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News & Views Most Popular Comcast Adds Tubi to X1's OTT Video Blend By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 Free, ad-supported video streaming service sports library with about 8,500 titles. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope/Arris Deal More About Dollars Than Strategic Sense – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 Investors see marriage as a way for CommScope to buy cash flow, Raymond James analyst suggests. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 SetTV ordered to stop retransmitting Dish's satellite or OTT TV feeds, hand over SetTV-branded set-top boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: briancuttler I bet these court cases are more profitable than their daily operations,... Advertisement Why CommScope Wooed Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 'We certainly weren't out trolling or looking' to be acquired, Arris CEO Bruce McClelland says. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: jbtombes Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned... Liberty Global's Cloud Network Strategy Explained By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 Liberty Global's director of Strategy Roadmap & Innovation, Chris Aspell, explains how the cable giant's network will evolve to a more cloud-based architecture in the coming years. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Arris deal presented 'best path' after CommScope analyzed how to rejuvenate its business and shore up its positioning for the 5G era, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets.... Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Tests centered on X1-powered device with voice remote capability will integrate Netflix and other OTT content, provide customers an upgrade path to Comcast's pay-TV bundles. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at... Advertisement CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 They expect the merger, valuing Arris at $31.75 per share with an eye fixed on the 5G era, to produce annual cost synergies of more than $150 million within three years. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded... Vodafone's Sanches on Cloud TV By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/8/2018 Vodafone's group head of fixed development, Nuno Sanches, explains how the operator has adopted an OTT, cloud-based approach to its TV services strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope, Arris Nearing $5.6B Deal – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/7/2018 A deal would value Arris at more than $31 per share, CNBC says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA Downplays Verizon's 5G Broadband Threat By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/6/2018 Cable op doesn't view 5G as a credible substitution of its own fixed-line broadband product, CEO Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Former Time Warner Cable Exec Joins T-Mobile's Home & Entertainment Unit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/1/2018 Chris Cholas, also late of Intel, named VP of hardware, firmware and special projects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Paul Allen Dies at 65 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Microsoft co-founder also had strong ties to the cable industry going back to earlier wave of operator consolidations and pioneering work with Internet-connected set-top boxes and advanced video user interfaces. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Developing DirecTV Now App for Magic Leap AR Headsets By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2018 App will support four simultaneous video streams, is akin to 'live television without a television,' AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Has the Code for ITV Finally Been Cracked? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2018 Comcast exec believes that, with X1, the technological stars have aligned to turn interactive television's long-held promises into achievable realities. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: angelinajetson Actually, just going with something as simple as "ITV" is not a bad idea. It... How Comcast Used AI to Make Its X1 Voice Remote Bilingual By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/9/2018 Operator has employed a mix of AI and machine learning techniques to help its X1 voice remote platform understand English and Spanish interchangeably. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Caavo's Video God Box Enters the Mainstream By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/1/2018 Startup's sub-$100, mass-market focused, all-seeing 'Control Center' unifies search, navigation and playback for up to four devices, including set-top boxes, game consoles and streaming media players. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: nathandavidson As a person who loves my home entertainment, I can see why there's so much... Comcast & Prepaid TV – There's an App for That By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/28/2018 Operator's set-top-free, app-based 'Instant' offering is also part of the company's prepaid service portfolio. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TiVo Sharpens Its Cord-Cutting Shears By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/27/2018 With the Bolt OTA, TiVo will try to jolt the market and separate itself from new DVR combo products focused on cord-cutters from Amazon and AirTV. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Roku Tries to Make 4K Affordable for the Masses By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Roku reaches below the sub-$40 threshold with the new 4K/HDR-capable Premiere streaming player. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 SetTV ordered to stop retransmitting Dish's satellite or OTT TV feeds, hand over SetTV-branded set-top boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: briancuttler I bet these court cases are more profitable than their daily operations,... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards daveoscar, 11/17/2018 1:23:34 AM Has AT&T Inked a Deal With Google for TV? Re: Accounting homework help Accounting homework help can help in solving nagging assignments out of the way for you. This way you can study for the challenging and hard tests which can help you in scoring good grades. briancuttler, 11/16/2018 5:45:12 AM Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case Re: november calendar 2018 december calendar I bet these court cases are more profitable than their daily operations, because as usual there's no way those numbers add-up. 90 million dollars!? 80% of those customer are likely to never have had the opportunity... Marketin12124, 11/16/2018 4:20:07 AM Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case Re: Industrial Scale Piracy Thaks Jeff, this is a great little article that outlines the industrial scale of piracy we are seeing globally. Many of these pirates are operating at a level of sophistication that makes it harder for consumers to... jbtombes, 11/12/2018 12:04:28 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned COMM for this deal, but the execs in Hickory have a history of thinking big. If they hadn't bought Andrew 11 years ago ($2.6b) I can't see... brooks7, 11/10/2018 11:35:41 AM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Dan, Arris was trading over 40 P/E (way over). The business is not a high growth business that one would expect such a multiple on. And then CommScope paid a premium? Seems like an awful deal to me. Let's... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 8:07:36 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? I'm curious to know what specific reasons they gave, but, yeah, it is noted that analysts went into downgrade mode in the wake of the deal. One of the issues is that both companies haven't been cueing up the Styx... DanJones, 11/9/2018 6:46:47 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Wot? Investment types I talked to yesterday thought this was a terrible deal. What's that about? bosco_pcs, 11/9/2018 3:10:36 PM Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? Re: Re: Necessary mistake? Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets. It got Ruckus at a discount from AVGO when the latter bought BRCD. Carlyle, with its convertible and probably some debt in COMM could instigate... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 1:49:06 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Raymond James reax Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded ARRS to Market Perform from Outperform ... He also noted that Q3 sales at Arris of $1.65B came a little under consensus of $1.71B and below... brooks7, 11/9/2018 8:55:48 AM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math It is all cash to existing shareholders. The stock portion of the transaction was at least the $1B sold to Carlyle. [In addition, The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager, has reestablished an ownership... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 11:40:09 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math Yes, Carlyle did take CommScope private in 2011, then re-IPO'd CommScope in 2013, and then "full exited" in late 2016. Direct from today's presentation deck: "CommScope was one of Carlyle's most successful investments ev... kelseywilson, 11/8/2018 11:10:15 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: CommScope Arris CommScope and ARRIS share a customer-first culture that emphasizes innovation, made possible by incredibly talented and experienced teams of people. As have with numerous transactions in the past, expect to work together... bosco_pcs, 11/8/2018 8:36:28 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math Thanks... I sold my ARRS shares last month because of the tariff issue but at least I didn't lose any money. If it is cash, then its shareholders can take the money and run. I am very suspicious of the COMM side though.... komatineni, 11/8/2018 8:24:17 PM Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? Re: Necessary mistake? The traditional models are dying fast while the hype cycle of 5G is probably at the very early stages. Commscope do know that buying Arris is not going to help them in mid to long-term. Probably this is what CXO can... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 7:16:59 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math It's an all-cash deal. Here's how CommScope outlines how it will cover its bases: -$900M in combined cash on hand expected at time of closing -$6.3B of fully committed debt -$1B of private equity convertable preferred... More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... (0) Magecart Attacks Proving Persistent Problem for Online Retailers Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 A research report shows that one in five sites targeted by a Magecart attack ... 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