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Shawnee approves Google Fiber
May 3, 2013 12:37 pm | by Associated Press | CommentsOfficials in Shawnee have approved an agreement authorizing the launch of Google Fiber in the Kansas City suburb. The Shawnee City Council said in a release that council members approved the agreement Thursday, making Shawnee the fifth Johnson County municipality to strike a deal with Google.
SEC's new network with ESPN to debut in 2014
May 3, 2013 12:29 pm | by Associated Press | CommentsThe Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. ESPN said AT&T Inc.'s U-Verse has signed on as the network's first distributor.
Avgiris promoted to CFO of Comcast Cable
May 2, 2013 12:16 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsFollowing a promotion last year, Comcast’s Cathy Avgiris continues to climb the corporate ladder with today’s news that she was promoted to chief financial officer for Comcast Cable Avgiris will start her new job July 1 and report to Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit.
Liberty Media wraps up $2.6 billion investment in Charter
May 2, 2013 12:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsCharter Communications and Liberty Media said on Wednesday that they had wrapped up Liberty Media’s $2.6 billion investment in the nation’s fourth-largest cable operator. The investment was first announced in March and now that its completed John Malone’s Liberty Media has a 27.3 percent stake in Charter.
Cox Business launches cloud-based voice service for SBs
May 2, 2013 11:55 am | by Mike Robuck | CommentsIn an effort to better serve small business customers, Cox Business announced this morning the launch of its VoiceManager IP Centrex service. The cloud-based service is fully managed by Cox Business, which lets small business owners focus on running their day-to-day operations while reducing the demand on their IT staff and other employees.
CBS' Moonves disses Aereo as 1Q earns top views
May 2, 2013 11:48 am | by Associated Press | CommentsCBS Corp. Chief Executive Les Moonves gave an upbeat view of the health of broadcast TV Wednesday as the company reported strong results for the first three months of the year. He also dismissed startup Aereo as an "insignificant player" that was stealing CBS' signal. Moonves told investors that Aereo has "gotten way too much attention" from the news media
Mediaroom VP joins SeaWell board
May 1, 2013 2:01 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsPete Thompson, vice president of Microsoft Mediaroom, has joined the board of directors of SeaWell Networks. Before joining Microsoft, Thompson developed new products and services at T-Mobile, Graviton, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Levi Strauss & Co.
Wheeler on tap to head FCC
May 1, 2013 1:58 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA White House official says President Barack Obama plans to name a former cable and wireless industry lobbyist to head the Federal Communications Commission. Tom Wheeler is former head of both the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and the National Cable Television Association.
Comcast's Q1 fueled by price hikes
May 1, 2013 1:49 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsPrice increases on video service and customers upgrading to HD packages and digital video recorders (DVRs) helped boost Comcast’s first quarter profit by 17 percent. It lost 60K basic video subs, but increased its broadband subscriber count by 433,000 in the quarter. It also added 211,000 new voice customers.
CenturyLink uncorks 1 Gig pilot in Omaha
May 1, 2013 12:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsNext week in Omaha, Neb. CenturyLink will fire up a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) service that feature speeds of up 1 Gbps. The service will eventually be available to 48,000 business and residential customers in CenturyLink’s Omaha footprint.
TWC changes Twitter customer care handle
May 1, 2013 12:42 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTime Warner Cable announced this morning it had changed its Twitter customer care handle to @TWC_Help. The new customer care handle gives Time Warner Cable a more unified front with all Time Warner Cable Twitter handles following the “TWC” designation.
Report: Ethernet switch market evolving
May 1, 2013 12:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsThe Ethernet switch market is undergoing a transformation as end users start to favor products purpose-built and optimized according to deployment location, in the data center, enterprise, small and medium businesses (SMBs) and carrier Ethernet services.
Cablevision sells off theatre chain
April 30, 2013 1:55 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsCablevision continued divesting non-core businesses with the sale of the vast majority of its Clearview Cinema chain of movie theatres to Bow Tie Cinemas, though the company will retain ownership of the Ziegfeld in New York City. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Time Warner Cable deploys HD DTAs across New York City
April 30, 2013 1:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTime Warner Cable’s all-digital project is rolling into other areas of its New York City footprint and the nation’s second-largest cable operator is using HD digital transport adapters (DTAs) from Cisco. The HD DTAs allow subscribers to tap into HD services without more expensive DVRs or set-top boxes that require CableCards.
Former AOL exec replaces Esteves as TWC’s CFO
April 30, 2013 1:18 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTime Warner Cable announced yesterday afternoon that former AOL executive Arthur Minson will replace Irene Esteves as the company’s chief financial officer. Minson, who formerly worked at Time Warner Cable, will start his new job on Thursday while Esteves’ last day is tomorrow.
