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33 published in august 2008

Verizon Stokes a Tru2way Stalemate


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 29, 2008 : In latest FCC salvo, Verizon all but tells cable: 'We won't adopt Tru2way and you can't make us'

TiVo Downplays RS-DVR Threat


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
August 28, 2008 : In the wake of a ruling favorable to Cablevision's 'RS-DVR,' TiVo chief believes company's software and services can play a role regardless of whether video is stored locally or out on the network

Rebuilding Analog TV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (12)
August 28, 2008 : Full-power broadcasters are switching to digital in February, but many MSOs are on the regulatory hook to repackage and deliver some TV signals in analog format. Here's how many will meet that challenge

CEA Attacks Cable One HD Plan


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 27, 2008 : Consumer electronics lobby says the FCC should toss out a request by the cable op to 'update' its set-top rules and allow the deployment of simple one-way adapters with HDTV capabilities

Heavy Reading Gets Pyramid Power


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
August 27, 2008 : Light Reading's parent company makes an $8M buy to create a bigger, badder place for communications industry research. Expansion puts Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research under one roof

Dish Serves MPEG-4 Bragging Rights


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
August 26, 2008 : The satellite company says it's the first to deliver all standard-def and hi-def programming in the new format, but it won't be alone for long

FCC Dings TWC Over SDV


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
August 25, 2008 : A case in Hawaii serves as a warning that MSOs have to be more careful about switching to switched digital video

Broadcom Tunes Up DTV Strategy


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 25, 2008 : Broadcom looks to scale up its digital television business with a $192.8M deal for AMD assets – including some CableCARD product – and possibly 530 employees

NAB: We've Got Issues With DTV Order


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 22, 2008 : Broadcasting lobby argues that an exemption for some small operators 'undermines' elements of the digital transition and could cause consumer confusion

Concurrent Sidesteps M&A Talk


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 21, 2008 : Concurrent Computer Corp. execs give canned, boring answers to M&A questions. Meanwhile, revenue declines and net losses continue
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CEA Announces CES Keynoters


LR Cable News Wire Feed - Post a comment
August 29, 2008 : Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, Sony’s Sir Howard Stringer, and Ford’s Alan Mulally to deliver 2009 CES keynotes at The Venetian

FCC Staffer Heading to Cablevision


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August 29, 2008 : Catherine Bohigian, chief of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, is leaving the Commission to join Cablevision Systems Corp.

Cablemas Posts Q2


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August 29, 2008 : Cablemas Q2 net revenue and adjusted EBITDA is up 14.1%

Broadcom Bows DVB DTV Chip


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August 28, 2008 : Broadcom announces new digital television solution supporting global connectivity

CTHRA Names Award Winners


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August 27, 2008 : CTHRA honors The Weather Channel and Cox Communications’s Mae Douglas with Excellence in HR awards

TiVo Posts Q2


LR Cable News Wire Feed - Post a comment
August 27, 2008 : Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $10.6M

LR Buys Pyramid


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August 27, 2008 : TechWeb’s Light Reading Communications Network acquires Pyramid Research

FiOS TV Expands in RI


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August 27, 2008 : More cable TV choice for Rhode Island consumers

Charter Carries Big Ten Net


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August 27, 2008 : Joint statement from Charter Communications and Big Ten Network

Outdoor Reups With HITS


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August 26, 2008 : Outdoor Channel renews Headend in the Sky (HITS) distribution contract
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Comcast Expands TiVo Footprint


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 27, 2008 : 4:45 PM -- MSO launches TiVo-enabled cable set-tops in Connecticut

The Friday Five


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 22, 2008 : 6:00 PM -- Calling attention to a handful of other cable-related things that happened this week

FCC Gives DTV Relief


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 22, 2008 : 11:00 AM -- Smaller cable ops get exemption, but the FCC has yet to publish the details of the just-adopted order... UPDATED 12:40 PM

Wild About 'Widgets'


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 21, 2008 : 11:00 AM -- Comcast teams with Intel, but will these 'widgets' show up on a set-top near you anytime soon?

Blanket Bewilderment?


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 19, 2008 : 3:55 PM -- Broadcasting lobby argues that a DTV 'blanket waiver' for some smaller cable systems could breed consumer confusion

Cablevision Roadshow Update


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 14, 2008 : 11:20 AM -- Report: 'Major acquisitions' off the table... but dividends are on the way UPDATED 8/18 NOON

Man Bites MSO


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
August 13, 2008 : 5:45 PM -- Given the evidence, your honor, this case doesn't stand a snowball's chance...

'Quiet Period' Noise


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 13, 2008 : 12:35 PM -- Cable lobbyists aren't wild about a 'voluntary' NAB proposal that aims to smooth the DTV transition

Improving Its Cable 'Image'


The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner - Post a comment
August 12, 2008 : 5:20 PM -- A 'micro-client' architecture from Silicon Image deemed 'complementary' to tru2way impresses engineers at the CableLabs summer conference

SeaChange: Internet Mindset for TV


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August 11, 2008 : SeaChange on Internet TV Mindset for Cable
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