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Can cable get smart?
September 18, 2009 12:02 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsLight and deft, and technology is represented by a human who actually had something to do with the technology. This is something we should see more of.
TV here, there, everywhere on Internet
September 11, 2009 10:24 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsFor now, at least, AT&T has decided that Hulu is the lesser of two evils when it comes to launching its own Web portal for Internet video.
Somebody buy somebody already!
September 10, 2009 10:55 am | by Brian Santo | CommentsEver since the D.C. Court of Appeals killed the notion of ownership caps, people have been speculating about cash-rich Comcast buying another cable company. Some are openly agitating for it, in fact. That, in turn, is giving rise to speculation of counter-maneuvers by rivals.
Think global, and acting is always local
September 4, 2009 10:08 am | by Brian Santo | CommentsYou’ve contributed to rebuilding projects in New Orleans. You’ve helped bring broadband to schools. You’ve extended broadband to rural areas desperate for a means to grow.
Whither CableLabs?
September 1, 2009 10:11 am | by Brian Santo | CommentsTwo of CableLabs’ most recent mega-projects – DOCSIS 3.0 and tru2way – are well into the implementation stage. Dick Green, who directed the operation for almost as long as it’s existed, has passed the torch to Paul Liao. Now what?
Rogers has own flavor for D3 deployment
August 20, 2009 9:53 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsWhile DOCSIS 3.0 deployments have yet to fall into the “ho hum” category, they are becoming more common with the larger cable operators, but give Rogers Communications credit for coming up with its own forward-looking twist on its recent D3 rollout.
Abracadabra at Keystone
August 11, 2009 9:34 am | by Traci Patterson | CommentsImagine chucking your remote and just waving at your TV to get what you want. A technology that will enable that and much, much more – some of it a little creepy – prevailed as the innovation most likely to become a successful commercial product at the Innovation Showcase at CableLabs’ annual Summer Conference.
Comcast shoots, scores with Apple app
July 23, 2009 1:20 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsComcast has struck a nerve with its Apple App Store application that lets its subscribers access features of their triple-play services on the go through their iPhone or iPod Touch devices.
Now that’s long-tail content…
July 7, 2009 11:21 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsSo in the course of cruising for cable-related news this morning, I found an item from the Charlotte Sun Herald in Florida about a new offering from Comcast that lets subscribers adopt cats via an on-demand channel.
No new tru2way deadline for MSOs
July 2, 2009 9:56 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAfter missing the deadline on Tuesday, there isn’t going to be a new one for the five cable operators who signed a memorandum of understanding with some of the leading consumer electronics companies.
Validation for Canoe Ventures
July 1, 2009 4:38 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsA new study on the weakness of brand loyalty among American consumers is worth the cable industry’s attention. Its conclusion is that targeted advertising can pay off in spades for national brands.
CED tweets: Yes or no?
June 26, 2009 7:55 am | by Brian Santo | CommentsAnybody out there want to follow CED on Twitter? Think on that for a second and I’ll be right back to you.
Heavy lifting begins on TV Everywhere
June 25, 2009 11:00 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsYesterday’s announcement that Time Warner and Comcast were consummating their relationship for TV Everywhere probably wasn’t much of a surprise given that Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has been talking up the concept for most of this year.
IPv6 train barreling down the tracks
June 19, 2009 9:48 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsThere always seems to be a major engineering project looming on the horizon for cable operators. Two years ago it was the separable security mandate from the Federal Communications Commission; more recently it was the digital transition.
Wall Street carrying ESPN’s ball
June 16, 2009 5:35 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsIt looks like Wall Street is going to encourage more of a type of deal between Web sites and ISPs that is arguably anti-competitive and anti-consumer. A deal between Disney/ESPN and Comcast last week elicited the objections of the American Cable Association. Now a prominent analyst with Pali Research has come out in favor of the ESPN maneuver, drawing the ACA’s ire.
