LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Time Warner Cable CEO says there's little need for a traditional quad play, but sees more potential in offering a high-speed broadband wireless service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Cable vendor posts an in-line quarter with increased visibility into MSO Docsis 3.0 deployment plans, but echoes that switched digital video activity isn't moving as rapidly as anticipated
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Time Warner Inc.'s head honcho says a separation is coming, but financial details are in short supply
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 29, 2008 : University of Denver grad students come away with $1,500 and their pick of a paid internships in the local cable biz...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 29, 2008 : At 16 Mbit/s down and 2 Mbit/s upstream, MSO doubles down on the Docsis-based Internet speeds offered to small and mid-sized businesses
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (19) April 29, 2008 : How can cable operators keep up with the speeds and capacity offered by telco-led fiber-to-the-premises deployments? By adding more fiber to their network diet, of course
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 25, 2008 : Cisco is teeing up a first-generation 'tuning adapter' that will let one-way, CableCARD-based, digital TVs and some TiVo DVRs get channels offered via switched tiers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 25, 2008 : 3:00 PM -- Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 25, 2008 : If approved by shareholders, one-for-10 split might revive video-on-demand company's struggling stock, which hasn't sniffed the $1 mark since mid-November
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : 3:50 PM -- Short of Skylab's demise, has so much attention been given to a piece of space junk?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : Harmonic says QAM sales and deployments remain solid, but acknowledges that installs linked to cable switched digital video deployments aren't ramping up as quickly as originally expected
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : MSO confirms former Telefónica O2 Europe CTO Dave Williams has signed on as SVP of wireless technology
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner confirm that they are severing ties to the wireless joint venture, citing operational complexities and the view that such a service, as-is, can't scale nationally
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Former Broadstripe exec takes helm of NuLink, an operator formed via the $70M purchase of Newnan Utilities's cable assets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Chairman Kevin Martin has decided that no new Internet regulations are necessary, but that doesn't mean Comcast is out of the woods
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Vendor hopes to make hay on cable's business services push with two stand-alone modems and a 'gateway' based on a new CableLabs platform that promises shared speeds in excess of 100 Mbit/s
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Ad Age says former Aegis Media CEO is expected to become head oarsman of 'Project Canoe'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Satellite TV giant says a handful of older DVR boxes still in stock did not receive 'redesigned software' and, therefore, can't be installed or activated in the field
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 21, 2008 : Gemstar IPG license should reduce distractions as troubled set-top box maker pursues a new product strategy centered on a new retail box and a cost-reduced HD-DVR that will seek direct cable MSO distribution
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 18, 2008 : AMC-14 satellite was declared a 'total loss,' but Dish Network says its high-definition television expansion plans are still very much alive
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 17, 2008 : Addressable advertising trial set for the third quarter will involve 10 times the number of homes that participated in the MSO's earlier pilot in Huntsville, Ala.
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 17, 2008 : Was your mouse finger quick enough to get in on the FCC's free stream of this afternoon's hearing?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 16, 2008 : Even though they just announced their 'P2P Bill of Rights' project, Comcast and Pando won't be at the FCC en banc hearing tomorrow to talk about it
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 16, 2008 : Group of programmers argue that consumers would be 'outraged' if the latest à la carte proposal from FCC chairman is adopted and popular channels are allowed to be stripped from expanded basic tiers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 16, 2008 : UK-based firm close to becoming world's No. 3 supplier of set-tops after shareholders bless deal to acquire division of Philips
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 15, 2008 : Just ahead of the next big FCC meeting on 'broadband network management practices,' Comcast and Pando announce a P2P bill that would apply to ISPs and consumers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 15, 2008 : Some ABC stations will continue to deliver a 'wireline' analog signal to cable operators following the DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 14, 2008 : Digital video startup adds $20M to the coffers in a fourth round of funding, putting off a possible initial public offering until at least mid-2009
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 14, 2008 : Agency's enforcement bureau recommends denial of a cable complaint alleging that Verizon was using illegal methods to retain phone customers, but the battle appears to be far from over
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 11, 2008 : SES Americom says it's fully insured, but the net effect on Dish Network's HD expansion plans remained fuzzy as of Friday morning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : A test of the P4P protocol shows carriers don't need regulations in order to play nice, or so Comcast says
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : Eleven CE companies and retailers are on the hook for more than $6 million for violations linked to the DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : Think of it as a cable spinoff: Starz is molding its direct-to-consumer Vongo service into something MSOs and telcos could sell
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 9, 2008 : Dan Mondor, formerly of Mitel, Nortel, and Siemens, is named CEO at video-on-demand server and software specialist
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : Comcast's case heads to court, while a small Puerto Rico-based op pleads its case to the FCC. Who's winning? The lawyers, of course
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : More than 10 million requests for digital-to-analog converter box coupons have rolled in, but just a small fraction have been redeemed
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : In addition to a reprieve on HD, the FCC chairman is proposing leniency on dual 'must carry' rules for capacity-limited cable systems
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Acquisition will shore up Amdocs's international cable market footprint and strengthen its link to Comcast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 8, 2008 : FCC Chairman tells ACA Summit crowd he'll push for an exemption that allows smaller cable ops to downconvert hi-def signals, but he apparently won't budge a 'blanket waiver'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Although MSOs don't expect to deploy Docsis 3.0 upstream channel bonding until '09, Motorola is already working on a CMTS module that packs in 32 upstreams
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Group at University of Colorado withdraws blocking charge, agrees to 'update our analysis' of Comcast's network management techniques. As of Tuesday morning, said analysis has been removed
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) April 7, 2008 : Just when you thought all of this talk of Net Neutrality and network management might simmer down for a few days...
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 7, 2008 : Video asset management and delivery, bridging Internet-based fare to the TV screen
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (13) April 7, 2008 : Telco giving away digital-to-analog adapters as it picks New York to become the first FiOS TV market to collapse Verizon's broadcast analog video tier
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : Follwing some promising results in Huntsville, the MSO's ad sales arm is gearing up for another advanced ad pilot later this year in Baltimore
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : MoCA chip firm pays just $5.9 million for the assets of Vativ, a high-definition multimedia interface specialist that has raised more than $37 million in its lifetime
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 3, 2008 : Comcast accepts 'initial version' of DVR pioneer's interactive ad management system for deployment... someday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 3, 2008 : As part of the battle against telcos, Charter and Cox are crafting cross-border deals so they can serve branch offices outside their franchise footprints
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : Comcast's new Wideband offering in the Twin Cities isn't exactly priced to sell… and that's probably by design
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) April 2, 2008 : MSO picks the Twin Cities for the first commercial deployment of Internet services based on the speedier Docsis 3.0 platform, initially offering a tier that caps the downstream at 50 Mbit/s
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : Financial arrangement allows WorldGate, maker of the 'Ojo' videophone, to keep the lights on... at least until the next crisis comes about
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : When a big MSO deployment deal is on the line, even long-time enemies like Concurrent and SeaChange can find common ground
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : MSO exec finds Martin's reaction to Comcast's coming answer to P2P questions 'perplexing'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : Shares in Pace Micro Technology are on the rise after company says it will pay about $10M less than originally expected for the set-top unit of Philips
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : Server switchout with SeaChange sets the stage for operator to double its on-demand menu, introduce hi-def video on demand, and develop a new 'video rich' navigation system
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Time Warner Cable CEO says there's little need for a traditional quad play, but sees more potential in offering a high-speed broadband wireless service
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Cable vendor posts an in-line quarter with increased visibility into MSO Docsis 3.0 deployment plans, but echoes that switched digital video activity isn't moving as rapidly as anticipated
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 30, 2008 : Time Warner Inc.'s head honcho says a separation is coming, but financial details are in short supply
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 29, 2008 : University of Denver grad students come away with $1,500 and their pick of a paid internships in the local cable biz...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 29, 2008 : At 16 Mbit/s down and 2 Mbit/s upstream, MSO doubles down on the Docsis-based Internet speeds offered to small and mid-sized businesses
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (19) April 29, 2008 : How can cable operators keep up with the speeds and capacity offered by telco-led fiber-to-the-premises deployments? By adding more fiber to their network diet, of course
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 25, 2008 : Cisco is teeing up a first-generation 'tuning adapter' that will let one-way, CableCARD-based, digital TVs and some TiVo DVRs get channels offered via switched tiers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 25, 2008 : 3:00 PM -- Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 25, 2008 : If approved by shareholders, one-for-10 split might revive video-on-demand company's struggling stock, which hasn't sniffed the $1 mark since mid-November
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : 3:50 PM -- Short of Skylab's demise, has so much attention been given to a piece of space junk?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : Harmonic says QAM sales and deployments remain solid, but acknowledges that installs linked to cable switched digital video deployments aren't ramping up as quickly as originally expected
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 24, 2008 : MSO confirms former Telefónica O2 Europe CTO Dave Williams has signed on as SVP of wireless technology
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner confirm that they are severing ties to the wireless joint venture, citing operational complexities and the view that such a service, as-is, can't scale nationally
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Former Broadstripe exec takes helm of NuLink, an operator formed via the $70M purchase of Newnan Utilities's cable assets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 23, 2008 : Chairman Kevin Martin has decided that no new Internet regulations are necessary, but that doesn't mean Comcast is out of the woods
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Vendor hopes to make hay on cable's business services push with two stand-alone modems and a 'gateway' based on a new CableLabs platform that promises shared speeds in excess of 100 Mbit/s
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Ad Age says former Aegis Media CEO is expected to become head oarsman of 'Project Canoe'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 22, 2008 : Satellite TV giant says a handful of older DVR boxes still in stock did not receive 'redesigned software' and, therefore, can't be installed or activated in the field
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 21, 2008 : Gemstar IPG license should reduce distractions as troubled set-top box maker pursues a new product strategy centered on a new retail box and a cost-reduced HD-DVR that will seek direct cable MSO distribution
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 18, 2008 : AMC-14 satellite was declared a 'total loss,' but Dish Network says its high-definition television expansion plans are still very much alive
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 17, 2008 : Addressable advertising trial set for the third quarter will involve 10 times the number of homes that participated in the MSO's earlier pilot in Huntsville, Ala.
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 17, 2008 : Was your mouse finger quick enough to get in on the FCC's free stream of this afternoon's hearing?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 16, 2008 : Even though they just announced their 'P2P Bill of Rights' project, Comcast and Pando won't be at the FCC en banc hearing tomorrow to talk about it
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 16, 2008 : Group of programmers argue that consumers would be 'outraged' if the latest à la carte proposal from FCC chairman is adopted and popular channels are allowed to be stripped from expanded basic tiers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 16, 2008 : UK-based firm close to becoming world's No. 3 supplier of set-tops after shareholders bless deal to acquire division of Philips
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 15, 2008 : Just ahead of the next big FCC meeting on 'broadband network management practices,' Comcast and Pando announce a P2P bill that would apply to ISPs and consumers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 15, 2008 : Some ABC stations will continue to deliver a 'wireline' analog signal to cable operators following the DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 14, 2008 : Digital video startup adds $20M to the coffers in a fourth round of funding, putting off a possible initial public offering until at least mid-2009
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) April 14, 2008 : Agency's enforcement bureau recommends denial of a cable complaint alleging that Verizon was using illegal methods to retain phone customers, but the battle appears to be far from over
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 11, 2008 : SES Americom says it's fully insured, but the net effect on Dish Network's HD expansion plans remained fuzzy as of Friday morning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : A test of the P4P protocol shows carriers don't need regulations in order to play nice, or so Comcast says
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : Eleven CE companies and retailers are on the hook for more than $6 million for violations linked to the DTV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 10, 2008 : Think of it as a cable spinoff: Starz is molding its direct-to-consumer Vongo service into something MSOs and telcos could sell
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 9, 2008 : Dan Mondor, formerly of Mitel, Nortel, and Siemens, is named CEO at video-on-demand server and software specialist
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : Comcast's case heads to court, while a small Puerto Rico-based op pleads its case to the FCC. Who's winning? The lawyers, of course
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : More than 10 million requests for digital-to-analog converter box coupons have rolled in, but just a small fraction have been redeemed
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 9, 2008 : In addition to a reprieve on HD, the FCC chairman is proposing leniency on dual 'must carry' rules for capacity-limited cable systems
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Acquisition will shore up Amdocs's international cable market footprint and strengthen its link to Comcast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) April 8, 2008 : FCC Chairman tells ACA Summit crowd he'll push for an exemption that allows smaller cable ops to downconvert hi-def signals, but he apparently won't budge a 'blanket waiver'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Although MSOs don't expect to deploy Docsis 3.0 upstream channel bonding until '09, Motorola is already working on a CMTS module that packs in 32 upstreams
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 8, 2008 : Group at University of Colorado withdraws blocking charge, agrees to 'update our analysis' of Comcast's network management techniques. As of Tuesday morning, said analysis has been removed
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) April 7, 2008 : Just when you thought all of this talk of Net Neutrality and network management might simmer down for a few days...
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 7, 2008 : Video asset management and delivery, bridging Internet-based fare to the TV screen
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (13) April 7, 2008 : Telco giving away digital-to-analog adapters as it picks New York to become the first FiOS TV market to collapse Verizon's broadcast analog video tier
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week...
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : Follwing some promising results in Huntsville, the MSO's ad sales arm is gearing up for another advanced ad pilot later this year in Baltimore
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 4, 2008 : MoCA chip firm pays just $5.9 million for the assets of Vativ, a high-definition multimedia interface specialist that has raised more than $37 million in its lifetime
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 3, 2008 : Comcast accepts 'initial version' of DVR pioneer's interactive ad management system for deployment... someday
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 3, 2008 : As part of the battle against telcos, Charter and Cox are crafting cross-border deals so they can serve branch offices outside their franchise footprints
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : Comcast's new Wideband offering in the Twin Cities isn't exactly priced to sell… and that's probably by design
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) April 2, 2008 : MSO picks the Twin Cities for the first commercial deployment of Internet services based on the speedier Docsis 3.0 platform, initially offering a tier that caps the downstream at 50 Mbit/s
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : Financial arrangement allows WorldGate, maker of the 'Ojo' videophone, to keep the lights on... at least until the next crisis comes about
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 2, 2008 : When a big MSO deployment deal is on the line, even long-time enemies like Concurrent and SeaChange can find common ground
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : MSO exec finds Martin's reaction to Comcast's coming answer to P2P questions 'perplexing'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : Shares in Pace Micro Technology are on the rise after company says it will pay about $10M less than originally expected for the set-top unit of Philips
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment April 1, 2008 : Server switchout with SeaChange sets the stage for operator to double its on-demand menu, introduce hi-def video on demand, and develop a new 'video rich' navigation system
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