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Comcast trades bandwidth cap for a threshold
May 17, 2012 | by Brian Santo | Comments
The MSO suspends its 250-GB-a-month usage allocation for all, effective immediately. On the way is a 300 GB allowance, plus the option to buy additional bandwidth.
Cable gets the lead out
May 11, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
CableLabs’ booth at the upcoming Cable Show will demonstrate how cable is moving at a gallop to...
Messaging for fun, profit
May 1, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
A top 5 MSO installs Front Porch’s messaging system and gets a huge boost in response rates on...
TWC, Verizon Wireless could have joint products this year
April 27, 2012 3:20 pm | by Mike Robuck | Comments
The current marketing effort between the two includes a $200 prepaid debit card for customers...
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EchoStar’s Aria platform fades to black
April 24, 2012 1:52 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsEchoStar is abandoning its efforts to serve Tier 2 and Tier 3 cable operators in the United States with its Aria platform, which included its own brand of set-top boxes.
Dyyno blows down cost barrier for TV Everywhere
April 17, 2012 2:23 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsUsing low-cost servers, Android-based set-tops and a cloud-based partner, Dyyno puts TV Everywhere within the reach of small operators.
Home automation: Comcast to add Technicolor touchscreen
April 9, 2012 2:14 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsWhile Comcast has opened the floodgates on its Xfinity Home service, with plans to have it launched in virtually every system by year’s end, it will also start using a second touchscreen from Technicolor.
CPE brought into IPv6 test process
March 23, 2012 2:50 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory will be testing gateways for IPv6 conformance during a mid-April testing event.
Rutledge settles in at Charter
February 28, 2012 2:53 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsWith two weeks under his belt as Charter's new CEO and president, Tom Rutledge faced the inevitable questions from analysts that sought to compare and contrast his current job with his former position at Cablevision.
More on Shaw’s network upgrades for Exo branding
February 10, 2012 2:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsShaw Communications CTO Dennis Steiger provides a few more details on the company’s engineering efforts that are behind its Exo brand.
Cable’s not-Romney
February 9, 2012 4:26 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsAnd now it’s Boxee versus the cable industry, which should be making cable nervous. We’ve seen this David vs. Goliath thing before, with TiVo in the Boxee role, and it didn’t end well for cable.
Evolution on evolution
February 3, 2012 12:49 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe digital terminal adapter is one-way device, a limitation that both justifies its existence and bars it from being a long-term solution. From its introduction, the DTA has been considered a dead end – a very, very useful device – but a dead end. Evolution Digital thinks maybe not.
Time Warner Cable keys on promos to win customers back
January 26, 2012 2:33 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAfter posting largely glowing numbers in its fourth-quarter earnings report, Time Warner Cable is not about to rest on its laurels.
Cable scofflaws beware: SubscriberWise sees you
January 6, 2012 2:42 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsSubscriberWise has come up with an interesting way of tracking down people who are viewing cable services after previously being disconnected for non-payment.
'Tis the season to be jerked around
January 3, 2012 2:03 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsTime Warner Cable once again has found itself in a nasty retransmission rights battle, this time with the MSG Network, which pulled its programming from the MSO's lineup.
Comcast's Smit, TWC's Britt saddle up on Verizon Wireless deal
December 5, 2011 2:09 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsWhile the shockwaves from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks' decision to sell their wireless spectrum - through their joint venture of SpectrumCo – continue to settle, company execs hit their respective blogs to provide additional insights.
Deal with Verizon Wireless could have many implications
December 2, 2011 1:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsThe $3.6 billion sale of AWS spectrum by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to Verizon is mind-boggling on many levels, so here are a few additional thoughts.
Expo leftovers
November 21, 2011 2:03 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsMusings, observations and some notes that didn't make it into last week's coverage of the SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta.
Cox dips its toe in IP waters with live streaming to iPad
November 16, 2011 10:01 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsIn a Cable-Tec Expo that has largely lacked breaking news, Cox provided the two biggest nuggets to date: It’s launching a live streaming service, called Cox TV Connect, during the holiday season, and separately, it has pulled the plug on its wireless phone service.
