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Comcast Business carries the load for PBS Coals
May 3, 2013 12:56 pm | News | CommentsComcast Business’ Ethernet services are doing the heavy lifting for PBS Coals, which is the fourth-largest coal producer in Pennsylvania. In order to serve PBS Coals, Comcast Business extended its fiber network to the company’s 10 mining and processing facilities located across Somerset County.
Avgiris promoted to CFO of Comcast Cable
May 2, 2013 12:16 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | 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 | News | 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.
New Products - May 2013 CED
May 1, 2013 5:54 pm | by CED | Products | CommentsZanaware debuts new backup, recovery service. Envivio integrates with Adobe Primetime.OMG: Pixelmetrix expands OTT lineup.
Mediaroom VP joins SeaWell board
May 1, 2013 2:01 pm | by Brian Santo | News | 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.
Comcast's Q1 fueled by price hikes
May 1, 2013 1:49 pm | by Brian Santo | News | 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 | News | 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 | News | 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.
Harmonic adds Netflix presets to transcoder
April 30, 2013 2:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsHarmonic has created transcoding presets for its ProMedia Carbon transcoder specifically for preparing to deliver video to Netflix. The presets are designed to enable to speed the process of programmers using ProMedia Carbon to transform video and audio content into media formats optimized for Netflix.
Time Warner Cable deploys HD DTAs across New York City
April 30, 2013 1:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | 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.
Comcast Business extends network to N.H. business park
April 30, 2013 1:05 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast Business announced today that it had made a major investment to serve up its entire suite of Ethernet, data, voice and video services to 250 businesses in Portsmouth, N.H. The businesses are located in Pease International Tradeport, which was an Air Force base that has been turned into a business park.
OTT programmers converge on NYC
April 29, 2013 1:42 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIn the last 12 months, companies like Netflix, Yahoo, and YouTube have experimented with original programming, with some hits and some misses. But there were more than enough hits to encourage over-the-top programmers to keep trying. They'll all be in New York City this week talking about it at the second Digital NewFronts conference.
Telesystem begins network upgrade
April 29, 2013 1:22 pm | News | CommentsBuckeye Cablesystem sister company Telesystem said it has embarked on a network upgrade to achieve 99.999 percent availability for its IP-based services. Five-nines availability translates to no more than 5.26 minutes of downtime per rolling year.
Coinstar's popularity slips; Q1 earnings down
April 26, 2013 2:22 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCoinstar's first-quarter earnings plunged 58 percent amid signs that its Redbox kiosks for DVD rentals are losing their appeal as more people switch to Netflix and other Internet video services. The company plans to change its name to Outerwall this summer.
Assia smooths the path to vectored VDSL
April 26, 2013 2:16 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsAssia has upgraded its management and optimization software to enable VDSL providers to introduce vectored VDSL gradually, as market demand merits. The software suite also gives VDSL companies the tools to handle common noise impairments.
