LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 28, 2007 : CableLabs engineers are looking to marry Docsis 3.0 with OpenCable, a move that could allow operators to deliver a range of IP-based video apps and services directly to a new class of hybrid set-tops
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 27, 2007 : I rarely pass on the chance to cover a VOD-related issue, even when I'm cruising at an altitude of 30,000 feet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 26, 2007 : The rapidly approaching FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security could create a financial hardship for smaller cable operators and cause them to pass added costs to their customers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 26, 2007 : Bandwidth was the big issue, but the Nintendo Wii was the big draw at the 2007 Cable-Tec Expo in steamy Orlando
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : Intel has signed on the dotted line for the OpenCable Platform, and a new family of Intel chips could soon find homes inside set-tops from Comcast
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : If Verizon gets a last-minute set-top waiver this week, expect Comcast and other cable-affiliated companies and parties to cry foul and come unglued
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : Recommendations from two influential proxy firms should dispel any rumors that the $140 million Terayon-Motorola marriage is in jeopardy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 22, 2007 : A Comcast exec says the nation's largest MSO is ready to go when the FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security comes into effect on July 1
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 22, 2007 : We've confirmed that some top cable engineers got together Wednesday to get the 'RF-Over-Glass' standards project rolling
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 21, 2007 : Thanks to the emergence of OCAP and cable's mandated move to the CableCARD, ADB thinks the time is once again right to enter the US cable set-top market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 20, 2007 : In addition to freeing up shelf space for HDTV services, operators must also find gobs of bandwidth to accomodate the February 2009 digital TV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 20, 2007 : Attention cable operators: A flood of MPEG-4 content is coming your way courtesy of HBO and the premium programmer's aggressive HDTV strategy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2007 : Cisco has unveiled a WiFi-based mesh system that will allow cable MSOs to deploy and market wireless Internet and backhaul services. BendBroadband of Oregon is among those already giving it a shot
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2007 : Good question: Who's entering the market with a next-gen or 'universal' edge QAM? Better question: Who isn't?
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 18, 2007 : Acronym alert! 'RFOG' could be in cable's future as MSOs mull fiber-to-the-premises strategies in greenfield situations
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 18, 2007 : Motorola will have a new product in the cupboard when it completes its aquisition of Terayon: the CAP1000, a device with enough horsepower to rate-shape MPEG-4 HD video streams
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) June 15, 2007 : Yes, it's another type of PON: D-PON, Scientific Atlanta's play to help cable MSOs pursue contracts in master planned communities
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2007 : FCC Chairman might finally get around to voting on Comcast's request for a full review on its already-denied set-top waiver request
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2007 : BroadLogic's product plans got a big push following a new round of funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital and some help from another new investor, Advance/Newhouse
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) June 14, 2007 : A new family-friendly programming bill with à la carte overtones introduced Thursday caused FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to smile, and the cable industry to go on the defensive
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 14, 2007 : Based on what's been revealed so far, most M-CMTS deployment activity is occurring overseas
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 14, 2007 : DirecTV and Echostar, two of cable's strongest competitors, could be closer to offering triple-play service thanks to a deal with WiMax provider Clearwire
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 13, 2007 : A new 'safe harbor' specification issued by the cable industry's R&D house will enable MSOs to assist law enforcement agencies when called on to perform court-ordered wiretaps on high-speed broadband connections
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2007 : Some unexpected friends have come to the aid of Cablevision and its fight for the Remote Storage-Digital Video Recorder
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2007 : The US cable industry's three top set-top suppliers – Motorola, Scientific Atlanta, and Pace – say they are gearing up for the rapidly approaching ban on boxes with integrated security
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2007 : RGB has jumped into the variable bit rate VOD game, competing with Imagine with the aim to improve bandwidth efficiency
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2007 : A reviewer is less than impressed with the first attempt at a souped-up PC outfitted with a CableCARD slot and the (supposed) ability to take in premium digital cable content
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 11, 2007 : Even if all of the issues don't get ironed out soon, don't expect recent complaints by TiVo and others to derail cable's switched digital video train
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 8, 2007 : Starz won't release subscriber numbers for Vongo, but company execs say the budding Internet movie service isn't filching premium customers away from cable and satellite TV providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 7, 2007 : VOD upgrade delays are hurting SeaChange's top line, and a new flash-based server won't come to the rescue until next year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 7, 2007 : CableLabs may have just issued an request for information on the emerging PacketCable 2.0 platform, but there's plenty of road to travel before MSOs will deploy it, finds the latest installment of Light Reading's Cable Industry Insider
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 6, 2007 : Vendors, please take note. You'll need to get your act together by July 13 if you want to participate in a new request for information (RFI) on PacketCable 2.0
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 6, 2007 : Universal Remote Control is trying to ensure that cable subs will enjoy a true 'hands on' experience when MSOs begin deploying OCAP
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 5, 2007 : Imagine Communications, populated by former BigBand execs, is now getting sued by BigBand for patent infringement
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2007 : Dismayed by the margins in its Outside Plant and Installation Services business, C-COR is selling off the unit for $7M
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2007 : A Warner Bros. exec says offering movies simultaneously on DVD and VOD could make good business sense
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 4, 2007 : C-COR, Harmonic, Motorola, and Scientific Atlanta are said to be among the key participants of Comcast's 'early stage' switched digital video tech trials
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 4, 2007 : A Forrester study indicates only 53 percent of consumers want à la carte cable TV, and those who do vastly underestimate the value of what they would be buying
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2007 : The FCC moves to open up competition in the sometimes tough-to-crack multiple-dwelling unit sector, but the ruling gets a mixed reaction from cable's top lobbying arm
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2007 : Cablevision is following through on its threat to fight an earlier court decision that put the brakes on its 'Remote Storage' DVR
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 28, 2007 : CableLabs engineers are looking to marry Docsis 3.0 with OpenCable, a move that could allow operators to deliver a range of IP-based video apps and services directly to a new class of hybrid set-tops
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 27, 2007 : I rarely pass on the chance to cover a VOD-related issue, even when I'm cruising at an altitude of 30,000 feet
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 26, 2007 : The rapidly approaching FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security could create a financial hardship for smaller cable operators and cause them to pass added costs to their customers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 26, 2007 : Bandwidth was the big issue, but the Nintendo Wii was the big draw at the 2007 Cable-Tec Expo in steamy Orlando
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : Intel has signed on the dotted line for the OpenCable Platform, and a new family of Intel chips could soon find homes inside set-tops from Comcast
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : If Verizon gets a last-minute set-top waiver this week, expect Comcast and other cable-affiliated companies and parties to cry foul and come unglued
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 25, 2007 : Recommendations from two influential proxy firms should dispel any rumors that the $140 million Terayon-Motorola marriage is in jeopardy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 22, 2007 : A Comcast exec says the nation's largest MSO is ready to go when the FCC-mandated ban on set-tops with integrated security comes into effect on July 1
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 22, 2007 : We've confirmed that some top cable engineers got together Wednesday to get the 'RF-Over-Glass' standards project rolling
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 21, 2007 : Thanks to the emergence of OCAP and cable's mandated move to the CableCARD, ADB thinks the time is once again right to enter the US cable set-top market
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 20, 2007 : In addition to freeing up shelf space for HDTV services, operators must also find gobs of bandwidth to accomodate the February 2009 digital TV transition
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 20, 2007 : Attention cable operators: A flood of MPEG-4 content is coming your way courtesy of HBO and the premium programmer's aggressive HDTV strategy
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2007 : Cisco has unveiled a WiFi-based mesh system that will allow cable MSOs to deploy and market wireless Internet and backhaul services. BendBroadband of Oregon is among those already giving it a shot
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2007 : Good question: Who's entering the market with a next-gen or 'universal' edge QAM? Better question: Who isn't?
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 18, 2007 : Acronym alert! 'RFOG' could be in cable's future as MSOs mull fiber-to-the-premises strategies in greenfield situations
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 18, 2007 : Motorola will have a new product in the cupboard when it completes its aquisition of Terayon: the CAP1000, a device with enough horsepower to rate-shape MPEG-4 HD video streams
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) June 15, 2007 : Yes, it's another type of PON: D-PON, Scientific Atlanta's play to help cable MSOs pursue contracts in master planned communities
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2007 : FCC Chairman might finally get around to voting on Comcast's request for a full review on its already-denied set-top waiver request
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2007 : BroadLogic's product plans got a big push following a new round of funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital and some help from another new investor, Advance/Newhouse
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (8) June 14, 2007 : A new family-friendly programming bill with à la carte overtones introduced Thursday caused FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to smile, and the cable industry to go on the defensive
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 14, 2007 : Based on what's been revealed so far, most M-CMTS deployment activity is occurring overseas
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 14, 2007 : DirecTV and Echostar, two of cable's strongest competitors, could be closer to offering triple-play service thanks to a deal with WiMax provider Clearwire
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 13, 2007 : A new 'safe harbor' specification issued by the cable industry's R&D house will enable MSOs to assist law enforcement agencies when called on to perform court-ordered wiretaps on high-speed broadband connections
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2007 : Some unexpected friends have come to the aid of Cablevision and its fight for the Remote Storage-Digital Video Recorder
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2007 : The US cable industry's three top set-top suppliers – Motorola, Scientific Atlanta, and Pace – say they are gearing up for the rapidly approaching ban on boxes with integrated security
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2007 : RGB has jumped into the variable bit rate VOD game, competing with Imagine with the aim to improve bandwidth efficiency
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2007 : A reviewer is less than impressed with the first attempt at a souped-up PC outfitted with a CableCARD slot and the (supposed) ability to take in premium digital cable content
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 11, 2007 : Even if all of the issues don't get ironed out soon, don't expect recent complaints by TiVo and others to derail cable's switched digital video train
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 8, 2007 : Starz won't release subscriber numbers for Vongo, but company execs say the budding Internet movie service isn't filching premium customers away from cable and satellite TV providers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 7, 2007 : VOD upgrade delays are hurting SeaChange's top line, and a new flash-based server won't come to the rescue until next year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 7, 2007 : CableLabs may have just issued an request for information on the emerging PacketCable 2.0 platform, but there's plenty of road to travel before MSOs will deploy it, finds the latest installment of Light Reading's Cable Industry Insider
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 6, 2007 : Vendors, please take note. You'll need to get your act together by July 13 if you want to participate in a new request for information (RFI) on PacketCable 2.0
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 6, 2007 : Universal Remote Control is trying to ensure that cable subs will enjoy a true 'hands on' experience when MSOs begin deploying OCAP
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 5, 2007 : Imagine Communications, populated by former BigBand execs, is now getting sued by BigBand for patent infringement
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2007 : Dismayed by the margins in its Outside Plant and Installation Services business, C-COR is selling off the unit for $7M
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2007 : A Warner Bros. exec says offering movies simultaneously on DVD and VOD could make good business sense
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 4, 2007 : C-COR, Harmonic, Motorola, and Scientific Atlanta are said to be among the key participants of Comcast's 'early stage' switched digital video tech trials
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 4, 2007 : A Forrester study indicates only 53 percent of consumers want à la carte cable TV, and those who do vastly underestimate the value of what they would be buying
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2007 : The FCC moves to open up competition in the sometimes tough-to-crack multiple-dwelling unit sector, but the ruling gets a mixed reaction from cable's top lobbying arm
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2007 : Cablevision is following through on its threat to fight an earlier court decision that put the brakes on its 'Remote Storage' DVR
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