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1% hogging network, Rogers says
March 7, 2002 7:00 pm | by Tyler Hamilton | CommentsCopyright 2002 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd. Toronto Star…03/08/2002 From LexisNexis The chief engineer at Rogers Cable Inc. says 1 percent of the company's high-speed Internet customers are responsible for 30 percent of the traffic on its network, a situation that has prompted a recent crackdown on abusers of the service.
Insight sees $94 M loss; revenue, subscriptions up
March 7, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsInsight Communications saw its fourth-quarter customer count rise over its three key services, even as it weighed in with a $94.2 million loss on $704.4 million in revenue for the year. The country's ninth-largest cableco, Insight reported about 1.3 million basic cable customers at the end of its fourth quarter, up from the 919,300 it had a year ago.
Global Crossing execs cut pay, jobs in Phase 3 overhaul
March 7, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsGlobal Crossing CEO John Legere took a 30 percent pay cut as the company trimmed another 1,600 jobs and heads into Phase Three of its corporate revamp. The networking company, which filed for bankruptcy in January and has been the subject of separate federal investigations over its accounting practices, had announced the restructuring last year.
CTAM attendance up; panelists debate thick/thin set-tops
March 7, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | CommentsLOS ANGELES - Despite a slow economy and the travel fallout of 9/11, CTAM's annual Digital Conference enjoyed a small year-to-year rise in attendance here. Bucking the trend tied to smaller and occasionally meager trade show and conference turn-outs, CTAM drew 1,259 attendees, compared to 1,200 in 2001.
AOL TW chair: eyeing cable assets in France, Britain
March 7, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCopyright 2002 Associated Press AP Worldstream…03/08/2002 From LexisNexis U.S. media giant AOL Time Warner Inc. is considering the purchase of cable television networks in Britain, France and other European countries, but not in Germany, the U.S. media giant's chairman said in an interview published Friday.
Comcast to entice consumers with free SVOD trials
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Jeff Baumgartner | CommentsLOS ANGELES — Free subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) represents just one marketing tactic Comcast Corp. is evaluating in order to remove barriers to consumer acceptance regarding new on-demand video services, company officials said Wednesday during the opening session of CTAM's Digital Conference.
USA Broadband buys MDU assets; CSG/Adephia extend pact
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsUSA Broadband Inc. will acquire Verizon's multidwelling unit digital satellite video systems and property access agreements in California and Texas. The deal entails about 5,000 MDU subscribers, and the deal should close over the next 90 days, the companies say. Financial terms were not disclosed. … CSG Systems Inc.
Wink lands ACADIA validation from Motorola
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsIn an intricate partnership, Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector and Wink Communications have successfully combined Wink's iTV software with Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.'s interactive program guide. And now, Charter Communications will be able to deploy the Wink service, using the Motorola DCT-2000 set-top box.
Satellite TV merger gets mixed signals
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Harvey Colette | CommentsCopyright 2002 The Atlanta Constitution The Atlanta Journal and Constitution…03/07/2002 From LexisNexis Letting the nation's two dominant satellite broadcasting companies merge would bring new benefits to consumers, especially in rural areas, the companies' chairmen told Congress on Wednesday. But opponents told a Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee that the merger would reduce compe...
Ted Rogers postpones planned retirement date
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Barbara Shecter | CommentsCopyright 2002 National Post, All Rights Reserved National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post)…03/07/2002 From LexisNexis Ted Rogers, the founder and chief executive of Rogers Com- munications Inc., has delayed his planned retirement at the age of 70 by up to three years. In a brief statement, the company's board of directors said yesterday it has approved a revision of Rogers' employment con...
Artificial intelligence in a set-top?
March 6, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsA team of BIAP Systems scientists outside of Washington, D.C., working on intelligent agent technology for the company's government projects, shrunk the resulting software's footprint and adapted the technology for set-top boxes. The result is software that sends intelligent agents — feelers that go out onto the Web and retrieve specific information they've been told to seek — from ...
Adelphia launches high-speed Internet to Colchester, Conn.
March 5, 2002 7:00 pm | by Karen Kaplan | CommentsCopyright 2002 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Copyright 2002 The Day The Day…03/06/2002 From LexisNexis Customers of Adelphia Cable Communications in Colchester could have high-speed Internet access by next month. Subscribers in the 11 other towns of the cable company's two regional franchise areas can sign on for the service as the year continues, according to Regina Sullivan, gener...
RCN: NOC consolidation complete
March 5, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsRCN Corp. finished consolidating its Network Operations Centers into one in Trooper, Pa. Since August 2000, the company has been moving the seven NOCs it picked up through various acquisitions into one central location. The consolidation took 16 months and eliminated 50 positions during that time, says RCN spokeswoman Pamela Faatz.
SeaChange hits high; Blonder trims losses; N2 gets $10 M
March 5, 2002 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | Comments• SeaChange International saw Q4 revenue climb from $25.8 million in 2001 to $33.4 million in 2002 — its highest yet, it says. The company's fourth quarter ended with net income of $2.1 million, or 9 cents a share, up from a net loss of $1 million, or 5 cents a share, for the same year-ago period.
Waycross Cable opts for upgrades over merger
March 5, 2002 7:00 pm | by Kathy Brister | CommentsCopyright 2002 The Atlanta Constitution The Atlanta Journal and Constitution…03/06/2002 From LexisNexis John Harrison counts his competition one satellite dish at a time. Every year, he sends out technicians for Waycross Cable, the company he started in 1964. Their mission: Check connections, to make sure everyone getting cable TV is paying for it, and add up satellite dishes mounted on r...
