 : Netflix taps encoding startup EYE IO to boost bandwidth efficiency by up to 50% and keep consumption caps and broadband meters in check
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) February 1, 2012 : A hearing on cable's co-marketing deals and AWS spectrum sales to Verizon Wireless is said to be on its way
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) February 1, 2012 : Also: SeaChange cuts headcount; Comcast beefs up Internet Essentials; DTAs pay for Technicolor; SlingPlayer's on Fire
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) February 1, 2012 : The CEA objects to a plan that would let MSOs sell old set-tops, including HD-DVRs, and it might win a round for a change
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