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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.
Clearwire, China Mobile deepen TD-LTE partnership
January 17, 2012 1:07 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThere's a catch: The development of equipment and devices for TD-LTE lags behind FDD-LTE, the standard used in Verizon Wireless and AT&T's LTE networks.
Nortel fraud trial begins
January 17, 2012 1:01 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA fraud case against three former Nortel Networks executives who are accused of falsifying financial reports began eight years after they were fired.
Rogers launches free sports barker channel to digital subs
January 16, 2012 2:07 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsClaiming an industry first in Canada, Rogers Communications has rolled out a barker channel, Sportsnews, for free to its digital customers.
Hulu to launch 1st original scripted show
January 16, 2012 2:03 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHulu will broadcast its first original scripted series, a political comedy that will debut during the real-life Republican presidential primary.
Rural turns to white space
January 16, 2012 2:00 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsLike most wireless Internet service providers, Jab Broadband relies on unlicensed spectrum to get its service out to sparsely populated areas where there's only dial-up service.
Officials: Broadband plan would disrupt GPS
January 16, 2012 1:57 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTests show that even the modified plans of the company LightSquared to start up a national high-speed wireless broadband network would cause harmful interference with GPS signals, federal officials said in a letter.
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.
STMicroelectronics proposes green home control system
January 13, 2012 3:33 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsSolar-powered sensors and monitors can be distributed throughout the home and can connect through a gateway, set-top or PC.
FCC opens docket on Verizon AWS buys
January 12, 2012 2:21 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe FCC has started formal proceedings for its review of Verizon Wireless' multi-billion-dollar purchases of AWS spectrum from a group of cable companies that purchased the spectrum five years ago but never realized their plans to use it.
Cisco allies with ActiveVideo
January 12, 2012 2:19 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCisco adds ActiveVideo technology to enable cloud services through its Videoscape TV platform. Meanwhile, ActiveVideo offers support for the HTML5 environment.
Samsung-connected TVs to host Verizon FiOS
January 12, 2012 2:16 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAnother nail in the coffin for set-top boxes: Samsung cuts a deal to host Verizon FiOS channels directly on its broadband-connected TVs and Blu-ray players.
Bright House vows to expand Wi-Fi network in Florida
January 12, 2012 2:14 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsBright House Networks said it will continue to build Wi-Fi access points not only in its own Florida service area, but across the state.
@ CES: Ericsson's Vestberg brings wireless vision to CES
January 12, 2012 2:12 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsEricsson CEO Hans Vestberg is never shy about expressing his vision for the connected-everything world of the future.
@ 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.
