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Posted in April 2010

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CableLabs Clears Panasonic Tru2way Box


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April 30, 2010 : Docsis modem to be paired with a Panasonic HD-DVR gets 'verified,' but when will the box see the light of day on a Comcast cable system?
Comment: Wideband Marketing - Jeff Baumgartner April 29, 2010

Slow Start for TWC's Fastest Broadband


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April 29, 2010 : MSO is starting to ramp up its wideband deployments, but only 1,000 customers signed up for its new 50-Meg service in Q1

TWC Upgrades WiMax to Business Class


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April 29, 2010 : MSO boots up two biz-tailored WiMax tiers in Texas, with promises to extend those services to more markets later this year
Comment: Re: WiMAX numbers? - Jeff Baumgartner April 28, 2010
Comment: Re: WiMAX numbers? - Jeff Baumgartner April 28, 2010
Comment: D3 uptake - Jeff Baumgartner April 28, 2010

Comcast IDs Next WiMax Markets


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April 28, 2010 : MSO also expands Docsis 3.0 reach and moves the all-digital train forward while posting a 3.8% revenue bump in Q1

Arris Spreads Its Wideband Wings


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April 28, 2010 : Surge in demand for Docsis 3.0 gear helps Arris hit an international revenue record in Q1 amid slower sales to Comcast and TWC

D3 CPE Shipments on the Upswing


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April 28, 2010 : 12:45 PM Arris says 14% of all Docsis data and voice modems shipped in Q1 were of the wideband variety

CommScope RFoG Connects With PON, EuroDocsis


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April 28, 2010 : Vendor tweaks its cable FTTP platform to ensure upstream compatibility with PON systems and EuroDocsis environments
Comment: Wow - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2010
Comment: Handicapping? - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2010
Comment: All bets are off? - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2010

Open House at Casa Systems?


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April 27, 2010 : SeaChange's divestment in the CMTS firm fuels talk that Casa's on the block and has attracted looks from AlcaLu, Huawei, and Juniper
Comment: What's old is new? - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2010

Satellite Guys Start Building Their Own Canoe


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April 26, 2010 : DirecTV and Dish join forces to create an interactive advertising platform that could beat cable's Canoe to market

Will Arris Expand Its VoD Patent War?


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April 26, 2010 : 5:30 PM Are Cisco, Motorola, and SeaChange next?

Cable Ponders Life After Docsis


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April 26, 2010 : CableLabs's post-Docsis research looks at gigabit speeds without channel bonding — and that could require new chips and systems
Comment: Re: tru2way obit - Jeff Baumgartner April 25, 2010
Comment: Re: tru2way obit - Jeff Baumgartner April 23, 2010

All About the FCC's AllVid


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April 23, 2010 : It's all still pie-in-the-sky thinking, but the FCC has outlined its vision for a proposed successor to the troubled CableCARD

Insight Joins the DTA Dance


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April 23, 2010 : MSO's all-digital project in Lexington will pave the way for about 100 HD channels, Docsis 3.0, and whole-home DVRs
Comment: Re: Why Now? - Jeff Baumgartner April 23, 2010

Cox Adds Weight to Comcast's Big Box Project


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April 23, 2010 : Cox is the first other MSO to acknowledge its support for Comcast's super-dense, do-it-all Converged Multiservice Access Platform (CMAP)
Comment: Why Now? - Jeff Baumgartner April 23, 2010

Arris Throws Book at Harmonic


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April 22, 2010 : Arris says Harmonic's StreamLiner 3000 servers infringe on four patents, but the companies may try to settle before things gets too nasty
Comment: Re: trail of tiers - Jeff Baumgartner April 22, 2010

A Pain in the Ash


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April 22, 2010 : 1:10 PM Icelandic eruption has caused Cedar Point to rethink its strategy for next week's IMS confab in Barcelona
Comment: Re: Motorola AGB - Jeff Baumgartner April 22, 2010
Comment: Re: Pole Position - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2010

FCC Inches Towards Net-Agnostic Gateways


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April 21, 2010 : The agency agrees on a CableCARD quick-fix and an 'AllVid' adapter to eventually spur a retail market for boxes for Web and TV video
Comment: Re: trail of tiers - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2010
Comment: Re: Pole Position - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2010

Imagine Gets More Dough


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April 21, 2010 : 4:40 PM Investors pour in another $10M as Imagine seeks a new CEO and alters its product strategy

Tuned Out


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April 21, 2010 : 2:20 PM Does the FCC have a plan to fix its internal broadband infrastructure? It certainly needs one, and fast

Bright House 'Lightning' to Strike Again


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April 21, 2010 : 12:25 PM MSO plans to launch a 40-Meg downstream Docsis 3.0 tier in Central Florida next month
Comment: Re: Motorola AGB - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2010

MoCA Takes Spectrum Down a Notch


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April 20, 2010 : DirecTV is first to adopt MoCA's new mid-RF frequency profile as the satellite giant gets ready to go wide with a whole-home DVR

The HD Numbers Game


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April 20, 2010 : 11:20 AM Who's the reigning hi-def champ? Depends on how you do your counting

CableLabs Project Targets SIP Trunking


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April 19, 2010 : CableLabs is working on an extension to PacketCable 2.0 that will hook into PBXs and let MSOs attack a richer business-services market

TiVo Seeks CableCARD Cost Probe


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April 16, 2010 : Economies of fail – TiVo asks FCC to discover why CableCARD costs are still high as deployments reach the 20M mark

Title II's Nuclear Fallout


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April 16, 2010 : 2:00 PM Analyst: FCC's pursuit of Title II authority on broadband would be easy, but would also invite big risks

ITC Looks at Verizon-Cablevision Skirmish


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April 16, 2010 : Cablevision preps its defense, noting that the trade commission probe is a procedural step that has no bearing on the merits of the case

Verizon's Moto Boxes Going Green


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April 15, 2010 : 5:25 PM Energy-saving boxes will be free of 'substances of concern,' so don't expect any scrumptious cream-filled centers
Comment: Re: OFC in L.A. - Jeff Baumgartner April 15, 2010

MSO WiFi: Roam (If You Want To)


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April 15, 2010 : Deal among Cablevision, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable could be the first of many that allow roaming between MSO-operated WiFi hotspots

Whaleback Swims After MSOs, Carrier Partners


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April 15, 2010 : Whaleback jumps on the SIP trunking wave with a carrier partner program and a new managed service package that targets SMBs
Comment: Re: OFC in L.A. - Jeff Baumgartner April 14, 2010

HD-DTA Battle Heats Up


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April 14, 2010 : Cable and public interest groups are throwing their weight around as the FCC begins to polish up a new set of proposed CableCARD rules
Comment: Pace on the HD-DTA - Jeff Baumgartner April 14, 2010

Aurora Gets Some New Blood


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April 14, 2010 : 12:40 PM TA Associates takes a minority stake in private RFoG player

Moto Builds Cable an IP Bridge


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April 14, 2010 : Moto says new AGB240 bridge can help MSOs migrate to all-IP headends without having to give old ASI gear the heave-ho

Cablevision Finds 'Loophole' Fight Appealing


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April 13, 2010 : 4:00 PM MSO claims FCC exceeded its authority in recent order that tightened the so-called 'terrestrial loophole'

Netflix Tries On Irdeto's Cloakware


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April 13, 2010 : Deal gives Netflix video streaming an extra layer of protection and could help create a more formidable foe for cable-fed VoD

Charter Shows Lovett Some Love


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April 12, 2010 : 5:45 PM No, not Lyle, Michael

Moto Set-Tops Get Some 3D Smarts


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April 12, 2010 : 5:20 PM Moto offers a software upgrade to help newer 'DCX' boxes detect and reformat 3D content before it reaches the TV set

Policy Watch: Will the FCC Declare War?


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April 12, 2010 : We're holding firm at DefCon 3, but speculation is rampant about what will happen if the FCC 'goes nuclear' by trying to reclassify its Internet authority

TiVo + EchoStar


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April 9, 2010 : 5:50 PM A match made in set-top heaven?

Photos: Comcast Tees Up 3DTV Masters


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April 9, 2010 : Some pics from Comcast's Masters 3DTV soiree, which proved the MSO's cable plant and digital boxes are ready to enter the third dimension

NCTA, Comcast Push for Blanket Exemption


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April 9, 2010 : They urge FCC to consider HD-DTA exemption for all cable systems rather than for properties with 552MHz or less of activated capacity

Dish Starts Selling 'Sling-Loaded' HD-DVR


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April 8, 2010 : The ViP922, Dish's answer to 'TV Everywhere,' retails for $649, and a bit less for subs who take the company's equipment lease option

A $50 Hi-Def DTA?


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April 8, 2010 : 3:00 PM At least one box supplier says it's getting there

Is the FCC's Grand Plan in Trouble?


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April 8, 2010 : 11:35 AM Commission says court decision on net neutrality may affect 'significant number' of Broadband Plan recommendations

FCC Chews on HD-DTA Exemption


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April 7, 2010 : Sources say the FCC is considering a recommendation that would give bandwidth-strapped systems the OK to use hi-def DTAs with integrated security

Trident Pokes at Broadcom's DTA Chip Lead


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April 7, 2010 : Comcast among first to test Trident-powered 'universal' DTAs that can run on Moto- and Cisco-based digital cable networks

Did Comcast Really Win?


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April 6, 2010 : 5:15 PM Comcast won this battle, but the FCC could be forced to take a 'nuclear option' UPDATED 6:45 PM

Net Neutrality Ruling: FCC Loses, Comcast Wins


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April 6, 2010 : In a big victory for Comcast, an appeals court rules that the FCC lacked the authority to hit the MSO with net neutrality sanctions UPDATED 5:45 PM

Moto Shuffles Ahead of Split


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April 5, 2010 : Moto separates the financials of its four main business lines as it prepares to split into two publicly traded companies in Q1 2011

EMG Adds iPad to Suit


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April 5, 2010 : 2:45 PM EMG Technology adds Apple's new computer tablet to a complaint

The iPad: a Threat to Flash's Video Dominance?


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April 2, 2010 : The debut of the iPad may create a watershed moment for HTML5, but media publishers say it won't be enough to knock Flash off its Web TV pedestal
Comment: Biz as usual? - Jeff Baumgartner April 2, 2010

Private Equity Firms Gain Some Insight


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April 1, 2010 : Crestview Partners and MidOcean Partners team to buy a 42% equity stake in privately held Insight, the ninth largest US MSO

Nagra Seeks HD-DTA Hall Pass


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April 1, 2010 : 3:35 PM Nagravision is the second supplier to request a hi-def box waiver, but the chances of quick FCC action are slim

ACA Wants Action on Evolution's HD Box Waiver


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April 1, 2010 : But FCC is reluctant to do more until it evaluates the effects of Cable ONE's current HD-DTA waiver and gets new CableCARD rules in motion

CableCARD Update


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April 1, 2010 : 9:00 AM 'Operator-supplied' security modules from the top 10 incumbent MSOs close in on the 20 million mark