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Cable demos ad insertion in VOD stream
February 6, 2012 3:10 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe achievements of the latest interop at CableLabs move cable’s common ad platform a few steps closer to commercialization.
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
February 6, 2012 3:07 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsVerizon Communications will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
Consolidated to buy SureWest Communications for $340.9M
February 6, 2012 3:05 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIn a move that merges two Tier 2 service providers, Consolidated Communications Holdings announced that it was buying SureWest Communications for roughly $340.9 million in cash and stock.
Dish protests AT&T’s rapid LTE build-out, affirms retail plans
February 6, 2012 3:02 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsDish Network wants the FCC to ignore a proposal from AT&T that it be forced to construct its LTE network faster than it had originally planned.
Google installing fast Internet service in Kansas City
February 6, 2012 2:58 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle plans to begin construction on its long-awaited, super-speed Internet service in Kansas City, Kan.
SCTE announces committee chairs
February 6, 2012 2:56 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced the committee chairs that will lead its eight core groups.
Calix rolls with 12 more broadband stimulus projects
February 6, 2012 2:53 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe dozen service providers together have a total of about $153 million in stimulus money for projects across the United States.
Cablevision preps app to buy Super Bowl merchandise
February 3, 2012 1:47 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCablevision is working with Shazam, Delivery Agent, and FMI to give consumers the ability to buy NFL paraphernalia during the Super Bowl.
Comcast hires former Cisco exec as SVP of finance and strategic planning
February 3, 2012 1:42 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsInder Singh is responsible for Comcast Cable's forecasting, strategy, business trends, and long-range plan preparation.
ATX Networks buys Arcos Technologies
February 3, 2012 1:39 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe purchase price could total over $26 million; just less than half that amount is to be paid upfront, with much of the balance to be paid as royalties contingent on future sales.
MetroPCS Revives $40 LTE Plan
February 3, 2012 1:37 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe company brings back a popular plan that was suspended when the company stopped selling a specific handset.
Towns push back as Georgia tries to crush municipal broadband
February 3, 2012 1:36 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe state government is set to consider legislation that backers claim will make public broadband networks play by the same rules as private service providers.
Japanese Entrepreneurs Aim for Silicon Valley
February 3, 2012 1:34 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFor an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places.
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.
Comcast, Verizon's joint marketing effort docks in Bay Area
February 2, 2012 2:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAmid increasing congressional scrutiny over their spectrum and reselling deal, Comcast and Verizon Wireless are now cross-promoting each other's products in San Francisco.
