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An itch for telecom reform
March 15, 2013 2:46 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsMore than two decades after the Cable Act of 1992, and almost that long since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, it appears that the sentiment that it’s time for wide-ranging, substantive telecom reform is beginning to coalesce among legislators.
Milius and milestones
February 8, 2013 5:02 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsRay Milius and his team are responsible for engineering matters at Starz. Starz is not among the largest programmers, but it frequently is among the first programmers to adopt new technologies. Recently, Ray and his team got Starz into TV Everywhere with its Encore and MoviePlex On Demand And Play services.
Muni broadband with a twist
November 1, 2012 2:25 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsChicago intends to do what no American city even remotely its size has ever pulled off – get a municipal broadband network built. There isn’t a city in the country that doesn’t want better broadband infrastructure. Several cities, tiring of waiting for the market to create those networks, have attempted to build their own.
@ Cable-Tec Expo: Kamen plans to change the world; LaJoie might help
October 18, 2012 4:19 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsDean Kamen tried and failed to change the world with the Segway personal transport. Now he’s taking another shot at it, this time with a 200-year-old technological curiosity, and with the unlikely encouragement of one of the cable industry’s technology leaders.
Cable doubles down on Wi-Fi
September 7, 2012 3:10 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe U.S. cable industry appears to have decided what its wireless strategy is: It is going to create a vast public Wi-Fi network that requisitions bandwidth from all the home routers it has installed and allocate it to public access. Broadcom is ready with software to enable the approach.
Tales from decrypt
July 26, 2012 3:36 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsJust when the FCC was ready to consider lifting the ban on encryption for cable’s basic tier, along came Boxee throwing a wrench into the works.
Comcast trades bandwidth cap for a threshold
May 17, 2012 5:21 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe MSO suspends its 250-GB-a-month usage allocation for all, effective immediately. On the way is a 300 GB allowance, plus the option to buy additional bandwidth.
Cable gets the lead out
May 11, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsCableLabs’ booth at the upcoming Cable Show will demonstrate how cable is moving at a gallop to innovate, with everything from augmented reality to a new way to tag and ID video content.
Messaging for fun, profit
May 1, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsA top 5 MSO installs Front Porch’s messaging system and gets a huge boost in response rates on mobile phone app.
Dyyno blows down cost barrier for TV Everywhere
April 17, 2012 2:23 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsUsing low-cost servers, Android-based set-tops and a cloud-based partner, Dyyno puts TV Everywhere within the reach of small operators.
CPE brought into IPv6 test process
March 23, 2012 2:50 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory will be testing gateways for IPv6 conformance during a mid-April testing event.
Cable’s not-Romney
February 9, 2012 4:26 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsAnd now it’s Boxee versus the cable industry, which should be making cable nervous. We’ve seen this David vs. Goliath thing before, with TiVo in the Boxee role, and it didn’t end well for cable.
Evolution on evolution
February 3, 2012 12:49 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe digital terminal adapter is one-way device, a limitation that both justifies its existence and bars it from being a long-term solution. From its introduction, the DTA has been considered a dead end – a very, very useful device – but a dead end. Evolution Digital thinks maybe not.
'Tis the season to be jerked around
January 3, 2012 2:03 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsTime Warner Cable once again has found itself in a nasty retransmission rights battle, this time with the MSG Network, which pulled its programming from the MSO's lineup.
What to do in Hotlanta
November 14, 2011 11:37 am | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsIf you've got a minute to spare during your time in Atlanta for Cable-Tec Expo 2011 and don't know where to venture, try one of these places recommended by industry folk.
