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Posted in August 2011

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Comment: More to come? - Jeff Baumgartner August 31, 2011

Comcast Faces $875M Class-Action Suit


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August 31, 2011 : Also: Rogers taps iControl, Comcast gets going with gateways, Pace heads to the cloud, another small op thinks big with SDV

DirecTV, BSkyB Lock In NDS for TV Everywhere


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August 31, 2011 : NDS's multi-screen VideoGuard Connect DRM may help the vendor expand its presence at Cablevision and Cox and gain entry with other US MSOs
Comment: Makes me wonder... - Jeff Baumgartner August 30, 2011

Pay TV in Store for a Rocky Q3


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August 30, 2011 : Also: Google TV tunes up for Europe, Dish goes tailgating, Comcast's Cavalry rolls into Sacramento, MoCA makes a milestone

Enablence Sells Off PON Systems


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August 30, 2011 : Signaling an official end to Enablence's PON-systems ambitions, cable vendor Aurora pays $5.1M for what used to be Wave7

Cisco Doubling Down on CMTS Density


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August 29, 2011 : Next-gen CMTS said to pack in 144 downstream QAMS and give MSOs the headroom for an IP video migration and a bridge to CCAP

Apple Prepping Pay-TV Push


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August 29, 2011 : Also: Apple scraps TV rentals, Canoe realigns its executive oars, Moto says 'most' US MSOs are setting net-DVR launches

Who Will Nab Hulu?


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August 26, 2011 : Also: US broadband has a slow Q2, DirecTV may cook up its own Slingbox, cable guys rail against telco-backed USF reform proposals
Comment: Adara - Jeff Baumgartner August 26, 2011

Broadcom Crafting PON-Speed HFC


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August 26, 2011 : Broadcom's prototype for EPON-over-Coax could extend the life of HFC and grace it with symmetrical Gigabit speeds
Comment: Re: Is it enough? - Jeff Baumgartner August 25, 2011

Cisco Keeps Hammerlock on CMTS Market


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August 25, 2011 : The CMTS world belongs to Cisco. You're all just living in it
Comment: Is it enough? - Jeff Baumgartner August 25, 2011

Cablevision Gets Closer to Sprint


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August 25, 2011 : A partnership gives MSO's SMB customers access to discounted wireless service, but is there more in store between Cablevision and Sprint?

WOW & Wave Broadband Divvy Up Broadstripe


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August 25, 2011 : Also: Brightcove goes for an IPO, TiVo sheds subs but makes MSO progress, Comcast amps up MetroE sales strategy

TW Cable Slings a Wideband Play


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August 24, 2011 : MSO will subsidize Slingboxes in NYC, but the D3 promo will likely grab the attention of programmers as they square off over streaming rights

Small Cable Interests Call Out Google


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August 24, 2011 : 2:35 PM Should independent MSOs worry about Google's acquisition of Motorola? The seeds of doubt are already being planted

Google's Other Fiber Project Revs to 150 Mbit/s


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August 24, 2011 : Also: Dish LTE plans are questioned, Grande taps TiVo, Cablevision hires biz service reseller, Netflix's UK speed bump

Entone Gets CableCARD Clearance


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August 23, 2011 : Entone's VUDU-powered hybrid boxes get the CableLabs stamp as the vendor joins the five others chasing the US Tier 2/3 MSO market

Dish Sizing Up Mobile Broadband Service


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August 23, 2011 : Also: VUDU conjures market-share magic, Cox turns up wholesale heat, pirates flock to Fox, ACA asks FCC to loosen MSO-CLEC merger rules

Time Warner Cable Checks In With IP Video


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August 22, 2011 : MSO's business unit teams with iBahn to convert QAM video to IP and chase after a budding cable opportunity: video services to hotels

Hulu Bids Could Top $2B


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August 22, 2011 : Also: Comcast drops 'Sunday Ticket' complaint, Insight CEO discusses what's next, and the SCTE calls in the vendor brass
Comment: Re: "Cisco" wall? - Jeff Baumgartner August 19, 2011

Cable's Google Shield


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August 19, 2011 : A Comcast-Moto deal struck in 2005 prevents Google from seizing the 'brain' of cable's Motorola-based digital video networks
Comment: Bye Bye Birdie - Jeff Baumgartner August 19, 2011

Amazon Takes Bigger Run at Cable's VoD Biz


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August 19, 2011 : Also: Moto can't shop itself around, TW Cable puts Road Runner out to pasture, Malone dumps Barnes & Noble bid, Roku taps Hillcrest

Cable May Plow More Cash Into Clearwire


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August 19, 2011 : Cable's wireless Plan B may be in motion, as report says MSOs want to invest more in Clearwire and perhaps buy the cash-strapped company

Will Google Be Good for Cable?


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August 18, 2011 : Nervousness aside, some top cable tech execs say Google's software prowess could boost the Motorola franchise
Comment: Re: Bay Area Mojo - Jeff Baumgartner August 18, 2011
Comment: Re: Bay Area Mojo - Jeff Baumgartner August 18, 2011

PlayStation 3 to Stream NFL Games Over the Top


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August 18, 2011 : Also: Nielsen runs iPad TV tests, Roku's streams EPIX (with a big caveat), Rogers enters the smart home biz
Comment: Cali tagline - Jeff Baumgartner August 17, 2011

CableLabs Set to Open Bay Area Digs


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August 17, 2011 : R&D house to open a San Francisco site as cable looks to tap the region's talent pool and build relationships with innovative startups
Comment: Re: Set-top shrug - Jeff Baumgartner August 17, 2011
Comment: Re: Just a thought - Jeff Baumgartner August 17, 2011

Cablevision Tunes Up Wi-Fi TV


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August 17, 2011 : 12:20 PM Cablevision continues to put its weight behind its Wi-Fi buildout even as its 3G ambitions remain up in the air

Google-Moto Deal Fans Cable Fears


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August 17, 2011 : Also: Verizon might deny benefits to strikers; Suddenlink beefs up VoD; Netflix targets piracy in Spain; Limelight, Level 3 may forge CDN deal
Comment: Re: Set-top shrug - Jeff Baumgartner August 16, 2011

TWC: Broadband Becoming 'Anchor Service'


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August 16, 2011 : Also: Comcast launches BlackBerry app, more Verizon strike strife, ACA frets about Googorola, man accused of using set-top as a weapon
Comment: Set-top shrug - Jeff Baumgartner August 15, 2011
Comment: More deal points - Jeff Baumgartner August 15, 2011
Comment: Re: Manic Monday - Jeff Baumgartner August 15, 2011

Will Google Droid Up the Set-Top Box?


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August 15, 2011 : Cable's IP video ambitions and a new class of set-tops could open the door to Android and Google TV, but would MSOs go for it?

Time Warner Cable Splashes Out $3B for Insight


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August 15, 2011 : Also: Charter routes with Cisco, Hulu may fetch $1.5B, cable's Docsis appetite to double in 2012, regulators extend Liberty-Kabel BW review

Google Buying Moto Mobility for $12.5B


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August 15, 2011 : Google claims deal will 'supercharge' Android, but pledges that the operating system will remain open

Q2 Video Scorecard: Cable, Satellite Get Creamed


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August 15, 2011 : AT&T and Verizon added video subs in the quarter, but probably should have done better given the dismal results from MSOs and satellite TV

ActiveVideo Guns for FiOS TV Injunction


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August 12, 2011 : Cablevision's key ITV vendor tries to cripple FiOS TV as it shoots for more in its patent battle with Verizon

Comcast Unit May Toss Lifeline to ViP-TV Affiliates


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August 12, 2011 : Comcast Media Center is working on ways to convert its MPEG-2 video signals to MPEG-4 for EchoStar's scrambling IPTV affiliates

Verizon Strike Gets Uglier


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August 12, 2011 : Also: EchoStar reveals Move Networks price; Fox tying TV Everywhere to retrans; Insight loses subs; NCTA, CEA still brawling over AllVid

Cisco Keeping Set-Top Fire Stoked


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August 11, 2011 : 5:00 PM Cisco's out of the set-top-manufacturing business, but selling set-tops will remain key to its Videoscape strategy

EchoStar to Shut Down ViP-TV


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August 11, 2011 : Avail-TVN jumps in with a program to help EchoStar affiliates make the switch before ViP-TV shuts down in September

Hulu Heads to Japan


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August 11, 2011 : Also: Suddenlink sheds basic video, broadband subs in Q2, RCN named in Web monitoring suit, set-top shipments shift to emerging markets

Cablevision, Viacom Pass the Peace Pipe


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August 10, 2011 : The companies avoid a lawsuit that could have been bad news for the progress of TV Everywhere
Comment: Re: Just checking - Jeff Baumgartner August 10, 2011
Comment: Re: What's it worth? - Jeff Baumgartner August 10, 2011

Dish Keeps Wireless Options Open


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August 10, 2011 : Also: Verizon posts sabotage pics, VUDU reaches iPad but sidesteps Apple fees, DirecTV throws Comcast for a loss in Sunday Ticket spat
Comment: What's it worth? - Jeff Baumgartner August 9, 2011
Comment: GoBackTV's 'CMTS' - Jeff Baumgartner August 9, 2011

Cablevision Eyes Out-of-Home Live TV Streaming


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August 9, 2011 : MSO is fighting for its right to stream live TV feeds to subs who need their video fix while they're on the go

Cablevision Profits But Loses More Vid Subs


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August 9, 2011 : Cablevision loses a more-than-expected 23,000 video subs in Q2 as competition and the economy turn up the heat on the MSO

Dish Loses 135,000 Subs


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August 9, 2011 : Also: Verizon handles saboteurs, cable guys give Metaswitch the vote, ex-Comcaster becomes Stoke's CTO, small MSO goes big with Docsis 3.0
Comment: Been awhile - Jeff Baumgartner August 8, 2011

Aurora Networks Loads Up for M&A


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August 8, 2011 : Aurora says its hiring of a CFO signals that it will follow up its recent purchase of GoBackTV with other acquisitions
Comment: Now what? - Jeff Baumgartner August 8, 2011

No Action for Insight's Auction


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August 8, 2011 : Also: Canoe rows with ITV test partner, SMC gateway to mix Docsis 3.0 with MoCA 2.0, RGB's debuts compact TV Everywhere box

Is AT&T Messing Up Cablevision's Mobile Plans?


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August 5, 2011 : With indications that it's had talks with T-Mobile about a wholesale deal, the MSO wants conditions placed on the AT&T/T-Mobile deal

1M Join Netflix Canada Despite Cap Flap


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August 5, 2011 : Also: DirecTV downplays need for Hulu, Comcast and DirecTV scrum over NFL package, Ceton's new CableCARD tuner is a go, Mediacom's new digs

Comcast Gives SeaChange Servers the Boot


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August 4, 2011 : SeaChange servers didn't perform well in Comcast's CDN environment, causing the MSO to standardize on gear from Cisco and Motorola instead

DirecTV Sees US Sub Slowdown


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August 4, 2011 : Also: Technicolor Skypes with Comcast, subs fret about AT&T's meters, Cablevision does self-install CableCARDs, Sling targets India
Comment: Re: AT&T & Vz too? - Jeff Baumgartner August 3, 2011
Comment: Re: AT&T & Vz too? - Jeff Baumgartner August 3, 2011
Comment: Re: AT&T & Vz too? - Jeff Baumgartner August 3, 2011
Comment: Re: AT&T & Vz too? - Jeff Baumgartner August 3, 2011

Cisco's Videoscape Leader Resigns


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August 3, 2011 : Enrique Rodriguez, the exec who helped get Videoscape off the ground, resigns as Cisco unites its service provider and enterprise video businesses

Comcast Won't Go Over the Top


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August 3, 2011 : It would be a tempting way for Comcast to expand beyond its cable footprint, but the CEO says it would also be bad business
Comment: VZ to fight back - Jeff Baumgartner August 3, 2011

Dish to Stream After Netflix


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August 3, 2011 : Also: Apple eyes video 'Replay' option, judge smacks down Zediva, TW Cable CEO is sticking around

Comcast Loses Video Subs, Profits Surge


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August 3, 2011 : MSO continued to shed video subs in the quarter but strong results in other parts of the business helped it beat analyst expectations

ActiveVideo Wins $115M Case Against Verizon


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August 3, 2011 : Virginia jury sides with ActiveVideo in video patent case and now the vendor will seek injunction on Verizon's FiOS TV service

Charter Preps Network for IP Video


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August 2, 2011 : Charter's aggressive Docsis 3.0 and switched digital video deployments are laying the groundwork for a future leap to IP video
Comment: Re: 3D hype - Jeff Baumgartner August 2, 2011
Comment: 3D hype - Jeff Baumgartner August 2, 2011

AT&T Dumps ESPN 3D


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August 2, 2011 : Also: Apple TV gets a tune-up, vendors help ISPs issue bandwidth-consumption alerts, Netflix price hikes get spoofed

Charter Suffers Further Video Subs Losses


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August 2, 2011 : MSO lost 79,000 video subscribers in the historically weak Q2, but expects to complete its Docsis 3.0 and SDV deployments this year

Does Cable Have a Wireless Plan B?


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August 1, 2011 : If it involves LightSquared, don't expect MSOs to pull the trigger until after the regulatory clouds hovering over the LTE startup lift
Comment: Re: TV w/ TIVO - Jeff Baumgartner August 1, 2011
Comment: Re: TV w/ TIVO - Jeff Baumgartner August 1, 2011

Best Buy Boots Up TiVo-Powered TVs


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August 1, 2011 : Also: Amazon streams with NBCU, sales for streaming-only Apple TV are lukewarm, NPG Cable gets a splash of Suddenlink