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News & Views Most Popular CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Finds More Work for X1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: 'Bull in a China Closet' Spirit & Unconscious Bias Is No Excuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 12/7/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Girl Scouts make STEM their mission; Forbes' list of 50 women in tech; unconscious bias is no excuse; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Adtran Buy Adds On-Prem Visibility By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/6/2018 New end-to-end view of customer network, including in-home WiFi, will speed troubleshooting and offer proactive service and sales potential, vendor says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 Move puts Comcast on platform that's also supported by major digital distributors that include Apple iTunes, Microsoft, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store... Inside Secure Puts Up $143M for Verimatrix By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 Deal brings consolidation to the video and entertainment security market and a combined company that is eyeing opportunities in the IoT and connected cars. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter Unit Checks In With Up-Market Video Move By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 Spectrum Enterprise teams with Moviebeam to beef up video offering for hotels. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement European Cable Has Reached 'Inflection Point,' Liberty Global CEO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 Divestitures will enable Liberty Global to be a 'national challenger' in parts of Europe where it has scale. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Smart Homes Making Botnets Feel Welcome – Nokia Report By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson and Telia test 5G in Stockholm; ADVA makes itself small; Safaricom trials tubular basestations; Yandex has a smartphone. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA's Mobile Service to Be 'BYOD-Heavy' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 But cable operator is still evaluating its pricing and business model for mobile as it prepares to launch service in 1H 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T CEO: Our SVoD Service Won't Be 'Another Netflix' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/4/2018 Trio of direct-to-consumer services launching next year will center on HBO, not become a content 'warehouse.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast CFO: 5G No Threat to Our Broadband Business By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/4/2018 'We're staying tuned' to the potential danger, and Comcast itself might use 5G technologies in some instances, CFO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia & Qualcomm Trumpet 5G NR 'Milestone' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/4/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre teams up with Arqiva on small-cell infrastructure in London; Sky falls in on Skyworth; Deutsche Telekom tops network test in Germany; Amazon Prime lands on TIM set-tops. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Flirted With Handful of Potential Suitors By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 Since early 2017, The Carlyle Group and five other entities pursued M&A discussions with Arris before CommScope deal was consummated last month, filing shows. Post a Comment \| Read (0) SMB Mobility: Cable's Next Big Chance? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 In this video interview, Independence Research's Matt Davis examines the potential for cable operators to deliver mobile services to small-to-midsized businesses. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Court Upholds Sprint's Victory in Old Patent Spat With TWC By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 Decision arrives more than a year after a court ordered TWC to pay Sprint almost $140 million. Post a Comment \| Read (0) US, China Agree to Delay Tariffs Hike By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 A higher, 25% tariff slated to take effect in 2019 is postponed for 90 days as the sides try to iron out a long-term trade arrangement. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/30/2018 Starry's millimeter wave-powered fixed wireless technology and biz economics 'appear to be working' as startup prepares to enter several more markets. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 I have seen WISPs that run Gigabit+ to large or high end MDUs already. ... WiCipedia: 'Trusting One's Dopeness' & the Happiest Women in Tech By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/30/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Fidelity re-evaluates its gender breakdown; women in India are happiest in tech roles; Apple starts new training program for women in tech; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Bets Big on OTT to 'Bend the Cost Curve' of TV & Video By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/30/2018 Also sets plan to launch a three-tiered SVoD product in Q4 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Some other tidbits from AT&T's talk w/analysts: -Donovan also mentioned... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 Move puts Comcast on platform that's also supported by major digital distributors that include Apple iTunes, Microsoft, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 12/6/2018 12:47:11 PM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: Comcast purchases also accessible on Movies Anytime apps The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store will also be accessible on the Movies Anytime apps. And Comcast subs can now watch those purchases on a much bigger range of TV-connected devices,... brooks7, 11/30/2018 5:46:46 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Urban Areas? I have seen WISPs that run Gigabit+ to large or high end MDUs already. There is a lot of work going on in small cells in that space (including new mesh stuff) for suburbs. I don't think you will see 1... Duh!, 11/30/2018 5:03:22 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Urban Areas? For now, they're focused on MDUs because of spectrum limitations. They're operating under special temporary authority in 39GHz for now, with plans to buy a bunch of 24GHz spectrum at auction and move the installed base into... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/30/2018 3:33:59 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Optimistic? It's more than fair to be skeptical about any overly-bullish view, whether it's about Starry or someone else, though what I gathered is that they believe Starry has a chance to have some success in their small corner of... mhollobow, 11/30/2018 2:48:00 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Urban Areas? Aren't most residential buildings in urban areas multi-dwelling units? Unless you consider suburbs to be part of urban areas, I question the economics of Starry rooftop arrays and Beams in lower-density single-family home... DanJones, 11/30/2018 2:08:44 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Optimistic? Seems a trifle too optimistic to me! epicmelon, 11/30/2018 1:45:03 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards Agreed, though I wouldn't say it's a direct competitor necessarily. OpenSync does a small fraction of what USP/TR-369 can do, particularly when it comes to the things that have already been modeled in the Device:2 data model... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/30/2018 9:53:30 AM AT&T Bets Big on OTT to 'Bend the Cost Curve' of TV & Video Re: AT&T Fiber & Ad-Tech Tidbits Some other tidbits from AT&T's talk w/analysts: -Donovan also mentioned that ATT's fiber biz is also playing a big role in his group. And they are still bullish about it. He mentioned that in markets where ATT is... donalallen, 11/30/2018 6:36:36 AM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards It's basically a competing standard to the Broadband Forum's TR-369/USP protocol that can also be used for cloud communication with CPEs and other devices, e.g. IoT. They will both likely co-exist - USP is backed by Arris... macemoneta, 11/29/2018 2:32:50 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: No need for a cloud The reality is that home automation has no need for Internet cloud-based services. I've personally replaced the firmware in the IoT devices I've purchased with open source Tasmota firmware. This provides me with all the... nelly.frd, 11/29/2018 11:45:32 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: clipart png 2019 calendar printable calendar Cisco is forecasting that 4K/Ultra HD video will account for about 22% of global IP video traffic by 2022, compared to a mere 3% in 2017. Cisco also predicts that 62% of flat-panel TVs will be 4K-capable by 2020, a CAGR... cypherstream, 11/29/2018 10:05:59 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: Maybe not unreasonable? Game consoles will chew through 1TB+ easy these days. For example Microsoft's Xbox game pass is like the Netflix of Xbox one. You pay $10 a month for access to 100+ Games to play but the caviat is whatever games you want,... kylerdavis, 11/29/2018 6:50:35 AM BAMTech Invests in Live Streaming of College Sports Re: My opinion This is a great news for us! We have always needed more investments in our college sports and now we are finally getting them. Maybe we should pay for papers at https://essaybison.com/pay-for-papers/ as a part... PaulChau, 11/28/2018 11:35:18 PM Making Smart Cities Smarter Re: This is just a development This is just a development of the internet of things isn't it? I reckon that once the whole broadband network is up, there will be so many opportunities for us to create a system where everything communicates easily with... komatineni, 11/27/2018 3:54:53 PM Synamedia CEO Seeks New Video Service Tangents Re: Good luck unified view/search: Love to see if any major or minor OTT player willing to open up their metadata with SP or Synamedia. They are called OTT because they want to bypass the traditional delivery model. Even with Youtube... More Message Boards		Security Now SD-WAN Security: Why Zero-Trust Authentication Is Key Alan Zeichick, Principal Analyst, Camden Associates, 12/10/2018 SD-WAN provides big benefits compared to traditional WAN connections between data ... (0) APTs in 2018: A Mix of Old & New Jeffrey Burt, Editor & Journalist, 12/10/2018 Established threat groups and new players alike made for an active APTs scene ... 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