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Google's Q4 disappoints; Android going strong
January 20, 2012 2:08 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsInvestors dumped shares of Google after the fourth-quarter earnings call, sending shares of the company plummeting 9 percent in after-hours trading, spurred largely in part by a reported 8 percent drop in cost per click (CPC).
Intel's Q4 earnings rise 6%, top St. estimate
January 20, 2012 2:06 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIntel, the world's largest chip-maker, said its profit rose 6 percent in the latest quarter, topping analyst expectations, even as hard drive shortages held back PC makers' chip orders.
Verizon Wireless teams with StrataCache
January 18, 2012 1:43 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe two collaborate on a cloud-based approach to updating digital signs in retail outlets, updated via Verizon's LTE network.
BlackArrow beefs up exec team with Matarese, Iboshi, McCormick
January 17, 2012 1:10 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAdvanced advertising vendor BlackArrow has added three new executives to its team as the company broadens its reach into multi-platform advertising opportunities.
CES chalks up several new records
January 16, 2012 2:05 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsLast week's 2012 International CES event in Las Vegas was a record-breaking show on several levels for the Consumer Electronics Association.
Hulu Plus ends year with 1.5M subscribers
January 13, 2012 3:37 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHulu Plus, the online video subscription service owned by major broadcast networks ABC, Fox and NBC, reached a new milestone at the end of the year, with 1.5 million paying subscribers a little more than a year after its formal launch.
@ CES: Customer data will drive TV 3.0
January 11, 2012 8:41 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThere are a lot of different scenarios for what the TV of tomorrow may look like, but a panel session at CES did drive home the point that collecting customer data can play a key role.
@ CES: Cisco's Videoscape TV platform reaches for the cloud
January 10, 2012 3:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | Product Releases | CommentsAfter making its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011, Cisco's blended Videoscape TV platform is set to offer "video in the cloud" services via a host of new product offerings.
Bright House Media Strategies to sell ads for AT&T
January 4, 2012 1:24 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBright House Media Strategies, the advertising arm of Bright House Networks, has struck a deal to sell ads in its Orlando. Fla. and Bakersfield, Calif. markets for AT&T AdWorks.
CED Video & Product Showcase - December 2011
January 1, 2012 3:57 am | by CED Magazine | Product Releases | CommentsMotorola Televation; Lindsay Broadband LBR-ONU Series; Textronic award-winning Sentry; Corning Cable Systems OptiSheath MF2; APEX3000 Universal Edge QAM; AMT's Whole Home DVR; RFMD's RFCM2680...
Concurrent gains patent for ads during trick play
December 21, 2011 1:39 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAds can still appear, even while viewers pause, fast forward or rewind through content – including through embedded commercials.
Super Bowl to be streamed online, to mobile phones
December 21, 2011 1:15 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Super Bowl will be streamed online and to phones in the U.S. for the first time. NBC's broadcasts of wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl will be available on the league's site and on the network's sites and through Verizon's NFL Mobile app.
This Technology develops SpotLink plug-in for FreeWheel
December 20, 2011 2:09 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThis Technology is developing a plug-in for its SpotLink interconnect software that will enable FreeWheel to play in cable’s dynamic ad insertion space with programmers and operators.
TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
December 19, 2011 2:07 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCongress is considering letting cell phone companies pay television stations to give up their frequencies so they can be put to better use for wireless broadband.
TV companies have a year to pipe down loud ads
December 15, 2011 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsShush, already. That's the message the Federal Communications Commission is sending with new rules that force broadcast, cable and satellite companies to turn down the volume on blaring TV commercials.
