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Midcontinent teams up with N.D. to extend fiber-optic network
May 1, 2012 2:48 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsMidcontinent Communications is working with the North Dakota Department of Commerce on a $3 million project to extend a fiber-optic network.
Report: Wireless economic impact ‘broad, deep’
May 1, 2012 2:47 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe wireless industry comprises a much larger part of the U.S. economy than some policymakers may realize, according to the author of a new report on the impact of cellular technology.
Preventing a broadband meltdown
April 30, 2012 9:27 pm | by Cam Cullen, vice president of global marketing at Procera Networks | Articles | CommentsThe broadband market is experiencing major upheaval, and MSOs are at the center of the storm.
Home automation: The new frontier for service providers
April 30, 2012 7:38 pm | by Mike Robuck | Articles | CommentsHome automation services have a long way to go before they reach the level of comfort portrayed in “The Jetsons,” but service providers are ramping up their efforts to provide their subscribers with home automation creature comforts that go beyond simple security cams.
In Perspective - Troll’s bane
April 30, 2012 6:53 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsTwitter just announced an astonishing patent policy that provides a fascinating correction to the way the patent system has been going astray.
Open Mic - Advertising to the TV and IP-connected devices
April 30, 2012 6:35 pm | by Jeff Brooks, vice president of business development at Arris | Articles | CommentsCable operators are by now very aware of the shifting landscape in content consumption and delivery technologies, as well as the potential changes this will drive in advertising on linear TV and IP-connected devices.
Memory Lane - Getting game
April 30, 2012 6:14 pm | by Stewart Schley, media and technology writer | Articles | CommentsSega Channel broke new ground in several ways: Not only did it suggest a networked future for the delivery of entertainment content, it forced cable companies to recognize the need to fine-tune their networks to accommodate new types of digital content.
Comcast offering Verizon Wireless in more markets
April 30, 2012 2:54 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsComcast is now bundling Verizon LTE in Denver and five more cities.
Time Warner Cable targets on-demand niches
April 30, 2012 2:52 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe operator bundles food and exercise videos to appeal to health-conscious viewers – and the advertisers that want to target that market.
Hulu might move to authentication model
April 30, 2012 2:50 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCan the broadcast networks make a case that their content is premium content?
CTIA Wireless 2012 transforms itself
April 30, 2012 2:47 pm | by Monica Alleven, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAs the wireless industry gets ready to descend on New Orleans for the annual CTIA convention May 8-10, attendees will bear witness not only to the transformation the city went through, but also to the transition the trade show went through itself.
Falcone resignation rumors circle on debt talks
April 30, 2012 2:45 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe manager of the hedge fund backing LightSquared may give up his board seat to help the struggling mobile broadband company avoid bankruptcy, according to news reports.
Engineering-Wise - An energy call to arms
April 30, 2012 12:31 am | by Mark Dzuban, president and CEO of the SCTE | Articles | CommentsIn the same way that you and I struggle to counter rising fuel and power costs with more efficient usage in our daily lives, so too do operators, programmers and vendors.
CED’s 2012 CTO Roundtable
April 29, 2012 11:26 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsIn this year’s Roundtable, our participants talk about how the ongoing evolution of the HFC network is nowhere near complete, with years of technological innovations yet to come that will support any number of new services and features.
Ciciora's Corner - Fast history: Part I
April 29, 2012 9:55 pm | by Walt S. Ciciora, expert on cable and consumer electronics issues | Articles | CommentsI have just finished reading “High Definition Television: The Creation, Development and Implementation of HDTV Technology” by Philip J. Cianci.
