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24 published in november 2006

Poll: Lucent Faces Bigger Cull


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Post a comment
November 30, 2006 : Light Readers believe Alcatel-Lucent will cut more jobs than the 10%projected back in April, with most of the cuts coming from the Lucent side, according to the results of our latest poll

AT&T Launches HDTV


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (2)
November 29, 2006 : Carrier crosses major hurdle in delivering a cable-beating video service, also begins shipping new Motorola set-top boxes. Rival Time Warner Cable highlights U-verse's limited availability

Time Warner Subscribers Sue


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (13)
November 28, 2006 : The complaint charges that the nation's second largest MSO suffered numerous service breakdowns, broke pledges to its new subscribers, and didn't offer rebates or credits for cable outages

Analyst: Suit Marks End of Alcatel/Microsoft


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (3)
November 28, 2006 : A Diffusion Group opinion piece says Alcatel's recently filed suit against Microsoft over video processing patents signals the end of the market-dominating IPTV partnership between the two

Sources: Cisco Forming IPTV 'Ecosystem'


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comments (10)
November 27, 2006 : Cisco is putting together a set of vendor partners to deliver an end-to-end IPTV distribution system that may include Siemens/Myrio; the move would put Cisco in direct competition with Alcatel/Microsoft

Time Warner Expands Start Over


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 27, 2006 : Time Warner, which introduced the Start Over product in Columbia, SC, almost exactly a year ago, is now expanding the limited time-shifting service to San Antonio, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC, and Rochester, NY

Is Alcatel Suing over Xbox?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
November 23, 2006 : It looks like your ordinary patent suit, but the timing is close to the Lucent merger approval and the Xbox announcement of video downloads. Time to start spinning theories

Charter Tests Dynamic VOD Ads


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 22, 2006 : Staging the cable industry's biggest test yet of dynamic video-on-demand advertising, Charter Communications has begun inserting commercials freely on two VOD channels in the St. Louis metro area

Could FiOS Trump Docsis 3.0?


LR Cable News Analysis - Alan Breznick - Comments (10)
November 20, 2006 : Despite $100 billion in hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) upgrades over the past decade, North American cable operators could still be chasing fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks, says a new report

Bush Approves Alcatel Lucent


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 18, 2006 : Final approval comes from the office of the President of the United States, and the two companies expect to tie the knot on November 30
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Survey: Internet Video Content


Reports - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
November 29, 2006 : A comparison of services that could complement carrier IPTV offerings
* Akimbo
* Xbox Live
* MovieBeam
* Apple iTunes
* Movielink
* iFilm
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41 published in november 2006

FastWeb Denies Sky Talks


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November 30, 2006 : Italian service provider denies meeting with BSkyB

Doordarshan Trials Mobile TV


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November 30, 2006 : Nokia announces DVB-H broadcast mobile TV pilot with Indian national television broadcaster Doordarshan

TiVo Reports Q3


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November 30, 2006 : Cuts net loss from $14.2M, or $0.17 per share, in Q305 to $11.1M, or $0.12 per share

Streaming21 Shows Off


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November 29, 2006 : Streaming21 will showcase IPTV and mobile TV gear at ITU Telecom World

YouTube Goes Mobile


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November 28, 2006 : YouTube announced that, in early December, its leading video entertainment service will be available to people on mobile devices

AT&T Launches HD


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November 28, 2006 : AT&T announced the expanded availability in San Antonio of AT&T U-verse services, which now include High Definition (HD) programming

Zhejiang Deploys Juniper


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November 28, 2006 : Zhejiang has deployed Juniper Networks E320 Routers and T-series core routers to introduce new advanced IPTV and other multiplay services

Juniper Targets Core


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November 28, 2006 : Juniper's product enhancements enable network providers to efficiently and reliably transport video services throughout the IP network core

New Line, TVN Team Up


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November 27, 2006 : TVN Entertainment and New Line Cinema announced a multi-year VOD licensing deal

Siemens Wins IPTV Deal


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November 27, 2006 : Cabo Verde Telecom has awarded Siemens Networks a contract to supply a turnkey IPTV solution for TV via DSL broadband
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Nobody Does It Better


Cable Guy - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 29, 2006 : Nobody knows how to tick off consumers better than cable operators

RCN's 'Forward-Thinking DNA'


BroadBananas - Michael Harris - Post a comment
November 9, 2006 : Cable overbuilder says it's finally ready to conduct a major test of VOIP

Sparring Over Start Over


Cable Guy - Alan Breznick - Post a comment
November 8, 2006 : Moto boasts its On-Demand Solutions unit powers Start Over

XBox


Light Ranting - R. Scott Raynovich - Light Reading - Post a comment
November 7, 2006 : 3:40 PM -- The Xbox gets a movie trailer

FT Goes to Le Cinéma


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 7, 2006 : 9:45 AM -- France Telecom is getting into the movie business

Charter Can't Get No Respect


Cable Guy - Alan Breznick - Comments (3)
November 1, 2006 : It's the Rodney Dangerfield of MSOs

It's a Small U-Verse for AT&T


BroadBananas - Michael Harris - Post a comment
November 1, 2006 : Ma Bell still limps along with limited IPTV rollouts
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