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Time Warner Cable stirs in live Fox content to TV Everywhere mix
August 24, 2012 2:56 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable announced this morning that it has added live streaming from Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network to its TV Everywhere lineup. The video content is available to Time Warner Cable customers that subscribe to the two channels.
FTC: Dish Network broke telemarketing rules
August 24, 2012 2:53 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Federal Trade Commission filed a suit against Dish Network, charging the satellite-television provider with breaking laws barring telemarketing calls. The FTC said telemarketers from Dish Network kept calling people in an attempt to sell the satellite television service, even after they had been asked to stop.
Comcast agrees to carry new beIN Sport network
August 24, 2012 2:51 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe new beIN Sport network has reached an agreement with Comcast to be carried on its Xfinity TV. Owned by the Al-Jazeera Sport Media Network, beIN Sport will be carried in English on the Xfinity TV Sports Entertainment Package and in Spanish on the Xfinity TV MultiLatino Package.
Cox promotes Wolfe to GM of New England/Cleveland market
August 24, 2012 2:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCox Communications has promoted long-time employee John Wolfe to senior vice president and general manager of its New England/Cleveland market. In his new role at Cox, Wolfe now oversees the day-to-day operations for the company’s 1,400 employees in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ohio.
Carlson antenna a big gain for white spaces
August 24, 2012 2:44 pm | by Brian Santo | Product Releases | CommentsCarlson announced a new antenna specifically designed to support the use of white-space spectrum. The company’s new omnidirectional base station antenna provides high gain across the entire UHF spectrum, which will help improve overall performance of white space transmissions.
South Korean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
August 24, 2012 2:41 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSouth Korea's Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when judges in Seoul said the company didn't copy the look and feel of the U.S. company's iPhone, and that Apple infringed on Samsung's wireless technology.
Concurrent strikes TV Everywhere deal with J:Com
August 23, 2012 3:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsConcurrent landed a deal with J:Com, which is Japan’s largest cable operator, to help deliver TV Everywhere services to multiple devices. J:Com (Jupiter Communications) has deployed Concurrent’s MediaHawk VX to serve up multi-screen VOD services to mobile devices and PCs.
FCC halts special access deregulation
August 23, 2012 3:46 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe FCC has put the brakes on its deregulation of the special access market, services that provide wireless operators with access to critical backhaul for their networks. The Commission voted 3-2 along party lines in favor of temporarily suspending rules that automatically granted requests to change prices on special access services.
Calix to buy Ericsson’s GPON biz
August 23, 2012 3:45 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCalix has negotiated to acquire Ericsson’s GPON business. At the same time, the two companies signed a global reseller agreement, under which Calix will become Ericsson’s preferred global partner for broadband access applications. Neither company divulged the value of the deal.
New antenna could vastly increase wireless net capacity
August 23, 2012 3:42 pm | by Brian Santo | Product Releases | CommentsRice University researchers unveiled a multi-antenna beamforming technology that could help wireless providers keep pace with the voracious demands of data-hungry smartphones and tablets. As a bonus, using the antennas would save on energy. Furthermore, they can be built using mostly off-the-shelf hardware.
Envivio encoder bumps up efficiency
August 23, 2012 3:41 pm | by Brian Santo | Product Releases | CommentsThe company claims the latest version of its transcoding software can improve transcoding speed by up to 35 percent. Envivio introduced a new version of its on-demand transcoding software that the company’s own testing indicates an improvement of up to 35 percent in file-to-file transcoding speed, as compared to competing platforms that require hardware acceleration.
Report: Cisco still No. 1 in router market; Huawei 2nd
August 23, 2012 3:35 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsWhen it comes to worldwide router revenues, Cisco is still the top dog, but in a recent report, Huawei came in second overall. Overall, a report by Infonetics Research found that the global service provider router and switch market, including carrier Ethernet switches and IP edge and core routers, grew 4 percent, to $3.5 billion, in the second quarter of this year when compared to the previous quarter.
Report: LTE performance tops all other network technologies
August 23, 2012 3:33 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsMobile customers on LTE devices see fewer data-related issues than do customers on 3G and HSPA+ or WiMAX devices, according to the a new study released by J.D. Power and Associates. Now in its 10th year, the study evaluates wireless customers' most recent usage activities in three areas that impact network performance: calling, messaging and data.
Charter Communications sells $1.25B in notes
August 23, 2012 3:31 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCharter Communications closed on the public sale of $1.25 billion of senior unsecured notes due 2022 for about $1.22 billion in proceeds. The St. Louis-based cable-TV provider said the notes have an annual interest rate of 5.25 percent and were issued at a price of 99.026 percent of the aggregate principal amount.
MoCA ups Gelphman to VP of marketing, member relations
August 23, 2012 3:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) recently promoted Rob Gelphman to the newly created position of vice president of marketing and member relations. Prior to his promotion, Gelphman was chair of the marketing work group, a position he held for the last seven years. He continues to report to MoCA president Charles Cerino and the entire board of directors.
