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Aereo Fights for Its Life


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
May 31, 2012 : Also: TiVo posts loss but adds subs; In Demand hops on Comcast's CDN; Comcast's cloud-based voice platform rolls into Michigan
Comment: Re: Pricing? - Jeff Baumgartner May 30, 2012

Ex-HP CTO Named CableLabs CEO


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May 30, 2012 : Phil McKinney has come out of HP 'retirement' to head up the cable industry's Louisville, Colo.-based R&D house
Comment: Tier timing - Jeff Baumgartner May 30, 2012

Verizon Tees Up 300-Meg FiOS Tier


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May 30, 2012 : Verizon to retain its broadband bragging rights over cable and Docsis 3.0 as it prepares to crank up FiOS speeds in June

Where Will Comcast's X1 Land Next?


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May 30, 2012 : Atlanta, Denver and Philadelphia are among the markets that could get Comcast's next-gen video product before the end of 2012

RCN's Strange Bedfellows


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May 30, 2012 : Also: Apple still likes its TV box; BendBroadband wraps LTE upgrade; Comcaster to help monitor net neutrality; Amazon streams to the Xbox

Rogers Hires ActiveVideo CTO to Lead IPTV Shift


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May 29, 2012 : Former Time Warner Cable and ActiveVideo exec John Callahan will lead Rogers Communications' next-gen video initiative plans

Androids Join Comcast's Streaming Party


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May 29, 2012 : Also: Cox updates its iPad app; Dish's defends its ad-zapper; Comcast expands Xfinity Home; Ultra-HD takes a step forward

The Cable Show 2012: Seven Big Takeaways


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May 25, 2012 : The meaning of Comcast's X1, the industry's Wi-Fi ambitions, and an emerging cable tech battle are among the items on my list

Dish, Broadcasters Go to War Over Ad-Zapper


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May 25, 2012 : Also: Verizon-cable deal feels more heat; Knology sets vote on sale; Aereo gets some help on the Hill; Roku expands streaming lineup

The Cable Show 2012: Photos From Boston


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May 24, 2012 : Missed this year's big to-do in Beantown, or want to relive part of it? We've got you covered

Comcast Gives Wi-Fi a Voice


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May 24, 2012 : Comcast aims to rejuvenate its home phone service with Voice2Go, an app that lets customers place free phone calls via Wi-Fi

Aereo's Service Wins a Reprieve (for Now)


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May 24, 2012 : Also: Cable Show attendance dips; ActiveVideo rolls its video cloud; MaxLinear goes inside Intel's D3 chips; Minerva flirts with cable

Setting Cox's Priorities


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May 24, 2012 : Cox Communications EVP & CTO Kevin Hart explains what's at the top of his to-do list and offers an update on the company's TV Everywhere and IP video strategies

Comcast Calls on Wi-Fi


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May 23, 2012 : Comcast's Catherine Avgiris walks us through Voice2Go, advanced call forwarding and the ability to create personal phone numbers

CableLabs Nears End of CEO Search


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May 23, 2012 : 3:15 PM Cable's R&D house is expected to appoint a new leader soon, and the rumor is it will be someone from the Silicon Valley

Does Docsis Have a 10-Gig Future?


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May 23, 2012 : Arris, Cisco and Moto offer a roadmap that, they claim, will help Docsis bump capacities to 10Gbit/s downstream and 2Gbit/s upstream

Huawei Courts US Cable


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May 23, 2012 : Huawei's MSO chief explains how it's helping US cable operators evolve their networks beyond Docsis 3.0 and into the world of EPON Protocol over Coax

Google Closes $12.5B Motorola Deal


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May 22, 2012 : Sanjay Jha steps down as CEO of Motorola Mobility, but Dan Moloney will continue to run Moto's Home unit
Comment: Re: STB RIP? - Jeff Baumgartner May 22, 2012

Cable's New Video Frontier


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May 22, 2012 : Ian Blaine, CEO of thePlatform, explains how the media publishing firm is backing Comcast's X1 platform and what cable needs to do to get TV Everywhere to the next level

Comcast Navigates New Screens


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May 22, 2012 : Also: Adobe gives TV Everywhere the ad-vantage; Comcast ads going multi-screen; Enseo debuts a CableCARD box; Google Fiber hits a snag

The Cable Show 2012: Comcast Flies the X1


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May 22, 2012 : 9:25 AM A big crowd gathered at the Comcast booth to check out X1, Comcast's next-gen video service, and the debut of 'Project Dayview,' a cross-platform user interface in the making

Comcast's Set-Top Software Kit


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May 21, 2012 : itaas CEO explains how Comcast's Reference Development Kit (RDK) could get cable closer to a new standard for next-gen set-top boxes

SeaChange Unloads VoD Content Unit for $27M


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May 21, 2012 : While Avail-TVN raises $100 million to cover the deal and to help fuel its international growth strategy

Comcast's X1 Video Platform Lands First in Boston


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May 21, 2012 : Beantown will be the first market to get Comcast's next-gen hybrid IP/QAM video platform, but you knew that already...

TiVo & Pace Debut Docsis 3.0-Powered Gateway


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May 21, 2012 : Also: Vendors align with Comcast's set-top kit, Intel shows new D3 chip; Moto secures TWC's IP video streams; Nagra gateway goes multi-screen

The Docsis Addendum


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May 21, 2012 : 8:30 AM A potential addition to the Docsis 3.0 specs could set up a fight with the IEEE's budding EPON Protocol over Coax standard

Cable Goes Big With Wi-Fi Roaming


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May 21, 2012 : Comcast, Bright House, Cablevision, Cox and TW Cable will let their high-speed Internet customers access more than 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

Casa Puts Heat on Cisco, Arris & Motorola


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May 21, 2012 : Vendor hopes to gain some ground on cable access competitors with its first integrated product for the embryonic CCAP market

Motorola Doubles Up on CMTS Downstreams


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May 18, 2012 : Moto extends the life of its CMTS as it continues to develop products for CCAP, cable's next-gen access architecture
Comment: Docsis 3.x - Jeff Baumgartner May 18, 2012

The Cable Show 2012: To Docsis 3.0 & Beyond!


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May 18, 2012 : TV Everywhere, net neutrality and wireless will be hot topics, but also expect cable's access network to make some big leaps next week

Comcast's Xbox Answers Don't Satisfy Critics


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May 18, 2012 : Also: Cablevision promotes Kanouff; BlackArrow goes system-wide at TW Cable; Arris gateway software weaves in HTML5

Comcast to Raise Caps, Test Overage Fees


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May 17, 2012 : Comcast will kill its static 250GB cap and test new policies that will raise the limit to at least 300GB, but apply overage fees

Terayon Founder Plans Access Revolution


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May 17, 2012 : Shlomo Rakib has quietly launched Cohere Technologies, a startup that aims to bring some radical changes to cable's access network architecture

DirecTV Goes Big With Satellite Broadband


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May 17, 2012 : Also: TW Cable & Viacom bury the hatchet; FCC queries Verizon on spectrum; Genova returns to Cablevision; Netflix eyes family plans

Comcast Flips On Skype TV


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May 16, 2012 : Comcast will try to gain and retain triple-play customers with a $9.95-per-month Skype video chat service that launches in 10 markets this week

Intel's New Docsis 3.0 Chip Guns for 1-Gig


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May 16, 2012 : Hitron is among the first to use a "media gateway" D3 chipset from Intel that can bond 24 downstream channels and eight upstream channels

AT&T, US Cellular Eye Cox's 700MHz Airwaves


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
May 16, 2012 : Also: ESPN predicts big TV Everywhere numbers; Cisco, Comcast execs join Adobe board; Avail-TVN splices VoD ads
Comment: Re: Annoyed - Jeff Baumgartner May 16, 2012

Comcast Denies It's Prioritizing Xbox Video


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May 15, 2012 : Comcast's CTO says Xfinity TV app for the Xbox 360 uses separately-provisioned bandwidth and is akin to the MSO's traditional cable service

Verizon Wireless & Cox Tag-Team on U-verse


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May 15, 2012 : Verizon Wireless and the MSO sidestep FiOS territory early on as they launch a mobile/cable services bundle in Oklahoma City and Tulsa

Could Aereo Deflate the TV Business Model?


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May 15, 2012 : Also: Hillcrest's TV browser goes open source; Foxconn squashes Apple TV rumor; EchoStar's new broadband bird is prepped for launch
Comment: D3's evolution - Jeff Baumgartner May 15, 2012

Cisco Hints at What Comes After Docsis 3.0


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May 14, 2012 : Docsis 3.1? 4.0? Whatever the designation, Cisco says CableLabs is developing a new spec that will beef up cable's feeble upstream path

T-Mobile Keys Group Targeting Verizon-MSO Deal


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May 14, 2012 : Also: Foxconn preps for Apple's TV; AT&T halts sales of Xbox 360 U-verse kit; NBC exec frets about Dish's new ad-zapper

Cable's Big Streaming Party


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May 11, 2012 : 6:30 PM At The Cable Show, here's one way MSOs will try to show the feds how the cable industry is playing nice with the CE guys

Is the Worst Over at SeaChange?


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May 11, 2012 : New CEO Raghu Rau says the company's transformation into a software company is almost complete, though it might pursue "tuck-in" acquisitions

Interactive TV Firm Lands $26M for Tablet Push


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May 11, 2012 : Also: SeaChange closes server sale; Suddenlink sheds video subs; group wants details of the Verizon-cable tech JV; Joost fades away
Comment: Re: Most shows - Jeff Baumgartner May 10, 2012
Comment: Most shows - Jeff Baumgartner May 10, 2012

Dish Sticks It to the Broadcasters


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May 10, 2012 : 5:00 PM Dish's newest feature skips commercials automatically. Well, who wouldn't love that?

Netflix Cranks Up the Net Neutrality Heat


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May 10, 2012 : Also: Arris debuts D3 modem with 16 downstream channels; Moto CMTS shipments rise in Q1; Mediacom narrows video subscriber losses

CCAP Market Is Cisco's & Arris's to Lose


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May 10, 2012 : Cisco, Arris, Harmonic and Motorola head the cable access market but don't expect the next-gen access platform to spawn many new challengers

Can Charter Repeat the Video Feat?


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7)
May 9, 2012 : 11:25 AM Charter added video subs for the first time in five years in the first quarter, but was it a blip or a trend in the making?

Dish Snaps Up Some LightSquared Debt


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May 9, 2012 : Also: Verizon questioned about wireline commitments; SeaChange teaches old set-tops some new tricks; Comcast notches a MetroE win
Comment: Re: Semi-BYOB? - Jeff Baumgartner May 8, 2012
Comment: Re: 802.11 u - Jeff Baumgartner May 8, 2012

Ruckus Gets a Piece of Cable's Wi-Fi Action


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May 8, 2012 : Time Warner Cable taps Ruckus as a new source for Wi-Fi gear as the MSO ramps up hot spot deployments in Los Angeles

Comcast Streams ESPN (Almost) Everywhere


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May 8, 2012 : Also: Charter and DirecTV add video subs in Q1; cable campaign plays up TV Everywhere; Sigma seals up Trident's digital TV chips

Multi-Screen TV Startup Bags $13M


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May 8, 2012 : Elemental Technologies, one of Comcast's big TV Everywhere suppliers, raises $13M 'C' round to fund global expansion and new products

Dish Chairman Rules Out More Spectrum Buys


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May 7, 2012 : Charlie Ergen says Dish has plenty of spectrum for the mobile service it might someday build out
Comment: Subs up - Jeff Baumgartner May 7, 2012

Dish Serves Up Q1 Subscriber Surprise


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May 7, 2012 : Also: MSOs lose 2.9M TV subs in 2011; LG tees up its new Google TV; Comcast to shed most of A&E stake

AT&T's Home Security Service to Go BYOB


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May 7, 2012 : AT&T touts a bring-your-own broadband and wireless model for Digital Life, a service that will target a market also being chased by MSOs

Cablevision May Cook Up a Netflix Competitor


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May 4, 2012 : Also: HBO GO will soon be on Fire; Discovery buys Web TV startup; Comcast-TiVo combo coming to Boston

Cablevision Cranks Up the Capex


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May 3, 2012 : Capex spiked in Q1 and will remain high for a while as Cablevision expands its Wi-Fi network and network DVR and tees up new products

Cablevision's Lower Prices Pay Off


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May 3, 2012 : Aggressive pricing helped Cablevision rake in more subscribers than expected in all categories, but the MSO missed its financial targets

Verizon's Fixed 4G Goes National


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May 3, 2012 : Also: HBO owner likes Hulu's TV Everywhere plan; Comcast to appeal FCC Bloomberg ruling; Concurrent profits from video server sales
Comment: Re: Oh boo-hoo - Jeff Baumgartner May 2, 2012
Comment: Re: RCN too - Jeff Baumgartner May 2, 2012

Cap Doesn't Fit for Sony TV Plans


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May 2, 2012 : 4:55 PM Sony drops plans for a streaming TV service in the US and pins the blame on Comcast's broadband capping policies
Comment: RCN too - Jeff Baumgartner May 2, 2012

Comcast's X1 to Fly First in Boston?


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May 2, 2012 : Comcast intends to deploy its next-gen video platform to one 'major' market in Q2, and sources say Boston is first in line

FCC Lengthens Review of Verizon's Spectrum Deal


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May 2, 2012 : Also: Mark Cuban, Gary Lauder invest in Flingo; Technicolor weighs minority offer; LG preps two HDTVs for Google TV

Comcast Sheds 37K Video Subs in Q1


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May 2, 2012 : The MSO didn't end its years-long video losing streak, but it did see gains in the broadband, voice and business service categories
Comment: Nope - Jeff Baumgartner May 2, 2012

Will Comcast (Gasp!) Add Video Subs in Q1?


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May 2, 2012 : 2:00 AM A 20-quarter losing streak is on the line here

Synacor Upends the App Concept


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May 1, 2012 : 4:15 PM Synacor's first (and very small) acquisition could be a big multi-screen hit for MSOs as they tap HTML5 to avoid paying tribute to Apple and Google

Another Ex-Cablevision Exec Lands at Charter


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May 1, 2012 : John Bickham fills the long-vacant COO slot at Charter, becoming the third former Cablevision exec to join the MSO in recent months

Adelphia Scandal Victims Get $728M


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May 1, 2012 : Also: SeaChange gets a permanent CEO; new DirecTV unit targets mobility and apps; Affinegy, like Cisco, buys into TR-069