The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : 6:40 PM MSOs that signed a 'binding' tru2way memo of understanding collectively won't have their headends ready by the July 1 deadline
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : 1:05 PM A group that includes old cable foe Free Press argues that granting a bunch of DTA waivers will undermine the retail set-top market UPDATED 7/1
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : Consumer equipment trade body wants FCC to help create a portable downloadable security system that would succeed the clunky CableCARD
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) June 29, 2009 : All systems are go for Cablevision's 'remote-storage' DVR after US High Court passes on hearing an appeal led by networks and studios
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 29, 2009 : Dark cloud hanging over switched digital video could be lifted after FCC 'vacates' earlier ruling against Cox and Time Warner Cable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 29, 2009 : 8:30 AM Startup that lets MSOs bridge Web TV fare to non-IP digital set-tops notches its first cable win
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 26, 2009 : With a targeted ad product shelved for now, MSO-backed venture sets course for the Q4 launch of its first interactive ad campaign
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 25, 2009 : MSO expects to deploy a fancy, search-integrated, tru2way-fueled video navigation system by Q4
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 24, 2009 : 9:30 AM Dr Malone pays up, cable tells the FCC to buzz off, and Verizon and Comcast are now BFFs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 23, 2009 : Sources say MSO is gearing up for a system-wide deployment of a platform that allows it to bridge interactive Web-like apps to the TV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) June 23, 2009 : CableLabs is mulling a patent claim on an 'invention' that lets customers temporarily turbo-charge speeds for big movie downloads
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 23, 2009 : 1:40 PM Wisconsin co-op wants one, while RCN and WideOpenWest get extensions... And none have to do with DTAs for a change
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) June 22, 2009 : A handful of companies have shown interest, but Sonus is still considered the favorite, while Genband may already be priced out
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (11) June 22, 2009 : FiOS's new updates emphasize faster upstreams, while new giveaways aim to steal cable subscribers' hearts (and dollars)
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : 4:45 PM Paul Allen pinches some pennies, FCC closes in on a new boss, some MSOs kick butt, another PolyCipher sighting, and a shameless plug
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : As the day finally approaches, Comcast says it could start residential tests this year or next
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : 1:45 PM MSO and Lionsgate enter the third dimension to juice up slasher flick My Bloody Valentine UPDATED
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 18, 2009 : Operational and scaling issues prompt JV to shelve first addressable ad play, but it claims Q4 interactive campaign is still a go
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (12) June 17, 2009 : 'Broadband Internet Fairness Act' calls for 'major' broadband ISPs to submit metering plans for approval by the Federal Trade Commission
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 17, 2009 : Cable's biggest suppliers send their simple one-way channel zappers to the FCC for approval, but the opposition has 10 days to respond
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 17, 2009 : 10:55 AM Charlie Ergen & Co. are mulling yet another way to get around TiVo's 'Time Warp' patent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 16, 2009 : Latest round of U-verse upgrades boost 'Max' DSL speeds, while new video features shine light on telco's whole-home DVR advantage
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 16, 2009 : 12:40 PM TV ads suggest Comcast is about to launch Docsis 3.0 in Qwest's corporate back yard
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 15, 2009 : As promised, CableLabs releases a tru2way 'reference implementation' that aims to stoke retail activity and gain support from developers UPDATED 6/16 11 AM
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : 3:05 PM MSO to start supporting digital boxes with downloadable security in 'Phase I' areas starting July 1
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : 12:05 PM Mid-sized MSO starts to attack incumbents with new fiber-fueled business services play
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : Comcast-backed startup pursues new market with a dense, low-power chipset that, it claims, could produce sub-$100 'universal' edge QAMs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 12, 2009 : How well cable fared – or didn't – as a result of today's big broadcast TV transition won't be known until MSOs post Q3 numbers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2009 : Having cut 100 employees in January, Symmetricom says it's going to chop 30 more this year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2009 : Embryonic 'I05' specs will standardize the tricky EBIF set-top 'user agent' and handle shortcomings for 'unbound' apps and advanced ads
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2009 : About 2% of TV viewing households still won't be ready when the the rest of the nation's full-power stations pull the analog plug tomorrow
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2009 : 12:45 PM Report: Telco is readying to launch a VDSL2 tier that tops out at 40 Mbit/s down and 20 Mbit/s upstream
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 10, 2009 : Brought in from Panasonic, new CableLabs CEO Paul Liao will be charged with strengthening ties with the consumer electronics world
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 10, 2009 : 12:15 PM Discovery urges OpenTV board to buy out Kudelski's stake in the set-top software specialist
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) June 10, 2009 : Panasonic CTO Dr. Paul Liao is set to take the top spot at CableLabs, a move that should boost cable's credibility in the consumer electronics world UPDATED 11:55 AM
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 9, 2009 : 4:30 PM The rumor du jour holds that CableLabs could announce a successor to Dr. Richard Green late today
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 9, 2009 : The MSO takes a shot at high-speed competitors by dropping its 50-Mbit/s service to about $100 when bundled with other services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 9, 2009 : 11:20 AM thePlatform attempts to address a non-sexy, albeit important, issue faced by VoD and Web TV alike: automated ingest
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : Joint venture collapse suggests Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner aren't close to a downloadable system that replaces CableCARDs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : 1:30 PM SeaChange chief calls out Flash flaws and notes he isn't seeing 'much competition' from Moto these days
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : Supplier intends to seek approval of simple hi-def devices that could give smaller MSOs the drop on telco and satellite TV foes
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) June 4, 2009 : Cisco says a new video server platform, launching later this year, will be capable of ingesting more than 2,000 channels simultaneously
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 4, 2009 : 8:50 AM Withdraws bid for set-top box software specialist but plans to pressure OpenTV board
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 3, 2009 : 11:50 AM MSO says iTV is on the radar but won't confirm report that it's testing an EBIF-based HSN app
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 3, 2009 : Patent infringement update: Federal court orders Dish and EchoStar to pay TiVo and to disable the DVR function in about 4 million set-tops
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 2, 2009 : Delivering another blow to the CEA, the FCC grants a waiver to Evolution Broadband for simple, one-way digital terminal adapters
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 2, 2009 : Comcast Media Center launches an all-digital system that aims to take ad delivery out of the Stone Age
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 2, 2009 : Scaling problems could choke Cablevision's RS-DVR at its summer launch, but SeaChange is reportedly 'betting the farm' on being able to fix it
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2009 : 11:00 AM Satcos will be at a 'clear disadvantage' if MSOs follow Cablevision's path, analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2009 : Cox opts for Starent at its mobile core as it prepares to offer 3G wireless services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : 6:40 PM MSOs that signed a 'binding' tru2way memo of understanding collectively won't have their headends ready by the July 1 deadline
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : 1:05 PM A group that includes old cable foe Free Press argues that granting a bunch of DTA waivers will undermine the retail set-top market UPDATED 7/1
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 30, 2009 : Consumer equipment trade body wants FCC to help create a portable downloadable security system that would succeed the clunky CableCARD
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) June 29, 2009 : All systems are go for Cablevision's 'remote-storage' DVR after US High Court passes on hearing an appeal led by networks and studios
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 29, 2009 : Dark cloud hanging over switched digital video could be lifted after FCC 'vacates' earlier ruling against Cox and Time Warner Cable
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 29, 2009 : 8:30 AM Startup that lets MSOs bridge Web TV fare to non-IP digital set-tops notches its first cable win
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 26, 2009 : With a targeted ad product shelved for now, MSO-backed venture sets course for the Q4 launch of its first interactive ad campaign
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 25, 2009 : MSO expects to deploy a fancy, search-integrated, tru2way-fueled video navigation system by Q4
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 24, 2009 : 9:30 AM Dr Malone pays up, cable tells the FCC to buzz off, and Verizon and Comcast are now BFFs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 23, 2009 : Sources say MSO is gearing up for a system-wide deployment of a platform that allows it to bridge interactive Web-like apps to the TV
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) June 23, 2009 : CableLabs is mulling a patent claim on an 'invention' that lets customers temporarily turbo-charge speeds for big movie downloads
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 23, 2009 : 1:40 PM Wisconsin co-op wants one, while RCN and WideOpenWest get extensions... And none have to do with DTAs for a change
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6) June 22, 2009 : A handful of companies have shown interest, but Sonus is still considered the favorite, while Genband may already be priced out
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (11) June 22, 2009 : FiOS's new updates emphasize faster upstreams, while new giveaways aim to steal cable subscribers' hearts (and dollars)
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : 4:45 PM Paul Allen pinches some pennies, FCC closes in on a new boss, some MSOs kick butt, another PolyCipher sighting, and a shameless plug
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : As the day finally approaches, Comcast says it could start residential tests this year or next
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 19, 2009 : 1:45 PM MSO and Lionsgate enter the third dimension to juice up slasher flick My Bloody Valentine UPDATED
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 18, 2009 : Operational and scaling issues prompt JV to shelve first addressable ad play, but it claims Q4 interactive campaign is still a go
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (12) June 17, 2009 : 'Broadband Internet Fairness Act' calls for 'major' broadband ISPs to submit metering plans for approval by the Federal Trade Commission
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) June 17, 2009 : Cable's biggest suppliers send their simple one-way channel zappers to the FCC for approval, but the opposition has 10 days to respond
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 17, 2009 : 10:55 AM Charlie Ergen & Co. are mulling yet another way to get around TiVo's 'Time Warp' patent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 16, 2009 : Latest round of U-verse upgrades boost 'Max' DSL speeds, while new video features shine light on telco's whole-home DVR advantage
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 16, 2009 : 12:40 PM TV ads suggest Comcast is about to launch Docsis 3.0 in Qwest's corporate back yard
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 15, 2009 : As promised, CableLabs releases a tru2way 'reference implementation' that aims to stoke retail activity and gain support from developers UPDATED 6/16 11 AM
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : 3:05 PM MSO to start supporting digital boxes with downloadable security in 'Phase I' areas starting July 1
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : 12:05 PM Mid-sized MSO starts to attack incumbents with new fiber-fueled business services play
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 15, 2009 : Comcast-backed startup pursues new market with a dense, low-power chipset that, it claims, could produce sub-$100 'universal' edge QAMs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 12, 2009 : How well cable fared – or didn't – as a result of today's big broadcast TV transition won't be known until MSOs post Q3 numbers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2009 : Having cut 100 employees in January, Symmetricom says it's going to chop 30 more this year
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 12, 2009 : Embryonic 'I05' specs will standardize the tricky EBIF set-top 'user agent' and handle shortcomings for 'unbound' apps and advanced ads
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2009 : About 2% of TV viewing households still won't be ready when the the rest of the nation's full-power stations pull the analog plug tomorrow
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 11, 2009 : 12:45 PM Report: Telco is readying to launch a VDSL2 tier that tops out at 40 Mbit/s down and 20 Mbit/s upstream
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 10, 2009 : Brought in from Panasonic, new CableLabs CEO Paul Liao will be charged with strengthening ties with the consumer electronics world
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 10, 2009 : 12:15 PM Discovery urges OpenTV board to buy out Kudelski's stake in the set-top software specialist
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) June 10, 2009 : Panasonic CTO Dr. Paul Liao is set to take the top spot at CableLabs, a move that should boost cable's credibility in the consumer electronics world UPDATED 11:55 AM
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) June 9, 2009 : 4:30 PM The rumor du jour holds that CableLabs could announce a successor to Dr. Richard Green late today
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 9, 2009 : The MSO takes a shot at high-speed competitors by dropping its 50-Mbit/s service to about $100 when bundled with other services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 9, 2009 : 11:20 AM thePlatform attempts to address a non-sexy, albeit important, issue faced by VoD and Web TV alike: automated ingest
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : Joint venture collapse suggests Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner aren't close to a downloadable system that replaces CableCARDs
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : 1:30 PM SeaChange chief calls out Flash flaws and notes he isn't seeing 'much competition' from Moto these days
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 5, 2009 : Supplier intends to seek approval of simple hi-def devices that could give smaller MSOs the drop on telco and satellite TV foes
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) June 4, 2009 : Cisco says a new video server platform, launching later this year, will be capable of ingesting more than 2,000 channels simultaneously
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 4, 2009 : 8:50 AM Withdraws bid for set-top box software specialist but plans to pressure OpenTV board
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 3, 2009 : 11:50 AM MSO says iTV is on the radar but won't confirm report that it's testing an EBIF-based HSN app
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 3, 2009 : Patent infringement update: Federal court orders Dish and EchoStar to pay TiVo and to disable the DVR function in about 4 million set-tops
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 2, 2009 : Delivering another blow to the CEA, the FCC grants a waiver to Evolution Broadband for simple, one-way digital terminal adapters
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 2, 2009 : Comcast Media Center launches an all-digital system that aims to take ad delivery out of the Stone Age
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) June 2, 2009 : Scaling problems could choke Cablevision's RS-DVR at its summer launch, but SeaChange is reportedly 'betting the farm' on being able to fix it
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2009 : 11:00 AM Satcos will be at a 'clear disadvantage' if MSOs follow Cablevision's path, analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment June 1, 2009 : Cox opts for Starent at its mobile core as it prepares to offer 3G wireless services
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