LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2008 : SCTE launches standards effort for 'RF over Glass,' the cable FTTP architecture that hooks up to traditional set-tops and modems
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2008 : System under consideration would give high-speed digital pirates 'three strikes' before service is shut down
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 28, 2008 : But will the FCC show the same leniency toward small cable ops in front of the February 2009 digital transition?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : Kevin Martin wants Comcast to commit to when it will halt present P2P application management practices, which he still refers to as 'blocking' despite protests from the MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : If three major MSOs do decide to move on a big WiMax play with Sprint and Clearwire, they should be comforted in knowing that their hardwired Docsis systems speak the same language in many respects
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : Following months of public pressure, Comcast agrees to migrate to a 'protocol agnostic' capacity management system and provide more transparency to its network management techniques
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 26, 2008 : Investors have feared that MSOs might move on a costly wireless strategy, but a hookup with Sprint and Clearwire could give cable a wireless broadband play for 'a modest capital commitment'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 25, 2008 : Former Time Warner Cable CTO takes a minority stake in an Atlanta-based startup that has its sights on the intersection between managed video networks and Internet video
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2008 : Forecast says cable and satellite hi-def subscriptions will jump to 71 million by 2012, but HD network revenues will be playing a big game of catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Two more small cable ops obtain set-top waivers from the FCC, so long as they – wait for it – agree to go all-digital before Feb. 17, 2009
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Cooler heads have prevailed in the spat between WorldGate and its largest customer, Snap!VRS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : With wireless spectrum joining Dish Network's assets, the going bet is that the company will embark on a mobile video strategy that complements its portable PocketDISH gear and the purchase of Sling Media
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Spectrum won by Cox and other companies with ties to cable could set the stage for a market-targeted wireless network buildout and a new platform for mobile broadband services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 21, 2008 : Here are some snaps from the first-ever Light Reading Live event focused entirely on Docsis 3.0
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 20, 2008 : MSO is cable's big winner in the 700 MHz auction, but the privately held company doesn't have much to say about it yet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 20, 2008 : Most operators have trial and deployment plans in the cards for Docsis 3.0, but few are willing to tip their hands (and tip off the competition) about where they will introduce it first
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 20, 2008 : Successful launch sets the table for DirecTV to offer as many as 150 'national' HD nets and expand its local hi-def footprint
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2008 : Broadcom's Docsis 3.0 modem chips are late to the game, but the company's arrival might help reduce prices enough to speed the technology's adoption
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2008 : Satco confirms 'launch anomaly' won't hinder goal of supporting 100 local HD markets and beaming 100 'national' hi-def nets by year-end
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 18, 2008 : Down but not out – Charlie Ergen isn't about to give up his legal fight against TiVo
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2008 : A Denver appellate court on Monday ordered a new trial for the former Qwest boss after determining the judge assigned to the case excluded some key expert testimony and classified information
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2008 : VOD vendor claims server software upgrade gooses streaming by 40%, ties in with 'Start Over' and other session-intensive TV time-shifting apps
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 17, 2008 : Satellite 'launch anomaly' is a setback for Dish Networks' HD plans, and one analyst believes the delay won't be trivial
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : Vendors opt to skip Cert Wave 57, but modem and CMTS gear is already in for the next set of tests at CableLabs. If those go well, the first modems to obtain the Docsis 3.0 stamp could emerge by mid-May
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : VOD and ad-insertion specialist swings to a big profit, driven in large part by the sale of its stake in FilmFlex Movies and a jump in VOD, middleware, and ad-insertion revenues
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 13, 2008 : ...linear HD channels in Arizona, but is not making similar commitments in other markets, at least not yet
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : MSO wants a DC court to overturn an FCC order that prevents operators from owning more than 30% of the pay-TV universe
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : A live demo between Philadelphia and Virginia gets Comcast's 100G engine revving, with one exec saying the technology will be 'race-ready' late in 2009
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : No lifeline analog channels here; the MSO's chief proclaims: 'When we say all-digital, we mean it'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : MSO has no plans to 'get bigger for the sake of getting bigger,' throwing cold water on theories that it might be interested in a piece of Charter Communications
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 12, 2008 : Paul Allen, the MSO's top shareholder, is getting inquiries about deals for - or investments in - Charter. The top suspects: Time Warner Cable and Comcast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 11, 2008 : CDN-assisted P2P video startup adds Cisco to the money party, opening the door to potential set-top and gateway partnerships centering on GridNetworks' client software
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 10, 2008 : Cable loses the latest round in the drama over an FCC decision that voids some older contract provisions with multiple dwelling unit owners
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : MSO financial chief talks bandwidth reclamation, HD expansion, Internet tiers, and the company's plans (sort of) involving wireless
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : US cable's top six MSOs hope to apply serious scale to a still-secretive advanced advertising initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : Transcoding deal with Comcast's media publishing subsidiary elevates the profile of Harmonic's recent $15.5M acquisition of Rhozet Corp.
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 7, 2008 : Cable operators should get a nice subscriber bounce going into 2009 tied to the digital TV transition, but many of those new customers won't necessarily be the most profitable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 7, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 6, 2008 : Behold! The cable consortium has completed design on a digital set-top box that will also entail a downloadable CA system and MPEG-4 capabilities
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 6, 2008 : TiVo chief says tech trials are underway in New England, but Rhode Island could be the first market to get the TiVo-cable combo box if Cox opts to intro it in its flagship market in the region
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Comcast's South Florida arm says it will deliver Docsis 3.0, but not until 2009. And, surprise, it's not a FiOS market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Interactive TV software and apps developer obtains the keys to Motorola's cable kingdom, but stays silent on its involvement with the industry's still-secretive 'Canoe' advanced advertising project
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : FCC Chairman comes around, agrees it makes sense to kick the tires a bit before the Feb. 2009 transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Caching and DPI vendors say they can sell you something to solve the Internet's capacity crunch. Meanwhile, over-the-top video players hope carriers show mercy, since speedy Net connections are key to their business models
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : Pressure group claims current ad hoc waiver process and dual must-carry plant and headend requirements are out of the financial reach of smaller US cable operators
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : Deployment with Poland’s Multimedia Polska could pave way for more large on-demand deals for Harmonic and the VOD portfolio it purchased from Entone Technologies in 2006
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : The good: Top US MSOs and telcos added 8.5M new broadband subs in '07. The not so good: It's the lowest growth since '03
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2008 : SCTE launches standards effort for 'RF over Glass,' the cable FTTP architecture that hooks up to traditional set-tops and modems
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2008 : System under consideration would give high-speed digital pirates 'three strikes' before service is shut down
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 28, 2008 : But will the FCC show the same leniency toward small cable ops in front of the February 2009 digital transition?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : Kevin Martin wants Comcast to commit to when it will halt present P2P application management practices, which he still refers to as 'blocking' despite protests from the MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : If three major MSOs do decide to move on a big WiMax play with Sprint and Clearwire, they should be comforted in knowing that their hardwired Docsis systems speak the same language in many respects
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 27, 2008 : Following months of public pressure, Comcast agrees to migrate to a 'protocol agnostic' capacity management system and provide more transparency to its network management techniques
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 26, 2008 : Investors have feared that MSOs might move on a costly wireless strategy, but a hookup with Sprint and Clearwire could give cable a wireless broadband play for 'a modest capital commitment'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 25, 2008 : Former Time Warner Cable CTO takes a minority stake in an Atlanta-based startup that has its sights on the intersection between managed video networks and Internet video
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2008 : Forecast says cable and satellite hi-def subscriptions will jump to 71 million by 2012, but HD network revenues will be playing a big game of catchup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Two more small cable ops obtain set-top waivers from the FCC, so long as they – wait for it – agree to go all-digital before Feb. 17, 2009
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Cooler heads have prevailed in the spat between WorldGate and its largest customer, Snap!VRS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : With wireless spectrum joining Dish Network's assets, the going bet is that the company will embark on a mobile video strategy that complements its portable PocketDISH gear and the purchase of Sling Media
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2008 : Spectrum won by Cox and other companies with ties to cable could set the stage for a market-targeted wireless network buildout and a new platform for mobile broadband services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 21, 2008 : Here are some snaps from the first-ever Light Reading Live event focused entirely on Docsis 3.0
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 20, 2008 : MSO is cable's big winner in the 700 MHz auction, but the privately held company doesn't have much to say about it yet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 20, 2008 : Most operators have trial and deployment plans in the cards for Docsis 3.0, but few are willing to tip their hands (and tip off the competition) about where they will introduce it first
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 20, 2008 : Successful launch sets the table for DirecTV to offer as many as 150 'national' HD nets and expand its local hi-def footprint
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2008 : Broadcom's Docsis 3.0 modem chips are late to the game, but the company's arrival might help reduce prices enough to speed the technology's adoption
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2008 : Satco confirms 'launch anomaly' won't hinder goal of supporting 100 local HD markets and beaming 100 'national' hi-def nets by year-end
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 18, 2008 : Down but not out – Charlie Ergen isn't about to give up his legal fight against TiVo
News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2008 : A Denver appellate court on Monday ordered a new trial for the former Qwest boss after determining the judge assigned to the case excluded some key expert testimony and classified information
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2008 : VOD vendor claims server software upgrade gooses streaming by 40%, ties in with 'Start Over' and other session-intensive TV time-shifting apps
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 17, 2008 : Satellite 'launch anomaly' is a setback for Dish Networks' HD plans, and one analyst believes the delay won't be trivial
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : Vendors opt to skip Cert Wave 57, but modem and CMTS gear is already in for the next set of tests at CableLabs. If those go well, the first modems to obtain the Docsis 3.0 stamp could emerge by mid-May
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 14, 2008 : VOD and ad-insertion specialist swings to a big profit, driven in large part by the sale of its stake in FilmFlex Movies and a jump in VOD, middleware, and ad-insertion revenues
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 13, 2008 : ...linear HD channels in Arizona, but is not making similar commitments in other markets, at least not yet
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : MSO wants a DC court to overturn an FCC order that prevents operators from owning more than 30% of the pay-TV universe
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : A live demo between Philadelphia and Virginia gets Comcast's 100G engine revving, with one exec saying the technology will be 'race-ready' late in 2009
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : No lifeline analog channels here; the MSO's chief proclaims: 'When we say all-digital, we mean it'
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2008 : MSO has no plans to 'get bigger for the sake of getting bigger,' throwing cold water on theories that it might be interested in a piece of Charter Communications
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 12, 2008 : Paul Allen, the MSO's top shareholder, is getting inquiries about deals for - or investments in - Charter. The top suspects: Time Warner Cable and Comcast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 11, 2008 : CDN-assisted P2P video startup adds Cisco to the money party, opening the door to potential set-top and gateway partnerships centering on GridNetworks' client software
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 10, 2008 : Cable loses the latest round in the drama over an FCC decision that voids some older contract provisions with multiple dwelling unit owners
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : MSO financial chief talks bandwidth reclamation, HD expansion, Internet tiers, and the company's plans (sort of) involving wireless
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : US cable's top six MSOs hope to apply serious scale to a still-secretive advanced advertising initiative
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2008 : Transcoding deal with Comcast's media publishing subsidiary elevates the profile of Harmonic's recent $15.5M acquisition of Rhozet Corp.
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 7, 2008 : Cable operators should get a nice subscriber bounce going into 2009 tied to the digital TV transition, but many of those new customers won't necessarily be the most profitable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 7, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 6, 2008 : Behold! The cable consortium has completed design on a digital set-top box that will also entail a downloadable CA system and MPEG-4 capabilities
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 6, 2008 : TiVo chief says tech trials are underway in New England, but Rhode Island could be the first market to get the TiVo-cable combo box if Cox opts to intro it in its flagship market in the region
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Comcast's South Florida arm says it will deliver Docsis 3.0, but not until 2009. And, surprise, it's not a FiOS market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Interactive TV software and apps developer obtains the keys to Motorola's cable kingdom, but stays silent on its involvement with the industry's still-secretive 'Canoe' advanced advertising project
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : FCC Chairman comes around, agrees it makes sense to kick the tires a bit before the Feb. 2009 transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2008 : Caching and DPI vendors say they can sell you something to solve the Internet's capacity crunch. Meanwhile, over-the-top video players hope carriers show mercy, since speedy Net connections are key to their business models
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : Pressure group claims current ad hoc waiver process and dual must-carry plant and headend requirements are out of the financial reach of smaller US cable operators
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : Deployment with Poland’s Multimedia Polska could pave way for more large on-demand deals for Harmonic and the VOD portfolio it purchased from Entone Technologies in 2006
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2008 : The good: Top US MSOs and telcos added 8.5M new broadband subs in '07. The not so good: It's the lowest growth since '03
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