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News & Views Most Popular Maine Returns Serve in Cable TV à la Carte Lawsuit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Says a preliminary injunction against Maine's new law sought by Comcast and programmers is based on 'purely hypothetical' allegations, as state towns have no present plan to act upon or enforce the new law. Post a Comment Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tech's Litigation 'Wake-Up Call' & Gates Donates $1B for Gender Equality By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/11/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Lawsuits may be tech's 'wake-up call'; coming out as trans in tech; Melinda Gates dedicates cash for a cause; and more. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast Blames Software Glitch for Broadband Data Meter Error By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 In a small edge case that affected about 2,000 customers, Comcast says it fixed the technical issue and is crediting affected accounts for any erroneous charges and giving those subs an additional $50 credit. Post a Comment Apollo Proposes DirecTV Spinout, Combo With Dish – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Private equity firm has pitched a restructuring that would spin off DirecTV and combine it with Dish under a new company that would be controlled by AT&T, Fox Business says. Post a Comment Seven Things We Learned at Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The 10G future is in sight, HFC has gas in the tank, Comcast is getting serious about network virtualization, DOCSIS's pioneers get recognized and more from last week's show in The Big Easy. Post a Comment Altice Cooks Up RDK-Powered Broadband Gateways By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Altice Labs has introduced a family of broadband gateways for DOCSIS and FTTP networks that utilizes an open source software platform managed by a joint venture of Comcast, Liberty Global & Charter. Post a Comment Advertisement AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Stand Up for mmWave Auction, but Cable Is MIA Again By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/9/2019 Some of the nation's biggest telecom companies – including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Dish Network – appear to be planning to participate in the FCC's upcoming mmWave spectrum auction. But big cable companies are missing in action. Post a Comment SCTE 2019: Music, Food & Cable Tech By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/9/2019 Alan Breznick gives you a tour of New Orleans… from inside the convention center. Post a Comment Charter Hopes to Hit Business Services Bullseye With Bill Archer Hire By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Exec late of Ireland's eir Group and AT&T named EVP and president of Spectrum Enterprise, succeeding the retiring Phil Meeks. Post a Comment Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Distributed architectures and other common, underlying technologies and techniques are also starting to span across both wired and wireless networks, Morgan Kurk says. Post a Comment Former Comcast Exec Named CTO of MediaKind By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Allen Broome comes on board as the video software company explores the development of a virtualized, software-as-a-service model for the OTT and pay-TV service provider market. Post a Comment Matt Strauss to Head NBCU's New OTT Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Strauss, a longtime Comcast exec, has been named chairman of Peacock, a streaming service set to launch in the spring of 2020. Post a Comment Can Cable Bridge the 'GAP'? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 Charter and a group of vendors are championing a node standardization initiative called the Generic Access Platform that's showing signs of promise, but the effort needs more buy-in from suppliers and MSOs. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tech's Tipping Point, Speaking Up & Surging STEM Job Applicants By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/4/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Tech jobs at non-tech companies; speaking up at work; STEM jobs might not require tech-specific college degrees, and more. Post a Comment Telecom Acronyms Going OTT (TAGO) By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 LMAO @ SCTE. Post a Comment Latest TiVo-Comcast Patent Scrum Ends in Draw By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/3/2019 Both sides declare victory in mixed court opinion centered on a TiVo video search patent. Post a Comment NBN Faces Penalties but Deeper Issues Can't Be Fixed By Robert Clark, 10/3/2019 Australia's national broadband network faces rising costs while customers remain unhappy. Post a Comment Spectrum Enterprise's Gunnar Peters Looks Ahead By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/3/2019 Gunnar Peters from Spectrum Enterprise discusses how the company listens to customers and decides what services to offer next. Post a Comment Charter Envisions a Fixed Wireless Triple-Play With CBRS By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/2/2019 Charter's Craig Cowden expands on the MSO's interests and intentions involving the CBRS band and provides updates on the company's recent set of fixed wireless, mobile-facing 'dual-SIM' market trials. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment Comcast Blames Software Glitch for Broadband Data Meter Error By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 In a small edge case that affected about 2,000 customers, Comcast says it fixed the technical issue and is crediting affected accounts for any erroneous charges and giving those subs an additional $50 credit. Post a Comment Altice Cooks Up RDK-Powered Broadband Gateways By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Altice Labs has introduced a family of broadband gateways for DOCSIS and FTTP networks that utilizes an open source software platform managed by a joint venture of Comcast, Liberty Global & Charter. Post a Comment AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Stand Up for mmWave Auction, but Cable Is MIA Again By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/9/2019 Some of the nation's biggest telecom companies – including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Dish Network – appear to be planning to participate in the FCC's upcoming mmWave spectrum auction. But big cable companies are missing in action. Post a Comment Former Comcast Exec Named CTO of MediaKind By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Allen Broome comes on board as the video software company explores the development of a virtualized, software-as-a-service model for the OTT and pay-TV service provider market. Post a Comment Apollo Proposes DirecTV Spinout, Combo With Dish – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Private equity firm has pitched a restructuring that would spin off DirecTV and combine it with Dish under a new company that would be controlled by AT&T, Fox Business says. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Telenet Taps Vector for DOCSIS 3.1 Upgrade Friday, October 11, 2019 CommScope Buys Fractus to Add Antenna Tech, End Patent Lawsuit Friday, October 11, 2019 ESPN Set to Offer Select College Football Games in 4K Thursday, October 10, 2019 Altice Labs Embraces RDK Broadband Gateways Thursday, October 10, 2019 You.i TV Nets UI Deal With Australia's Network 10 Thursday, October 10, 2019 Sweepr Rakes In $9M 'A' Round Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Nokia Touts 5G Patent Holdings Wednesday, October 9, 2019 AirTies Debuts WiFi 6 Portfolio for Service Providers Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Cujo AI Passes 500M Monitored, Protected Devices Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Names President Monday, October 7, 2019 Quibi's Meg Whiteman, Jeffrey Katzenberg Tapped to Keynote CES 2020 Monday, October 7, 2019 Dish, Fox Reach New Deal, End Blackout Monday, October 7, 2019 Casa Systems Goes Multi-Access at Cable-Tec Expo Thursday, October 3, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now New 'Reductor' Malware Intercepts Browser Traffic Larry Loeb, Author, 10/11/2019 Encrypted traffic from both Chrome and Firefox shown to be vulnerable. 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Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says

New Orleans -- Cable-Tec Expo -- The wired/wireless network "revolution" is well underway, though the speed at which that revolution will proceed won't be constant. ...