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Comcast connects city of West Haven
March 1, 2013 12:02 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsComcast has connected city hall, schools and libraries throughout the city of West Haven, Conn. with its Ethernet and trunking services. Comcast is providing West Haven with high-speed Internet access and voice services that connect city hall to 17 municipal locations, including West Haven's three libraries, six firehouses, the high school, beach patrol offices and the police department.
Study: GPON, VDSL bright spots in broadband gear market
March 1, 2013 11:55 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsWorldwide spending on broadband aggregation equipment was down last year, but GPON and VDSL bucked the overall trend. For the full year, worldwide spending on broadband aggregation equipment was down 10 percent to $6.65 billion, with DSL equipment plunging 26 percent.
Mediacom stays the course in Q4
February 28, 2013 1:03 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsMediacom Communications reported revenues were up in its fourth quarter. In keeping with cable industry trends, the company lost basic video subscribers while gaining broadband connections. Combining the numbers for the two units, Mediacom now has a total of almost exactly 1 million video subscribers.
Smart watches gain interest and popularity
February 28, 2013 12:40 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsMiniaturized computers, worn on the wrist, link to the wearer’s iPhone or Android handset, and can display not only the time, but also e-mail messages. The Pebble smart watch is $150, and can also display texts, provide caller ID, and scan Twitter or Facebook feeds.
Superstorm Sandy rains on Cablevision’s earnings
February 28, 2013 12:13 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsCablevision’s fourth quarter subscriber numbers and revenue took a hit in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The nation’s fifth-largest cable operator lost about 50,000 video subscribers, 5,000 data customers and 10,000 voice subscribers in the fourth quarter.
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.
