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SeaChange’s Davi moves to Synacor
November 28, 2012 3:13 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsSeaChange CTO Steve Davi has jumped ship for Synacor, where he will serve as senior vice president of software engineering. The move was apparently precipitated by SeaChange’s decision to eliminate the position of a corporate chief technology officer.
Comm giants respond to Chicago broadband RFI
November 28, 2012 3:06 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsChicago may end up succeeding where so many other cities have failed with its plan to build a municipal broadband network. Two dozen communications companies have responded to the city’s request for interest (RFI), including Cisco, Alcatel, AT&T, Verizon, Level 3 and Motorola Mobility.
TWC wraps its ad arm around AT&T
November 27, 2012 3:21 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe action is essentially an enhancement of a relationship the two struck more than a year ago. TWCM described the move as hardwiring U-verse homes into the fixed scheduling network grids in I+. The agreement will be effective for the 2013 broadcast year.
TVNZ sets on-demand catch-up TV app
November 27, 2012 3:08 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsNew Zealand’s national broadcaster is preparing to launch an on-demand catch-up TV app for both Apple iOS and Google Android devices. TVNZ’s onDemand catch-up app will be built to use Brightcove’s App Cloud mobile app platform, allowing TVNZ to securely deliver content.
Navigation guides yet to take flight
November 21, 2012 10:14 am | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsTV’s user interface (UI) – combining navigation, search, discovery and more – is as sophisticated a product as the TV industry has. But it doesn’t by a long shot get viewers literally everywhere they might want to go. “Disaster” might be too strong a word for TV’s UI, but whatever the appropriate description is, the difference is a matter only of degree.
Telecompetition top concern at TelcoTV
November 20, 2012 7:41 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsTier 2 and Tier 3 service providers remain squeezed by circumstances. Some are scraping up the wherewithal to build infrastructure supporting new services. Meanwhile, equipment vendors continue to devise solutions sized and priced appropriately for the market.
A compelling multi-screen user experience
November 20, 2012 7:37 pm | by Kirk Edwardson, director of marketing at Espial | Articles | CommentsManaged service providers, telcos, MSOs and satellite broadcasters alike are facing intense competition from over-the-top service providers such as Netflix and Hulu. These new market entrants are rapidly building their subscriber base by providing premium video and video-on-demand services on any device.
Adobe aims to cut TV Everywhere player tangle
November 20, 2012 1:15 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAdobe has expanded and integrated its Primetime video platform with a media player that could be used on any mobile device, the beta version of an ad insertion service, and the integration of data analytics. The company is offering an SDK to embed the player in TV Everywhere apps.
Memory Lane - A signal of what would come
November 19, 2012 12:50 pm | by Stewart Schley, media and technology writer | Articles | CommentsIn cable, the cable modem and the television converter loom large as signatures of technological advancement. But industry historians point to a far less notorious device as the innovation that propelled the industry from its tenuous origins to an echelon reserved for the truly game-changing. It was a signal meter.
Charting a course for IP video migration
November 19, 2012 11:38 am | by CED Magazine | Wallcharts | CommentsWith video being propagated to Smart TVs, PCs, tablets and smartphones, as well as competition from over-the-top video services from the likes of Netflix, there's no question that cable operators need to transition to IP technology in order to remain competitive.
This Technology scores $7.5M in financing
November 15, 2012 2:28 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAdvanced advertising vendor This Technology has wrapped up $7.5 million in equity financing and announced it counts Comcast, NBCUniversal, Verizon and ABC among its customers. The financing was led by General Catalyst Partners, and This Technology now has Neil Sequeria on its board of directors.
YouTube's channels not yet must-see TV
November 13, 2012 2:58 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWhen Google announced plans to fund some 100 new channels of original programming on YouTube, many expected a transformation in television. But a year later, the revolution has not yet been YouTubed. Google had disrupted other industries, and TV appeared to be next in line.
Suddenlink reports robust Q3, plans to add TiVo Mini next year
November 9, 2012 2:23 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBucking the trend of cable operators losing basic video subscribers, Suddenlink Communications actually added a total of 200 in the third quarter en route to chalking up some solid financial results. Suddenlink reported third-quarter revenues of $511.9 million.
Judge rejects injunction against Dish DVR
November 8, 2012 3:33 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network's ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has pit broadcasters against a main distributor of their programming. The ruling was not released publically.
Cablevision’s Q3 overwhelmed by expenses
November 6, 2012 3:22 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCablevision reported a third-quarter loss of $3.8 million on slightly higher revenue, compared with the similar period a year ago. Third-quarter net revenue grew 1.2 percent to $1.685 billion. The loss was attributed to higher expenses associated with restructuring and compensation, as well as larger expenditures on paying down debt.
