The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2009 : 3:10 PM Cox and NDS have become best friends forever... or at least for as long as it takes the MSO to get tru2way up and running
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 31, 2009 : Concerns about the economy are sure to take center stage, but here's a handful of hot tech topics that will also define the cable confab
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : Makes two pieces of cable's advanced ad ecosystem: the Placement Opportunity Information Service and Content Information Service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : EchoStar plans to sell its Sling-capable HD-DVR directly to US MSOs rather than trying its hand at retail
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 30, 2009 : China giant gains first big US cable foothold after winning deal to supply Cox with 'LTE-ready' SingleRAN gear and 3900 base stations
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : 8:00 AM Vendor partners up to help MSOs make the digital leap using MPEG-4 and a DCAS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : Moto adds redundancy to its downstream-dedicated CMTS blade, but says plans are underway for an upstream blade that packs in 48 ports
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 26, 2009 : Drake may be a small fish in a big cable technology pond, but its new chief believes the firm can swim faster than its larger competitors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : Cox has dissolved its interest in an ITV joint venture originally formed with Comcast in 2005, Cable Digital News has learned
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : Cox is still mum on when its wireless service will debut, but selection of BCI shows that the buildout is well underway
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : 12:25 PM It's sure to face lots of competition, but Irdeto thinks it can help MSOs secure content as they embark on IP-based video strategies
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : MoCA founder cuts 55 employees and scuttles an advanced network processor architecture as part of a restructuring that will cost $1.7M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2009 : DirecTV retains possession of Sunday Ticket, but Web TV component could loosen satco's exclusive grip on the package
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 23, 2009 : 6:15 PM The top 10 US MSOs deployed just 8,000 CableCARDs for retail devices since the last time the NCTA reported in
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 23, 2009 : Concurrent's the latest traditional VoD vendor to offer mobile and Web-fed video services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 23, 2009 : Applied Broadband says the need for metered Internet services and advanced advertising will increase the need for IPDR technology
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 23, 2009 : 2:45 PM MSO taps gear from Arris to produce the first announced cable modem service that employs Docsis-based upstream channel bonding
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 23, 2009 : Cox hires NDS to prepare 20 set-top applications for its planned tru2way launch this summer
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 20, 2009 : CableLabs certified the first cable modems 10 years ago, so here's a timeline of the highs (and some lows) Docsis has passed along the way
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 19, 2009 : 3:45 PM Charlie Ergen's tech team takes its cable set-top act to Europe, where it's sure to have an easier time gaining the trust of MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) March 19, 2009 : Charter's incentive plan aims to keep four top execs from changing jobs through the bankruptcy process and beyond
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 18, 2009 : Vendor claims new multi-format encoder lets MSOs cram up to four hi-def feeds per channel without sacrificing video quality using trusty (but not so efficient) MPEG-2 compression
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : The FCC says 927 stations that have yet to cease regular analog operations intend to do so on June 12, the new 'hard' digital transition date for US broadcasters
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : 11:30 AM Round 7: CEA still fighting a set-top waiver extension that gives Cablevision more time to develop a downloadable security system
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : VoIP vendor lays off 15 percent of staff as organic cable voice subscription growth slows, but company is confident that revenues will rise as MSOs upgrade to PacketCable 2.0 or replace older gear
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : 5:00 PM Cable's top pressure group OK with broadband stimulus funds so long as what's spent doesn't 'upset the competitive balance'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : New B-3 server is based on (surprise!) Flash and targeted to smaller MSOs or as an edge streamer/storage element in larger VoD networks, but Moto's flagship B-1 will continue to use solid-state D-RAM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : Swedish video server vendor brings its Flash game to the US to take on Verivue and a host of VoD incumbents, but analysts wonder if Tier 1 operators will want to play with the promising startup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 16, 2009 : 5:20 PM A quick glimpse at what's in store at the new 'Sony Style Comcast Labs' outlet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 16, 2009 : It's not for sale yet, but a tru2way-certified hideaway box will be among the 'future' items demonstrated at a new retail outlet in Philly that will carry the Sony and Comcast brands
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 16, 2009 : On the verge of filing a prearranged bankruptcy, the nation's fourth-largest MSO posts a $1.25 billion loss, but still manages a rise in revenue and growth in most service categories in the fourth quarter
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 13, 2009 : Vendor says it's starting to make hay with Flash VoD servers and new software as MSOs start to look and smell a lot more like content delivery networks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) March 12, 2009 : MSO isn't kissing analog good-bye yet, but it will stop selling its expanded basic tier in analog format by the end of '09. And, why not? More than 91% of Cablevision's customers already get digital
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2009 : Cable-backed advanced ad venture will follow its first addressable advertising product with an interactive ad campaign in the second half of 2009 that allows viewers to request more info about products
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 11, 2009 : 9:30 AM -- Execs at thePlatform and Plaxo shed some light on how they will link video publishing with social networking
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 11, 2009 : CableLabs specs provide the technical guidelines for enhanced TV apps, but integrating those apps into cable's mishmash of headend and set-top hardware and software environments is a huge challenge
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2009 : 10:55 AM -- Look here, look there, interactive TV partnerships are forming everywhere
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2009 : Under a broader relationship, itaas will serve as a one-stop-shop for developers that want to develop interactive applications for the nation's second-largest MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 5, 2009 : Nagravision urges FCC to amend a waiver that gives MSO more time to develop a downloadable security system; Cablevision, meanwhile, is fighting the CEA's request for a full Commission review
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 5, 2009 : Systems in Chattanooga and the Philly region are in the preparation phase of an all-digital project that will recover about 40 analog channels for expanded HD, VoD, and Docsis 3.0 services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2009 : 3:05 PM -- MSO chief says launches could start within weeks in New York and Boston, expects new tier to be most attractive to SMBs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2009 : Cable overbuilder says times are tight, so it needs another seven months to flush its inventory of older digital set-tops that don't comply with the FCC's integrated security ban
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) March 4, 2009 : Digital video specialist claims MSOs can deliver IPTV services economically with 'viP PASS,' an approach that delivers video packets directly to universal edge QAMs and completely sidesteps the CMTS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 3, 2009 : As expected, MSO takes on AT&T U-verse with a Docsis 3.0-fueled 50-Mbit/s cable modem offering while juicing up its other single-channel high-speed Internet packages
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2009 : Subs taking HD 'triple-play' will pay less for TiVo option in New England. Meanwhile, Internet port in pre-tru2way TiVo DVRs will pave path to cable-fed VoD services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) March 2, 2009 : On 'media day,' cable vendor enters an increasingly crowded RF-over-Glass market and introduces a range of new digital video and Docsis 3.0 products
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Atlanta-based startup jumps in with publishing and ad-insertion systems designed to help MSOs, satcos, and IPTV providers bridge the TV-Internet gap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 2, 2009 : Jim Dolce's new baby decloaks with a cross-platform 'media switch' targeted to MSOs, telcos, and CDNs, topped off with a $40 million second round of funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital
LR Cable News Wire Feed - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Startup aims to erase the boundaries between TV and Web video with the MDX 9000 Series Media Distribution Switch
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Media switches, Flash storage and 'intelligent' content distribution systems for VoD, IPTV, mobile video, and Web TV services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 31, 2009 : 3:10 PM Cox and NDS have become best friends forever... or at least for as long as it takes the MSO to get tru2way up and running
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 31, 2009 : Concerns about the economy are sure to take center stage, but here's a handful of hot tech topics that will also define the cable confab
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : Makes two pieces of cable's advanced ad ecosystem: the Placement Opportunity Information Service and Content Information Service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : EchoStar plans to sell its Sling-capable HD-DVR directly to US MSOs rather than trying its hand at retail
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 30, 2009 : China giant gains first big US cable foothold after winning deal to supply Cox with 'LTE-ready' SingleRAN gear and 3900 base stations
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : 8:00 AM Vendor partners up to help MSOs make the digital leap using MPEG-4 and a DCAS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 30, 2009 : Moto adds redundancy to its downstream-dedicated CMTS blade, but says plans are underway for an upstream blade that packs in 48 ports
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 26, 2009 : Drake may be a small fish in a big cable technology pond, but its new chief believes the firm can swim faster than its larger competitors
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : Cox has dissolved its interest in an ITV joint venture originally formed with Comcast in 2005, Cable Digital News has learned
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : Cox is still mum on when its wireless service will debut, but selection of BCI shows that the buildout is well underway
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : 12:25 PM It's sure to face lots of competition, but Irdeto thinks it can help MSOs secure content as they embark on IP-based video strategies
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 25, 2009 : MoCA founder cuts 55 employees and scuttles an advanced network processor architecture as part of a restructuring that will cost $1.7M
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 24, 2009 : DirecTV retains possession of Sunday Ticket, but Web TV component could loosen satco's exclusive grip on the package
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 23, 2009 : 6:15 PM The top 10 US MSOs deployed just 8,000 CableCARDs for retail devices since the last time the NCTA reported in
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 23, 2009 : Concurrent's the latest traditional VoD vendor to offer mobile and Web-fed video services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 23, 2009 : Applied Broadband says the need for metered Internet services and advanced advertising will increase the need for IPDR technology
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 23, 2009 : 2:45 PM MSO taps gear from Arris to produce the first announced cable modem service that employs Docsis-based upstream channel bonding
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 23, 2009 : Cox hires NDS to prepare 20 set-top applications for its planned tru2way launch this summer
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 20, 2009 : CableLabs certified the first cable modems 10 years ago, so here's a timeline of the highs (and some lows) Docsis has passed along the way
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 19, 2009 : 3:45 PM Charlie Ergen's tech team takes its cable set-top act to Europe, where it's sure to have an easier time gaining the trust of MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) March 19, 2009 : Charter's incentive plan aims to keep four top execs from changing jobs through the bankruptcy process and beyond
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 18, 2009 : Vendor claims new multi-format encoder lets MSOs cram up to four hi-def feeds per channel without sacrificing video quality using trusty (but not so efficient) MPEG-2 compression
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : The FCC says 927 stations that have yet to cease regular analog operations intend to do so on June 12, the new 'hard' digital transition date for US broadcasters
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : 11:30 AM Round 7: CEA still fighting a set-top waiver extension that gives Cablevision more time to develop a downloadable security system
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 18, 2009 : VoIP vendor lays off 15 percent of staff as organic cable voice subscription growth slows, but company is confident that revenues will rise as MSOs upgrade to PacketCable 2.0 or replace older gear
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : 5:00 PM Cable's top pressure group OK with broadband stimulus funds so long as what's spent doesn't 'upset the competitive balance'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : New B-3 server is based on (surprise!) Flash and targeted to smaller MSOs or as an edge streamer/storage element in larger VoD networks, but Moto's flagship B-1 will continue to use solid-state D-RAM
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 17, 2009 : Swedish video server vendor brings its Flash game to the US to take on Verivue and a host of VoD incumbents, but analysts wonder if Tier 1 operators will want to play with the promising startup
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 16, 2009 : 5:20 PM A quick glimpse at what's in store at the new 'Sony Style Comcast Labs' outlet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) March 16, 2009 : It's not for sale yet, but a tru2way-certified hideaway box will be among the 'future' items demonstrated at a new retail outlet in Philly that will carry the Sony and Comcast brands
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 16, 2009 : On the verge of filing a prearranged bankruptcy, the nation's fourth-largest MSO posts a $1.25 billion loss, but still manages a rise in revenue and growth in most service categories in the fourth quarter
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 13, 2009 : Vendor says it's starting to make hay with Flash VoD servers and new software as MSOs start to look and smell a lot more like content delivery networks
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) March 12, 2009 : MSO isn't kissing analog good-bye yet, but it will stop selling its expanded basic tier in analog format by the end of '09. And, why not? More than 91% of Cablevision's customers already get digital
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 12, 2009 : Cable-backed advanced ad venture will follow its first addressable advertising product with an interactive ad campaign in the second half of 2009 that allows viewers to request more info about products
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 11, 2009 : 9:30 AM -- Execs at thePlatform and Plaxo shed some light on how they will link video publishing with social networking
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 11, 2009 : CableLabs specs provide the technical guidelines for enhanced TV apps, but integrating those apps into cable's mishmash of headend and set-top hardware and software environments is a huge challenge
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2009 : 10:55 AM -- Look here, look there, interactive TV partnerships are forming everywhere
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 10, 2009 : Under a broader relationship, itaas will serve as a one-stop-shop for developers that want to develop interactive applications for the nation's second-largest MSO
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 5, 2009 : Nagravision urges FCC to amend a waiver that gives MSO more time to develop a downloadable security system; Cablevision, meanwhile, is fighting the CEA's request for a full Commission review
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 5, 2009 : Systems in Chattanooga and the Philly region are in the preparation phase of an all-digital project that will recover about 40 analog channels for expanded HD, VoD, and Docsis 3.0 services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2009 : 3:05 PM -- MSO chief says launches could start within weeks in New York and Boston, expects new tier to be most attractive to SMBs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 4, 2009 : Cable overbuilder says times are tight, so it needs another seven months to flush its inventory of older digital set-tops that don't comply with the FCC's integrated security ban
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (10) March 4, 2009 : Digital video specialist claims MSOs can deliver IPTV services economically with 'viP PASS,' an approach that delivers video packets directly to universal edge QAMs and completely sidesteps the CMTS
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) March 3, 2009 : As expected, MSO takes on AT&T U-verse with a Docsis 3.0-fueled 50-Mbit/s cable modem offering while juicing up its other single-channel high-speed Internet packages
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 3, 2009 : Subs taking HD 'triple-play' will pay less for TiVo option in New England. Meanwhile, Internet port in pre-tru2way TiVo DVRs will pave path to cable-fed VoD services
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) March 2, 2009 : On 'media day,' cable vendor enters an increasingly crowded RF-over-Glass market and introduces a range of new digital video and Docsis 3.0 products
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Atlanta-based startup jumps in with publishing and ad-insertion systems designed to help MSOs, satcos, and IPTV providers bridge the TV-Internet gap
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) March 2, 2009 : Jim Dolce's new baby decloaks with a cross-platform 'media switch' targeted to MSOs, telcos, and CDNs, topped off with a $40 million second round of funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital
LR Cable News Wire Feed - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Startup aims to erase the boundaries between TV and Web video with the MDX 9000 Series Media Distribution Switch
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment March 2, 2009 : Media switches, Flash storage and 'intelligent' content distribution systems for VoD, IPTV, mobile video, and Web TV services
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