LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 28, 2007 : The next-gen edge QAM market appears to be heading for a consolidation and shakeout. But who's best positioned to stay in it for the long haul?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) September 28, 2007 : Analysts and investors punish company after it cuts revenue guidance by as much as 40%. Execs assess the damage on conference call, but remain cryptic about fate of BigBand's CMTS business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 27, 2007 : Shares fall more than 24 percent as BigBand predicts a Q3 shortfall caused partly by a 'slowdown' in the telco TV sector
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 27, 2007 : Such a marriage would further threaten the potential for direct deals between Sling Media and cable operators
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 26, 2007 : CableLabs has certified a new Slingbox with an on-board Docsis 2.0 cable modem from Texas Instruments, clearing the device for retail distribution, Cable Digital News has learned
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 26, 2007 : Sling Media CEO says place-shifting pioneer will maintain brand, retail strategy, and stand-alone product development in wake of EchoStar deal. New Slingbox products expected as early as this week
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 26, 2007 : After a false start last week, DirecTV launched 21 new hi-def nets on Wednesday morning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) September 26, 2007 : This week's decline in Arris shares could have less to do with the C-COR deal and more to do with a diminished EPS forecast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : Arris and C-COR stole its thunder on Monday, but BigBand is trying to drum up some noise with a third-gen 'universal' edge QAM capable of supporting VOD, switched digital, and Docsis Internet services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : As the proud owner of a Slingbox, I woke up this morning a bit closer to becoming an EchoStar customer
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : Makers of grooming, bandwidth management, and other digital video gear and software
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) September 24, 2007 : Company chief Bob Stanzione has left the door open to more deals. Could a set-top maker be the next prey to enter Arris's crosshairs? Speculating minds want to know
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Thanks in part to the July integration ban, the number of CableCARDs deployed among the top 10 US MSOs is approaching 1 million
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Proposal for C-COR gives Arris the portfolio and scale necessary to compete against bigger dogs like Cisco and Motorola, as well as smaller rivals such as Harmonic, SeaChange, and Concurrent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Encryption firm's entry bolsters its cable security strategy and makes it a candidate for Verizon's 'next-gen' conditional access system. New card already in use with 'a few' US cable MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) September 21, 2007 : A class action suit sure to warm the cockles of the FCC chairman seeks an end to prepackaged programming tiers from cable and DBS operators, as well as network 'tying' deals
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 21, 2007 : Cablevision has consulted the crystal ball to see how much financial damage Verizon might mete out through 2011
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 20, 2007 : A three-year sunset on digital must-carry rules could give cable operators the time necessary to vet and deploy a bandwidth-saving, all-digital solution that doesn't strand millions of analog TV sets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 20, 2007 : A cable MSO in Ecuador is first to deploy a voice-over-WiMax implementation of Cedar Point's PacketCable-based VOIP architecture
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 19, 2007 : Rogers exec suggests company could buy Shaw or smaller Canadian cable ops if the price is right
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 19, 2007 : Dozens of vendors have until Thursday to respond to a secretive CableLabs RFI that will result in a uniform system for advanced advertising, and a cable-wide project carrying the code-named 'Canoe'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 19, 2007 : Comcast COO Steve Burke says Verizon is the real deal, but questions the damage being caused by AT&T's video offering. Looking ahead, he pinpoints business services and interactive ads as key growth drivers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : MSO is recruiting customers to test a 50-Mbit/s Internet service based on pre-Docsis 3.0 tech
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 18, 2007 : Ciena has picked up the core assets and intellectual property of PhyFlex Networks, a company that raised more than $100 million in its lifetime
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : Are we truly better off with the iPhone, FTTP, and Docsis 3.0? Do you pine for the days of the dialup Internet?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : The MSO is preparing to launch a slower offering for dialup customers, and it's still on track to exploit Docsis 3.0. Comcast says both strategies will expand the service category
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 17, 2007 : IP-PBX specialist is on its third software release, but its cable strategy is just getting off the ground
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 17, 2007 : MSO has linked WiFi to its cable plant in Billings, Mont., working in tandem with Fujitsu and BelAir Networks. Initially, Bresnan will offer free access to cable modem subscribers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 14, 2007 : Officials say the R&D house will be ready to go for Docsis 3.0 when Wave 56 begins next month
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 14, 2007 : 3:30 PM -- A 26.5 million set-top RFP? Sorry, I meant to say 26,493,286. Sure, it's excessive, but this is a phone company
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : CableLabs interop gives us a glimpse of the suppliers that will vie for business when MSOs start to test and deploy PacketCable 2.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : MSO's road to privatization will take another turn on Oct. 24, when shareholders cast their votes on the deal. A recent decline in Cablevision shares could tilt things in the Dolan family's favor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : Cablevision of Mexico has launched a Spanish language version of TiVo's standard-def Series 2 digital video recorder. After a one-time fee of $45, monthly subscriptions will run about $13.50
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 12, 2007 : After nine hours, the FCC's 'open agenda meeting' produced some jazz tunes and several frustrated viewers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 12, 2007 : Rulemaking will force most MSOs to deliver 'must carry' TV broadcast channels in analog and digital, but in a political victory for the cable industry, the FCC concedes to a three-year sunset
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 11, 2007 : The mid-sized New York-based MSO appears to be off the deal table in the midst of rough debt markets, but the move could mark just a temporary retreat, an analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 10, 2007 : So far, 15 operators have signed deals to carry a new HDTV service from the CMC and SES Americom, but the initial offering falls well short of those from DirecTV and Echostar
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 10, 2007 : This is your mouth. This is HDTV. This is your mouth drooling over HDTV. Try not to get electrocuted
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 7, 2007 : Vendor says its widely deployed mid-range and recently introduced 'compact' CMTS products will support the next-gen specs, but not until after the intro of new software and linecards
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 7, 2007 : Video technology startup lines up reseller and integration deals after its former primary partner, Motorola, acquired a competitor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) September 6, 2007 : Cisco is fueling an 'any stream to any screen' strategy by integrating its Content Delivery System (CDS) with Adobe Flash streaming capabilities
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : A report suggests FCC chairman Kevin Martin has the votes necessary to impose dual must-carry on the cable industry. The FCC is expected to vote on the matter on Sept. 11
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : FCC denies Comcast's temporary waiver request on three integrated security set-top models made by Motorola, Scientific Atlanta, and Pace Micro Technology
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : As a scheduled keynoter for the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts will give the cable industry more than sideshow status at a conference that historically has catered to key competitors such as DirecTV and EchoStar
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 4, 2007 : Conditional access and digital watermarking firm Verimatrix is staking its claim on the cable industry as some MSOs mull a migration to IP-based video services. GoBackTV is along for the ride as an OEM partner
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (15) September 4, 2007 : MSOs are just starting to scratch the surface on potential cellular backhaul revenues, which are expected to balloon to $15 billion by 2011, says a new Light Reading Cable Industry Insider report
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 3, 2007 : 10:00 AM -- Report says DirecTV will boot up 'on-demand' service with a library of 2,000 to 3,000 hours of content, with 20% in hi-def
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 28, 2007 : The next-gen edge QAM market appears to be heading for a consolidation and shakeout. But who's best positioned to stay in it for the long haul?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (7) September 28, 2007 : Analysts and investors punish company after it cuts revenue guidance by as much as 40%. Execs assess the damage on conference call, but remain cryptic about fate of BigBand's CMTS business
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 27, 2007 : Shares fall more than 24 percent as BigBand predicts a Q3 shortfall caused partly by a 'slowdown' in the telco TV sector
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 27, 2007 : Such a marriage would further threaten the potential for direct deals between Sling Media and cable operators
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 26, 2007 : CableLabs has certified a new Slingbox with an on-board Docsis 2.0 cable modem from Texas Instruments, clearing the device for retail distribution, Cable Digital News has learned
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 26, 2007 : Sling Media CEO says place-shifting pioneer will maintain brand, retail strategy, and stand-alone product development in wake of EchoStar deal. New Slingbox products expected as early as this week
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 26, 2007 : After a false start last week, DirecTV launched 21 new hi-def nets on Wednesday morning
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3) September 26, 2007 : This week's decline in Arris shares could have less to do with the C-COR deal and more to do with a diminished EPS forecast
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : Arris and C-COR stole its thunder on Monday, but BigBand is trying to drum up some noise with a third-gen 'universal' edge QAM capable of supporting VOD, switched digital, and Docsis Internet services
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : As the proud owner of a Slingbox, I woke up this morning a bit closer to becoming an EchoStar customer
Startup Spotlight - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 25, 2007 : Makers of grooming, bandwidth management, and other digital video gear and software
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) September 24, 2007 : Company chief Bob Stanzione has left the door open to more deals. Could a set-top maker be the next prey to enter Arris's crosshairs? Speculating minds want to know
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Thanks in part to the July integration ban, the number of CableCARDs deployed among the top 10 US MSOs is approaching 1 million
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Proposal for C-COR gives Arris the portfolio and scale necessary to compete against bigger dogs like Cisco and Motorola, as well as smaller rivals such as Harmonic, SeaChange, and Concurrent
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 24, 2007 : Encryption firm's entry bolsters its cable security strategy and makes it a candidate for Verizon's 'next-gen' conditional access system. New card already in use with 'a few' US cable MSOs
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4) September 21, 2007 : A class action suit sure to warm the cockles of the FCC chairman seeks an end to prepackaged programming tiers from cable and DBS operators, as well as network 'tying' deals
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 21, 2007 : Cablevision has consulted the crystal ball to see how much financial damage Verizon might mete out through 2011
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 20, 2007 : A three-year sunset on digital must-carry rules could give cable operators the time necessary to vet and deploy a bandwidth-saving, all-digital solution that doesn't strand millions of analog TV sets
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 20, 2007 : A cable MSO in Ecuador is first to deploy a voice-over-WiMax implementation of Cedar Point's PacketCable-based VOIP architecture
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 19, 2007 : Rogers exec suggests company could buy Shaw or smaller Canadian cable ops if the price is right
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 19, 2007 : Dozens of vendors have until Thursday to respond to a secretive CableLabs RFI that will result in a uniform system for advanced advertising, and a cable-wide project carrying the code-named 'Canoe'
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 19, 2007 : Comcast COO Steve Burke says Verizon is the real deal, but questions the damage being caused by AT&T's video offering. Looking ahead, he pinpoints business services and interactive ads as key growth drivers
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : MSO is recruiting customers to test a 50-Mbit/s Internet service based on pre-Docsis 3.0 tech
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5) September 18, 2007 : Ciena has picked up the core assets and intellectual property of PhyFlex Networks, a company that raised more than $100 million in its lifetime
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : Are we truly better off with the iPhone, FTTP, and Docsis 3.0? Do you pine for the days of the dialup Internet?
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 18, 2007 : The MSO is preparing to launch a slower offering for dialup customers, and it's still on track to exploit Docsis 3.0. Comcast says both strategies will expand the service category
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 17, 2007 : IP-PBX specialist is on its third software release, but its cable strategy is just getting off the ground
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 17, 2007 : MSO has linked WiFi to its cable plant in Billings, Mont., working in tandem with Fujitsu and BelAir Networks. Initially, Bresnan will offer free access to cable modem subscribers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 14, 2007 : Officials say the R&D house will be ready to go for Docsis 3.0 when Wave 56 begins next month
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 14, 2007 : 3:30 PM -- A 26.5 million set-top RFP? Sorry, I meant to say 26,493,286. Sure, it's excessive, but this is a phone company
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : CableLabs interop gives us a glimpse of the suppliers that will vie for business when MSOs start to test and deploy PacketCable 2.0
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : MSO's road to privatization will take another turn on Oct. 24, when shareholders cast their votes on the deal. A recent decline in Cablevision shares could tilt things in the Dolan family's favor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 13, 2007 : Cablevision of Mexico has launched a Spanish language version of TiVo's standard-def Series 2 digital video recorder. After a one-time fee of $45, monthly subscriptions will run about $13.50
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 12, 2007 : After nine hours, the FCC's 'open agenda meeting' produced some jazz tunes and several frustrated viewers
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 12, 2007 : Rulemaking will force most MSOs to deliver 'must carry' TV broadcast channels in analog and digital, but in a political victory for the cable industry, the FCC concedes to a three-year sunset
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 11, 2007 : The mid-sized New York-based MSO appears to be off the deal table in the midst of rough debt markets, but the move could mark just a temporary retreat, an analyst says
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2) September 10, 2007 : So far, 15 operators have signed deals to carry a new HDTV service from the CMC and SES Americom, but the initial offering falls well short of those from DirecTV and Echostar
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 10, 2007 : This is your mouth. This is HDTV. This is your mouth drooling over HDTV. Try not to get electrocuted
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 7, 2007 : Vendor says its widely deployed mid-range and recently introduced 'compact' CMTS products will support the next-gen specs, but not until after the intro of new software and linecards
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 7, 2007 : Video technology startup lines up reseller and integration deals after its former primary partner, Motorola, acquired a competitor
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1) September 6, 2007 : Cisco is fueling an 'any stream to any screen' strategy by integrating its Content Delivery System (CDS) with Adobe Flash streaming capabilities
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : A report suggests FCC chairman Kevin Martin has the votes necessary to impose dual must-carry on the cable industry. The FCC is expected to vote on the matter on Sept. 11
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : FCC denies Comcast's temporary waiver request on three integrated security set-top models made by Motorola, Scientific Atlanta, and Pace Micro Technology
LR Cable Opinion - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 5, 2007 : As a scheduled keynoter for the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts will give the cable industry more than sideshow status at a conference that historically has catered to key competitors such as DirecTV and EchoStar
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 4, 2007 : Conditional access and digital watermarking firm Verimatrix is staking its claim on the cable industry as some MSOs mull a migration to IP-based video services. GoBackTV is along for the ride as an OEM partner
LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (15) September 4, 2007 : MSOs are just starting to scratch the surface on potential cellular backhaul revenues, which are expected to balloon to $15 billion by 2011, says a new Light Reading Cable Industry Insider report
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment September 3, 2007 : 10:00 AM -- Report says DirecTV will boot up 'on-demand' service with a library of 2,000 to 3,000 hours of content, with 20% in hi-def
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