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News & Views Most Popular Cox Developing Version of Comcast's 'Flex' Streaming Product By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 Cox, an X1 syndication partner, says it expects to debut its new streaming product for broadband-only customers in the next couple of months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... Netflix Won't Join Apple's New TV Party By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/19/2019 Tensions continue to build between Apple and the OTT video giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil MediaKind Tries to Do More With Mediaroom By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019 Telefonica Brazil becomes latest Mediaroom partner to integrate Netflix at the set-top box and extend a technology bridge to MediaKind's newer, cloud-powered MediaFirst platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/6/2019 Jason DeMeo says Omniverse's approach, the subject of a lawsuit, stems from a JV with a private cable operator called Hovsat that purportedly has a 100-year contract with DirecTV. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: macemoneta This reminds me of the deals musicians, TV actors, and movie actors signed... TiVo Preparing to Separate Its Products & Licensing Businesses By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/27/2019 Nothing's settled yet, but CEO says such a move would reduce the complexities of TiVo's businesses and facilitate potential 'strategic transactions' as a review of company's fate continues. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/26/2019 Speaking at NCTC's Winter Education Conference in Atlanta, small and midsized cable operators say they're increasingly seeking other video options, such as streaming and app-based services. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jbtombes CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably... Altice USA Expects to Bring 'Major' OTT-TV Player to Set-Top Platform By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Such an integration announcement could occur in the coming months as operator eyes potential revenue-sharing models with virtual MVPDs, CEO Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Deal 'on Track' to Close by Mid-Year, CommScope CEO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 CommScope's Eddie Edwards also sees 'more material 5G spend' to start in 2020. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter Preps Launch of OTT-TV Service Sans Local Broadcast, Sports Nets By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/20/2019 Targeted to broadband-only subs, MSO's in-footprint 'Spectrum TV Essentials' service to cost $14.99/month, feature 60+ channels, with cloud DVR in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Here's the list of networks to be offered on Spectrum TV Essentials out of... Ting Tunes Up Its TV Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/19/2019 'Ting TV' service is currently in a closed beta trial ahead of anticipated launch in the first half of 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Apple Nears Launch of Video Streaming Product Sans Netflix – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/13/2019 HBO's involvement reportedly 'in doubt' as Apple prepares to introduce an aggregation offering that includes Apple originals and integrated access to other OTT services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Technicolor to Unload Research & Innovation Unit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/11/2019 Has a 'binding offer' from InterDigital for unit that has operated labs linked to data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, VR and augmented reality. Post a Comment \| Read (0) When Worlds Collide: Google's VP Hire Reflects Telco & Media Convergence By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 2/11/2019 Hiring John Honeycutt, ex-CTO of TV giant Discovery, as Google VP for telecom media and entertainment, reflects sea changes in telecoms. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Epix Enters the Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Fray By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/10/2019 New standalone OTT service from MGM-owned Epix runs $5.99 per month and doesn't require premium video offering to be attached to a pay-TV service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Windstream Winds Up New TV Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/6/2019 Starts to roll upgraded, app-based 'Kinetic TV' offering with MobiTV as Windstream prepares to distance itself from legacy platform powered by Mediaroom. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Super Bowl LIII Streams Draw Average Audience of 2.6M By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/5/2019 There were some hiccups, but CBS's streams of the big game, underpinned by a multi-CDN strategy, seemed to hold up well. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 First wave of virtualized CCAP deployments centered on small and midsized MSOs as larger cable ops begin to turn hard on distributed access architectures, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines"... Comcast & Apple Don't Have a Deal (Yet) for the Apple TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/1/2019 That seems to be among the few factual things coming out of a confusing story that conflates a bunch of things about Comcast's, Sky's & NBCU's streaming plans that aren't all totally interconnected. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: SteveOliver So, most of the objective problems that Apple TV has today are just a matter... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 3/21/2019 4:23:47 PM Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs Re: Pay-TV upgrades & broadband data plans I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV upgrade options on Flex. Comcast hasn't elaborated on how it will do this, by my guess is that they'll be similar to the pricing and packaging... Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil macemoneta, 3/7/2019 10:29:04 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Goes around, comes around This reminds me of the deals musicians, TV actors, and movie actors signed in the pre-digital era. Digital distribution was not covered for royalties, so performers weren't (arent) getting any. Now the shoe is on the other... mpohlman, 3/7/2019 10:16:11 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: TOP US Cable Companies If the subscribers are being reported through HovSat? How is it that HovSat is not listed as one of the top providers in the US in terms of subscriber counts?!? Or at the very least, being mentioned as a disruptor... GilSanf, 3/6/2019 1:48:08 PM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Good Omniverese reporting, badly needed Thank you, Jeff, for digging into the Omniverse story. The TV/media industry needs a good journalist to contact the key parties and get their stories. Well done. Jeff Baumgartner, 3/6/2019 10:26:59 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Use of the DMA term Haven't heard back from Nielsen, but a source from the cable industry says he recalls using the term DMA since at least the mid-1980s, so that certainly contradicts one of the arguments being made here. OTT, though...... jbtombes, 2/27/2019 11:41:35 AM Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV Re: CABO as Outlier CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably saved them a lot of money. Their broadband-centric approach looks mainstream among NCTC peers. mater.gloc, 2/22/2019 3:52:27 PM Top Ten Video Sharing Websites Re: Re: Nice Post Finally, while we're focusing here on video sharing services, we thought it might also be interesting to see what online video sites are most popular in the U.S. and abroad. Relatively few sites have managed to pull off... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/21/2019 1:02:38 PM What Is Comcast Doing With VivaLiveTV? Re: Welcome to Viva Entertainment's Twitter feed Confusion Campaign So, is the Viva Entertainment -Comcast Technology Solutions deal still on? If you happened to catch what was being fed by the company's sorta strange official Twitter feed, you might be confused about the status of the... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/20/2019 3:48:43 PM Charter Preps Launch of OTT-TV Service Sans Local Broadcast, Sports Nets Re: Channel lineup Here's the list of networks to be offered on Spectrum TV Essentials out of the chute: -A&E, AMC, American Heroes Channel, Animal Planet, AXS TV, BBC America, BBC World News, BET, BET Her, BET Jams, BET Soul, Bloomberg,... sonu70, 2/13/2019 5:54:47 AM Top Ten Video Sharing Websites Re: Re: Nice Post agree with you. SteveOliver, 2/5/2019 10:47:37 AM Comcast & Apple Don't Have a Deal (Yet) for the Apple TV Re: Is it worth buying Apple TV So, most of the objective problems that Apple TV has today are just a matter of time. As a result, the question can remain only with YouTube. But the subjective (for example, price) is the positioning of Apple on the market.... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/5/2019 8:45:56 AM Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments Re: Notter: CableOS still in 'show-me' mode George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines" on the stock amid the solid Q4 alongside the disappointing guidance. And while Harmonic is making progress with CableOS, "it's not a given that... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/4/2019 9:46:17 PM Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments Re: About that Q1 guidance Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold offered some color on the weaker guidance in a research note issued Monday night. He noted that there could be a seasonable impact on that Q1 guidance, given that DAA deployments are... mayankkhanna, 1/7/2019 1:43:41 PM Samsung to Bring iTunes Movies, TV Shows to Smart TVs Re: What is required to make SMART TV truly SMART? Good to see Samsung to bring iTunes Movies, TV Shows to SMART TVs. 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