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Posted in March 2011

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Cablevision to Stream Full TV Lineup to iPads


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March 31, 2011 : Meanwhile, TW Cable decides to remove 12 channels from its iPad lineup amid the threat of programmer-led lawsuits
Comment: Re: Bieber Fever - Jeff Baumgartner March 30, 2011
Comment: Blackout averted - Jeff Baumgartner March 30, 2011

Google's 1-Gig Fiber Winner: Kansas City, KS


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March 30, 2011 : Heads up, Time Warner Cable and AT&T. Googlemania is heading your way

TW Cable's Gaedtke Gallops to Google


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March 30, 2011 : The exec who helped develop the MSO's controversial iPad app and connected-TV strategy is on the move again

TW Cable Circles the iPad Wagons


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March 29, 2011 : 2:25 PM The gloves are coming off as the MSO and programmers spar over a new app that lets subs stream live, linear channels in their homes
Comment: Re: CES Actors too - Jeff Baumgartner March 29, 2011

Chambers Floats His Stimulus Plan


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March 29, 2011 : 7:30 AM Cisco CEO appears on 60 Minutes to lobby for a one-time tax break to help companies bring money back to the US that's trapped overseas

Cox Lights Up Wireless in the Sooner State


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March 29, 2011 : Cox Wireless is up in five markets following debut in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, with the MSO's New England region next in line
Comment: Footprint % - Jeff Baumgartner March 28, 2011

Ruckus Ready to Rumble With Docsis 3.0


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March 28, 2011 : The Wi-Fi vendor looks to make waves in cable broadband, taking on BelAir and Cisco

TV Everywhere Starts Getting Somewhere


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March 28, 2011 : At least, that's true when it comes to authentication systems that tie consumers to Web TV hubs and programmers' sites
Comment: Re: Sling - Jeff Baumgartner March 27, 2011

Netflix to Wait 90 Days for New Starz Fare


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March 25, 2011 : Netflix forced to make more concessions as streaming giant becomes increasingly competitive with MSOs and premium TV networks

Why Is Sling Getting a Free Pass?


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March 25, 2011 : ...when programmers are chirping about Time Warner Cable's new iPad app, which limits streaming of live TV to a customer's home

Rumor: TW Cable Talking With LightSquared


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March 24, 2011 : With T-Mobile off the table, TW Cable may try to use its AWS spectrum bargaining chip with the startup LTE network wholesaler

CableLabs Peeks at Picocells


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March 23, 2011 : Now in the RFI phase, cable may develop technical specs to help 'harmonize' deployments of small cell technologies

Charter Cranks Carrier Wholesale Efforts


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March 23, 2011 : MSO charts course for more wholesale Ethernet deals with Tier 1 carriers after unleashing five interconnects, with more in the works
Comment: Re: oh well - Jeff Baumgartner March 22, 2011

Cable Could Lose Wireless Bargaining Chip


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March 21, 2011 : AT&T's big buy would prevent cable from hooking up with T-Mobile, but analysts don't expect MSOs to make a drastic move and try to buy Sprint

Cable-ized Picocells Give MSOs Spot at LTE Table


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March 21, 2011 : Cable's LTE service potential remains limited, but a new picocell from BelAir may offer MSOs a way into LTE backhaul revenues

Liberty Global Scoops Up KBW for $4.5B


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March 21, 2011 : Cable magnate John Malone has struck a deal that could turn the German cable market into a duopoly to challenge DT

ZTE Partners for EPON TV


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March 21, 2011 : ZTE and BroadLogic hook up on an EPON-to-QAM video conversion device for MSOs that has potential in the US as well as China
Comment: Liberty outbid - Jeff Baumgartner March 18, 2011

FCC Has Broadband Conditions for CenturyLink-Qwest


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March 18, 2011 : Merger conditions give cable MSOs a bigger and faster telco competitor
Comment: It's official - Jeff Baumgartner March 18, 2011

Vidiom Cuts US Staff


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March 17, 2011 : Sources say unit of ADB that's pitching prepackaged IPTV systems to Tier 2/3 MSOs has laid off its US staff

Deja Vu All Over Again


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March 17, 2011 : 1:20 PM The early popularity of TW Cable's new iPad app took the MSO by surprise, but it probably shouldn't have

Cox Wireless Preps for New England Launch


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March 17, 2011 : MSO expected to reveal launch plans for Rhode Island and other markets in the region later this month

How the iPad 2 Got Slimmer & Trimmer


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March 16, 2011 : Latest teardown reveals the 'weight-loss secrets' of Apple's new tablet, and Richard Simmons isn't to blame
Comment: Severance $$$ - Jeff Baumgartner March 16, 2011
Comment: Re: My usage - Jeff Baumgartner March 16, 2011
Comment: System swampage - Jeff Baumgartner March 16, 2011
Comment: Flack starts up - Jeff Baumgartner March 15, 2011

Consumption Check


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March 15, 2011 : 3:25 PM My bandwidth consumption remains well below my ISP's ceiling. How's yours looking?

Charter's CTO Resigns


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March 15, 2011 : Marwan Fawaz, who helped the MSO emerge from Chapter 11, is leaving March 25 to 'pursue other opportunities'
Comment: Starting lineup - Jeff Baumgartner March 15, 2011
Comment: Re: Cord Cutting - Jeff Baumgartner March 14, 2011

TWC's iPad App Launches With (Some) Live TV


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March 14, 2011 : TWC is first US cable operator to bring linear TV to the iPad, but is restricting access to the customer's home and, for now, 30 channels
Comment: Re: About time - Jeff Baumgartner March 14, 2011

Will Cable Follow AT&T's Lead on Usage Fees?


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March 14, 2011 : Analyst says AT&T's decision to combine usage caps with overage fees gives 'air cover' for cable operators to do the same
Comment: Re: i wonder... - Jeff Baumgartner March 14, 2011
Comment: Re: i wonder... - Jeff Baumgartner March 14, 2011
Comment: Re: i wonder... - Jeff Baumgartner March 14, 2011

AT&T to Fit Subs With Broadband Caps


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March 14, 2011 : AT&T to keep bandwidth hogs in check using monthly 150GB and 250GB consumption ceilings while setting the stage for 'overage' charges
Comment: Re: Telco response - Jeff Baumgartner March 11, 2011
Comment: More cable aid - Jeff Baumgartner March 11, 2011

Quake Rattles Japan Telecom


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March 11, 2011 : Mobile and wireline services are spotty in Tokyo, but the undersea cables keeping Japan connected appear to have weathered the disaster

Photos: SCTE Canadian Summit 2011


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March 11, 2011 : Some snaps and caps from our venture north of the border to the Society's third annual confab
Comment: FCC reach out - Jeff Baumgartner March 11, 2011

NDS Eyes a Piece of Cisco's Turf


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March 10, 2011 : NDS wades into Videoscape waters with an 'open' API to help MSOs link their services to the over-the-top world and connected CE devices

CMAP Vs. CESAR: Cable Clash in the Making?


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March 9, 2011 : Despite private concerns over key differences, MSOs and vendors are hopeful that two big edge convergence projects stay technically aligned
Comment: FCC thumb's up - Jeff Baumgartner March 9, 2011

Comcast Connecting to Samsung TVs by Xmas


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March 9, 2011 : Comcast expects to have a stocking stuffer for the CE industry in time for the 2011 holidays, but remains bullish on tru2way

Zoom, Comcast Settle Cable Modem Spat


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March 9, 2011 : Zoom earlier claimed that Comcast's modem tests flew in the face of the FCC's open Internet policies
Comment: Jennifer - Jeff Baumgartner March 8, 2011

Comcast Courts the Cloud


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March 8, 2011 : Comcast CTO Tony Werner says the speed at which the MSO can develop and deploy apps for the iPad leaves the old set-top world in the dust

Comcast Explores Network DVRs


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March 7, 2011 : Comcast president is wary of content rights, but says MSO is investigating the network DVR with plans to launch a portable DVR product

Northern Exposure


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March 7, 2011 : 2:55 PM Comcast's CTO to talk broadband video, AlcaLu to grapple with Juniper and others items of note at this week's cable confab in Toronto

TW Cable Hails CESAR, Not CMAP


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March 7, 2011 : Time Warner Cable has started its own chase of a super-dense edge device to help the MSO converge all its services under one roof
Comment: Re: RFoG - Jeff Baumgartner March 5, 2011

AT&T Cuts the Cord


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March 4, 2011 : When it comes to accessing content from a new type of U-verse box made by Cisco, anyway...

The Bridge to CMAP


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March 4, 2011 : 10:50 AM Cox's Jeff Finkelstein discusses how the MSO intends to transition to the industry's budding IP convergence platform

Cable FTTP Goes Standard


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March 3, 2011 : SCTE blesses 'RF over Glass' as a standard, but will there be enough demand for the technology to feed the vendors that support it?

Dish's Spectrum Chase Hits a Speed Bump


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March 3, 2011 : Charlie Ergen's pursuit of DBSD and its coveted spectrum is back-burnered to make room for rival bids

Suitors Circle LiquidxStream


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March 2, 2011 : ATX Networks said to have pole position on snapping up an edge QAM startup that counts Time Warner Cable among its customers
Comment: people tweaks - Jeff Baumgartner March 2, 2011
Comment: Re: Please NO! - Jeff Baumgartner March 2, 2011

What's Next for Cox Wireless?


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March 1, 2011 : Cox's long-term mobile future appears to be in flux amid word that its wireless chief, Stephen Bye, is heading to Sprint

Cable Tech Tidbits


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March 1, 2011 : 10:50 AM A rundown of news from our cable broadband event, including Comcast's upstream tests, SCTE's OK of RFoG and cable's connection with EPON