Light Reading - Telecom News, Analysis, Events, and Research
Sign up for our Free Telecom Weekly Newsletter
Connect with us
Posted by Jeff Baumgartner
Jeff Baumgartner
Member Since: April 9, 2007
User Ranking
Articles: 3475
Posts: 2201

Posted in September 2010

All (85)           Blog Posts (48)           Comments (37)          
All

CableCARD Update


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 30, 2010 : 3:40 PM The score: 22.7M operator-supplied CableCARD set-tops, 531,000 CableCARDs in retail devices
Comment: Some perspective - Jeff Baumgartner September 30, 2010

Leading Lights Finalists: Cable Products


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 30, 2010 : 11:40 AM Who made the list and why, as well as a few that almost broke through

CENX Adds Cable Cred


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 30, 2010 : 10:35 AM Cox Business Services joins the CENX roster

Net Neutrality Bill Is DOA


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 30, 2010 : FCC reclassification of broadband is in play again after Waxman kills a bill that would have blocked a move to Title II

Is Concurrent Vulnerable to a Takeover?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 29, 2010 : Big investor urges VoD firm to stop hoarding cash and to buy back shares before someone swoops in and buys the company on the cheap
Comment: Re: Google TV - Jeff Baumgartner September 29, 2010
Comment: Google TV - Jeff Baumgartner September 28, 2010

TiVo, Roku Hook Up Hulu Plus


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 28, 2010 : TiVo and Roku dive deeper into the premium TV world, while competitors like Boxee are still on the Hulu sidelines

Leading Lights: Cable Service Finalists


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 28, 2010 : 11:00 AM A quick rundown of who made the cut, and why

Draft Net Neutrality Bill Would Limit FCC Power


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 28, 2010 : Proposed bill outlines a 'legislative framework' that would prevent the FCC from reclassifying broadband as a full-blown Title II service

The Prescience of John Sie


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 27, 2010 : 4:05 PM So, cable wants to offer movies for a premium price? Starz founder and cable visionary predicted it six years ago

Cable Subs Don't Heart the Tuning Adapter


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 27, 2010 : 12:45 PM TiVo survey tosses some raw meat at the FCC as it prepares to tee up some new CableCARD rules

Does HFC Have Plenty of Legs Left?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 27, 2010 : MSOs can squeeze another decade out of their hybrid fiber/coax nets using node splits and an upstream-fattening 'mid-split,' Moto says
Comment: Re: Will Moveez live on? - Jeff Baumgartner September 26, 2010
Comment: Burke moves in - Jeff Baumgartner September 26, 2010
Comment: Will Moveez live on? - Jeff Baumgartner September 24, 2010

FCC Opens Up TV White Spaces


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 24, 2010 : Microsoft and Google among the big winners as FCC paves the way for mobile broadband in unlicensed portions of the TV spectrum

Zucker Leaving NBC


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 24, 2010 : 12:50 PM Jeff Zucker, as anticipated, will be leaving 30 Rock behind when Comcast takes over NBCU UPDATED 9/27
Comment: Office Space - Jeff Baumgartner September 24, 2010

FCC Sets CableCARD Vote


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 23, 2010 : 5:50 PM Will TiVo's 'IP backchannel' proposal for switched digital video make the cut?

Concurrent Buys Over-the-Top Shop


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 23, 2010 : Concurrent looks to advance its TV Everywhere ambitions by purchasing the assets of startup TellyTopia

Cox Boots Up Its Bandwidth Meter


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 23, 2010 : 12:45 PM MSO debuts a modem meter in Florida to help subs keep tabs on their bandwidth consumption

Comcast Tees Up TV Everywhere Relaunch


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 23, 2010 : CFO says Xfinity Online TV service emerges from beta sometime next month, and offers Comcast's latest view on Clearwire funding

Tweaking the Tuning Adapter


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 22, 2010 : 1:20 PM TiVo wants to teach much-maligned tuning adapters some new tricks
Comment: Re: Big Deal - Jeff Baumgartner September 22, 2010
Comment: Re: Big Deal - Jeff Baumgartner September 22, 2010

Videotron Opens the D3 Throttle


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 22, 2010 : 11:40 AM MSO kicks off a capped, 120Mbit/s downstream tier just as Netflix launches an instant streaming service for Canada

Does Cisco Have the Fairest Video Server of All?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
September 22, 2010 : Current Analysis says Cisco gear jumped ahead of Concurrent and Edgeware based on factors such as streaming density and versatility
Comment: Re: Flush with Optimism - Jeff Baumgartner September 21, 2010

NCTA Prices TiVo's SDV Idea at $22M


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 21, 2010 : TiVo's IP backchannel proposal would cost $600 to $800 for every device now equipped with a tuning adapter, the group claims

Cablevision Powers Up for ITV


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 21, 2010 : 1:05 PM MSO is scaling up for interactive TV and getting its network DVR prepped with the help of Zodiac's 'PowerUp' framework

CableLabs Eyes a Super-Sized Upstream


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 20, 2010 : Sources say the org is starting to apply business models on how cable can fatten the upstream pipe and put 1 Gbit/s speeds in sight

Sezmi Stacks More Cash


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 20, 2010 : 10:25 AM Budding cable threat raises $17.3M more

EchoStar DVR Goes Slim & Trim


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 17, 2010 : 4:00 PM Meet 'Mercury,' perhaps the skinniest DVR in the known solar system

AT&T Bulks Up HD Streams, LTE Plans


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 17, 2010 : Ops prez says AT&T's close to feeding four U-verse HD streams by year's end, and on track to turn up LTE in up to 75M POPs by the end of 2011

Cable Catchup


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 16, 2010 : 4:40 PM Move Networks gets sexier, NYC braces for OTT, and John Malone wants to bury the FCC
Comment: is a mandate the answer? - Jeff Baumgartner September 16, 2010

TWC Pokes More Holes in TiVo's SDV Proposal


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 16, 2010 : Time Warner Cable says TiVo's IP backchannel approach remains untested and could cost millions of dollars to implement

Korean MSO Bonds With D3's Upstream


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 16, 2010 : 11:00 AM HCN joins a select group of MSOs to announce Docsis-based upstream channel-bonding deployments

TiVo Gives MoCA the Vote


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 15, 2010 : 3:25 PM TiVo will use speedy coax platform in some whole-room DVR setups, but MoCA is unlikely to be its only option UPDATED 9/16 11:50 AM

Cable Phone Takes Telcos to Task


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 15, 2010 : 12:20 PM MSOs were tops in customer satisfaction in all regions studied by J.D. Power, but not every cabler hit it out of the park
Comment: Re: Crazy talk. - Jeff Baumgartner September 15, 2010
Comment: Re: Point of view. - Jeff Baumgartner September 15, 2010
Comment: Some Ramius/SEAC history - Jeff Baumgartner September 15, 2010

Shareholder Puts SeaChange's Feet to the Fire


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 14, 2010 : Big backer wants to separate the chairman and CEO functions amid concerns over performance and company's failure to sell its server business

Boxee's Strong Start


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 14, 2010 : 12:20 PM Amazon starts pre-selling Boxee's over-the-top box, and it's already No. 4 in the electronics category

Cox, Time Warner Cable in Swap Talks?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 14, 2010 : Report says the MSOs have talked about swapping some systems in California and forging an alliance to get better programming rates

Ascent Media Finds Its Cable VoD Niche


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 13, 2010 : Media firm has quietly developed an asset-management system to help Tier 2 and 3 MSOs super-size their VoD vaults

Cable Catchup


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 13, 2010 : 1:25 PM Entropic preps for a blow-out Q3, the DVR-lite idea gets more traction, Arris edge QAMs invade Germany, and more

Celeno's Cable Breakthrough


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 10, 2010 : 6:00 AM Celeno gets big WiFi win as Liberty Global prepares to hit Europe with video-optimized multimedia gateways
Comment: beyond the legacy? - Jeff Baumgartner September 9, 2010

The Cisco-ActiveVideo Mating Dance


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 9, 2010 : 12:10 PM Is it time for Cisco to complete the courtship and buy ActiveVideo Networks?

NSN Crosses Its IPTV Streams


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 9, 2010 : Nokia Siemens Networks targets set-tops, PCs, and smartphones with new IPTV client that's completely devoid of Myrio code
Comment: Alternatives - Jeff Baumgartner September 8, 2010
Comment: Re: Congratulations TWC - Jeff Baumgartner September 8, 2010

Intel Outside


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
September 8, 2010 : 4:45 PM Will the threat of lawsuits cause Zoran to sweeten its bid for Microtune or open an opportunity for Intel?

Zoran Targets Broadcom With Microtune Buy


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 8, 2010 : The cable chip market is changing again as Zoran inks a deal for Microtune and looks to develop integrated SoCs for set-tops and DTVs

Cable's Long Path to IPTV Nirvana


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (4)
September 8, 2010 : CTO of Moto's Home division sees parallels between cable's journeys to digital TV and now to IP video – it'll be a step-laden grind
Comment: bit rate clarification - Jeff Baumgartner September 3, 2010

The New Deal


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 3, 2010 : 11:10 AM Retransmission deals are typically touchy, but broadband video and TV Everywhere are taking them to a whole new level

Cisco, Harmonic Rule Cable Access in Q2


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 3, 2010 : Cisco sits atop the global CMTS revenue heap, while Harmonic hops over BigBand in the edge QAM market, Infonetics says
Comment: Re: IPv6 - Jeff Baumgartner September 2, 2010

CableLabs IDs 'Safe Harbor' Bit Rates for 3DTV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
September 2, 2010 : Cable's R&D house advises MSOs and programmers how many bits they should throw at 3DTV services when using MPEG-2 or MPEG-4
Comment: Sizing them up - Jeff Baumgartner September 2, 2010
Comment: Re: Versus VoD - Jeff Baumgartner September 2, 2010
Comment: some other details - Jeff Baumgartner September 1, 2010

Will Smaller Apple TV Spell Big Trouble for VoD?


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (6)
September 1, 2010 : Apple could put pressure on cable VoD with device that sells for $99 and accesses Netflix streaming and iTunes movie/TV rentals
Comment: Business expense? - Jeff Baumgartner September 1, 2010

Cisco's CMTS Comeback


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
September 1, 2010 : 10:35 AM Dell'Oro says Cisco was the CMTS top dog in Q2 as sales outpaced Arris's and Motorola's
Comment: Re: tcp/ip return path - Jeff Baumgartner September 1, 2010

EBIF Coming to DTAs


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
September 1, 2010 : Evolution Digital intends to use EBIF as a quasi-middleware layer in DTAs for user interfaces and an array of other video apps