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Posted in April 2011

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Comcast Ready to Kick Apps With 'CodeBig'


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April 29, 2011 : MSO's 'CodeBig' initiative aims to create common APIs for apps that support a variety of devices and extend reach of cable-delivered content
Comment: Re: Old news ... - Jeff Baumgartner April 29, 2011

TW Cable Flirts With Full IP Video Simulcast


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April 28, 2011 : The MSO eyes a set-top-free world as it prepares to deliver most of its linear TV lineup to iPads, TVs and other connected devices

Cisco Cuts Into Arris CMTS Margins


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April 28, 2011 : Arris hopes to halt eroding margins and compete with a new software release that doubles the density of deployed CMTS line cards

Starz Follows TV Everywhere


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April 28, 2011 : Peter Roberts discusses what a content provider can get from the TV Everywhere trend

Traver Bursts Back on the TV Scene


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April 28, 2011 : 4:45 AM Former Comcast Media Center COO Gary Traver has resurfaced at a stealthy startup called CloudBurst TV

The End of Docsis


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April 28, 2011 : The father of the cable modem preaches the age of caches and the flat, digital network
Comment: Re: Old news ... - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2011

Cable's IP Video Options Abound


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April 27, 2011 : 5:25 PM The inevitable transition to IP video was the big topic at this week's Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference
Comment: Re: Just iPads? - Jeff Baumgartner April 27, 2011

CenturyLink Clouds Up With Savvis Buy


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April 27, 2011 : But will CenturyLink have to sweeten its $2.5B offer?

Nielsen to Fix iPad Blind Spot


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April 27, 2011 : Nielsen intends to fill an important gap by tracking live TV viewing on iPads by the end of this year or early 2012

Verivue: Cable's Content Delivery Demands


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April 27, 2011 : Cable MSOs are now asking content delivery networks for more adaptive streaming and content delivery to consumer electronics, according to Verivue's Ganesh Pai

Verizon Stocks VoD Vaults With 24K Titles


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April 27, 2011 : Elsewhere: Cox hails new wireless chief, Dish seals Blockbuster buy, and Technicolor pumps cash into Digitalsmiths

Arris Touts Whole Home Solution


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April 26, 2011 : Tom Williams from Arris pitches his firm's 'whole home solution' for combining OTT, linear and user-generated content

TiVo's Blended Experience


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April 26, 2011 : TiVo's David Sandford talks about how his company is more than just a DVR provider

Roku: Why Cable Should Go Over the Top


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April 26, 2011 : Roku CEO Anthony Wood says his company is a next-generation content distribution platform and cable MSOs no longer have to own wires to sell customers a great video experience

Cisco: Set-Tops Are Going Away


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April 26, 2011 : Cisco's Ken Morse explains that set-tops as we know them today are going to become less important over time

Cable Gets Serious About IP Video


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April 26, 2011 : Heavy Reading survey finds that about 40% of MSOs across the globe plan to launch IP video services by 2012

Cable's IPTV Motivation


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April 26, 2011 : Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick sets the stage for today's LR Live cable event in New York with a reminder of how competition is encouraging cable operators to embrace IP and to reach more devices

Q&A: Sling Media Founder Blake Krikorian


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April 25, 2011 : Krikorian on the iPad streaming scuffle, how Sling has stayed above the legal fray and why EchoStar's Sling strategy has fallen short

What Is Dish's Magic DVR Number?


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April 22, 2011 : How many DVRs Dish will have to replace will determine if it's dealt a death blow or merely a flesh wound
Comment: Pre-DVR - Jeff Baumgartner April 22, 2011
Comment: Re: Hollyweird - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2011
Comment: Hollyweird - Jeff Baumgartner April 21, 2011
Comment: Dish Prepped? - Jeff Baumgartner April 20, 2011

Dish May Have to Disable Millions of DVRs


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April 20, 2011 : TiVo shares are up almost 30% after court upholds ruling that found Dish in contempt of an order that required it to disable infringing DVRs

Bright House a Beacon for Cisco's ASR 9000


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April 20, 2011 : A major MSO goes big with Cisco's edge router to aggregate all its residential and commercial services traffic at the edge

Satellite Primed to Pump Life Into Dead Zones


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April 19, 2011 : Dish and three satellite firms tell the Feds they have the capacity and financial story to bring broadband to unserved areas

Q&A: Verizon's Joe Ambeault


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April 19, 2011 : FiOS TV isn't going to let recent spats between MSOs and programmers derail or slow down its own TV Everywhere plans
Comment: Xoom - Jeff Baumgartner April 19, 2011

Envivio Goes for IPO Glory


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April 18, 2011 : Digital video firm sets its sights on a $69 million IPO, but the timing of the filing takes one of its rivals by surprise
Comment: Tense - Jeff Baumgartner April 15, 2011

Now Showing: Your PC Content on Cablevision


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April 15, 2011 : Cablevision's Optimum Link service relays digital content from PCs to TVs using its broadband network
Comment: Adelphia - Jeff Baumgartner April 15, 2011

Clearwire's Old CIO Becomes Cox's New CTO


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April 15, 2011 : Former Clearwire CIO Kevin Hart will be leading the technology charge at Cox, which has been without a permanent CTO since last summer

Comcast Pushes 105-Meg to 40M Homes


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April 14, 2011 : MSO's milestone for its 'Extreme 105' Docsis 3.0 tier sets table for IP video while making FCC's broadband goals for 2020 look less than lofty

Cablevision's Network DVR Branches Out


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April 13, 2011 : The MSO's remote-storage DVR has quietly expanded beyond the Bronx into Connecticut

FCC Chair Goes to Bat for Spectrum Auctions


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April 13, 2011 : Elsewhere: The Feds have indie cable's back, Web privacy bill gets going, and Comcast heads to the 'Golden Poo' Final Four

Cracks Form in Verivue/Arris Partnership


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April 12, 2011 : The companies have grown more competitive with video products, raising questions about the long-term life of their relationship
Comment: Ioko - Jeff Baumgartner April 12, 2011

Will Cable Buy What Verizon DMS Is Selling?


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April 11, 2011 : Will the promise of reduced costs and complexities for delivering on TV Everywhere give MSOs reason enough to jump in bed with a competitor?

ADB Makes More US Cable Cuts


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April 11, 2011 : Set-top and software firm closes its Philadelphia office and confirms that Tim Schermerhorn, its top US cable exec, has resigned

Level 3 Buying Global Crossing


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April 11, 2011 : Level 3 and Global Crossing play up the 'complementary fit' of their networks in announcing a stock-for-stock deal valued at $1.9 billion

House Shoots Down Net Neutrality Rules


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April 8, 2011 : But the resolution is unlikely to get past the Democrat-controlled Senate and the threat of a presidential veto

Microsoft Takes Comcast Over the Top


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April 8, 2011 : Microsoft cracks the cable seal as Comcast and thePlatform use its DRM and adaptive streaming tech to power the MSO's TV Everywhere service
Comment: No MNF on iPhones - Jeff Baumgartner April 7, 2011

TW Cable, Viacom Take iPad Fight to Court


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April 7, 2011 : MSO seeks a declaratory judgment that it has rights to stream live TV to home-bound iPads, while MTV's parent responds with a countersuit

Moto Medios Goes Social


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April 7, 2011 : Moto taps into the social networking craze with Medios extension for tablets, smartphones and other HTML5-capable 'companion devices'
Comment: Deal approved - Jeff Baumgartner April 7, 2011

ESPN Pipes Live TV to Apple Devices


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April 7, 2011 : Verizon FiOS TV, TW Cable and Bright House customers get first taste of 'WatchESPN' app for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices

Dish's Baffling Blockbuster


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April 6, 2011 : 8:40 PM What in the wide, wide world of sports is Charlie Ergen up to now?

Dish's Latest Buy Is a Blockbuster


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April 6, 2011 : Charlie Ergen's $320 million bet on bankrupt retail chain also puts Dish in league with some big cable operators

Comcast Keeps Eye on the iPad Prize


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April 5, 2011 : Even as tensions build between MSOs and programmers, Comcast remains committed to offering live TV on home-bound tablets later this year

Top Ten Ways the iPad Is Changing Cable


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April 5, 2011 : iPad apps are giving cable some cachet it's not accustomed to, but its impact on the industry is going far deeper than that

Court Tosses Out Net Neutrality Challenge


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April 4, 2011 : But we may be back to square one soon enough as Verizon says it's already prepared to lodge an appeal

Cablevision Launches iPad App With 280+ Channels


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April 2, 2011 : Cablevision's app may send programmer lawyers flying into action as MSO starts off with almost 300 TV channels and 2,000-plus VoD titles

Remember When Juniper Made a CMTS?


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April 1, 2011 : 12:00 PM eBay sure does...