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Charter to offer $1 billon in unsecured notes
February 28, 2013 12:06 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsCharter Communications announced this morning that through its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital, it would privately offer $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes in two tranches due in 2021 and 2023.
Clearwire draws Sprint funding
February 27, 2013 2:11 pm | by Ben Munsen, Wireless Week | CommentsClearwire has elected to accept the $80 million draw from Sprint for March, while continuing to discuss acquisition offers from both Sprint and Dish. Dish has said that it will withdraw its offer of $3.30 per share to buy the remaining 50 percent of Clearwire if the WiMAX provider drew any of the funding offered by Sprint.
ISPs start warning copyright infringers
February 27, 2013 1:58 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsIn an attempt to discourage piracy, the Copyright Alert System was put into effect this week by the nation's five biggest Internet service providers: Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Cablevision. Violators of the copyright protections will get notices, and could end up
TDS forges deal to buy Baja Broadband
February 27, 2013 1:48 pm | CommentsThe small cable operator market continues its wave of consolidation. Yesterday TDS Telecom announced a deal to buy all of the assets of Baja Broadband. Baja Broadband, which is headquartered in Alamogordo, New Mexico, offers triple play services to residential and business customers in parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.
Study: CMTS, edge QAM revenue to grow this year
February 27, 2013 1:44 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAccording a recent report by Infonetics Research, the cable broadband market is primed for a rebound this year. Infonetics recently completed is fourth-quarter and year-end study of the cable modem termination system (CMTS) and edge QAM sectors in the cable industry.
Comcast announces legal, policy hires in D.C
February 27, 2013 1:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsComcast announced that it has hired Ryan Wallach as senior deputy general counsel and Madura Wijewardena as senior director, public policy. Wallach’s responsibilities include legal analysis and advocacy regarding regulatory and litigation matters while Wijewardena is tasked with identifying emerging public policy issues of significance to the company.
Verizon to test Ericsson’s TV over LTE
February 26, 2013 3:40 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsWhat Ericsson is calling an end-to-end LTE broadcast solution is based on the eMBMS standard covering broadcast video over LTE. It represents one of the first proposed uses of both HEVC and MPEG DASH. Telstra in Australia and Verizon Wireless will be among the first to trial the system.
Comcast Business, Baltimore Tech Park partner
February 26, 2013 3:34 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsBaltimore Technology Park has partnered with Comcast to connect its colocation data center to Comcast’s private, optical network and fiber footprint. In addition to connecting to Comcast’s network, Baltimore Technology Park can also offer its customers Comcast Business’ Ethernet services.
Cablevision files antitrust suit against Viacom
February 26, 2013 3:14 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsCablevision's antitrust lawsuit against Viacom in a federal Manhattan court alleges Viacom illegally forced it to carry unwanted networks. The MSO says it was forced to carry and pay for lesser-watched ancillary networks, such as Palladia, MTV Hits and VH1 Classic, in order to be allowed to carry popular networks such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
Nielsen preparing to tally broadband TV viewing
February 25, 2013 3:06 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsStarting in September, Nielsen will begin measuring viewership through broadband devices like game consoles for the first time. With DVRs, video on demand, game consoles and streaming services, tablets and smartphones, the way people watch TV is changing and the industry is struggling to keep on top of it all. Even the idea of "watching television" is in flux.
CSG sets up shops around the globe
February 25, 2013 2:55 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe company has set up managed services Centers of Excellence in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, as well as in the Central and Latin America regions. CSG is using these centers to provide local support for its billing and business support systems.
Motorola extends reach of DreamGallery cloud
February 25, 2013 2:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsMotorola has tweaked its DreamGallery to render a more Internet-like user experience across a range of companion devices and legacy set-top boxes. The user navigation component of Motorola’s end-to-end Medios+ multi-screen platform is now hooked up with ActiveVideo Networks’ virtualized cloud-rendering technology.
Lamb wins Cable Center’s Bresnan Ethics in Business Award
February 25, 2013 2:33 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsLamb, along with 22 cable executives, founded C-SPAN in 1979, serving as CEO until he stepped down in 2012 to become its executive chairman of the board. Prior to launching C-SPAN, Lamb held various communications roles, including White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine.
Time Warner Cable delivers bundles for telecommuters
February 25, 2013 2:18 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTime Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) has rolled out a new suite of services that were designed to meet the needs of businesses with remote employees. Teleworker Solutions is available across the greater New York City area, New York State, New England and the Carolinas.
Concurrent notches customer win for CDN platform
February 25, 2013 2:13 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsConcurrent announced this morning that its unified content delivery network (CDN) platform was field deployed by a top-five North American multiple service operator.Concurrent didn’t identify the service provider that was using its MediaHawk CDN.
