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Google raises estimate on Motorola restructuring cost

October 4, 2012 12:54 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | Comments

Overhauling Motorola Mobility is proving more expensive than expected for its new parent company, Google. The Internet search giant has increased its previous estimate on the cost of Motorola's restructuring to $300 million and warned it could take an additional $40 million hit as it closes facilities and lays off workers.

In the media: Charter’s move to Stamford hits a snag

October 4, 2012 12:38 pm | News | Comments

Members of Charter Communications’ executive team can hold off on packing their bags for now as the headquarters move from St. Louis to Stamford, Conn. hit a temporary delay. A package to aid Charter’s move from Missouri to Stamford was pulled off of the State Bond Commission’s agenda yesterday due to inaccurate numbers

Edgeware, Skytide ally on CDN monitoring

October 3, 2012 1:59 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

The two have developed a system aimed at CDN operators looking to measure quality of experience (QoE), especially wholesale CDN services where the operator needs to report specific metrics to the wholesale customer.

ThinkAnalytics joins Mediaroom ecosystem

October 3, 2012 1:53 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

ThinkAnalytics has signed up to integrate its TV recommendations engine with Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV partner program. With ThinkAnalytics’ recommendations engine, IPTV providers will be able to deliver more meaningful content recommendations and navigation features across multiple screens.

Juniper Networks unveils new products for edge router

October 2, 2012 1:26 pm | by Mike Robuck | Products | Comments

Juniper Networks has announced a slate of hardware and software products for its edge router that were designed to deliver consumer and business services at a rate up to 69 percent faster than competing solutions. The new set of software and hardware products run on the Juniper Networks' MX Series 3D Universal Edge Router

Charter to move HQ from St. Louis to Stamford, Conn.

October 2, 2012 12:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

Charter Communications is pulling up stakes and moving its headquarters from the St. Louis area to Stamford, Conn over the coming weeks. Charter will transfer the majority of its executive officers, along with members of their staffs, to the new 70,000 square-foot office space at 400 Atlantic Street.

Time Warner flips switch on new Lakers channels

October 1, 2012 6:02 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments

The nation's No. 4 TV distributor bought the regional TV rights for the Los Angeles Lakers and pro soccer's LA Galaxy last year for an estimated $3 billion over 20 years. It's launching two new channels based on those rights on Monday. To help pay for them, it is demanding payment from other TV distributors like Dish Network Corp. and DirecTV.

Nokia Siemens sheds IPTV operations

October 1, 2012 5:52 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

Accenture specified that it purchased IPTV software, assets and capabilities from Nokia Siemens. The acquired IPTV assets will complement and be integrated with with the company’s Accenture Video Solution, a software product and a suite of services that enables companies to launch new over-the-top (OTT) services.

Telemundo Media, Comcast Spotlight cue targeted ads

October 1, 2012 5:44 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

Telemundo Media and Comcast Spotlight announced a new advertising platform, called Telemundo+, that lets marketers geo-target Hispanic households across multiple screens with English, Spanish or bilingual messages. The two are exploring means to measure the impact of the media strategy.

Oklahoma utility opts for EPON

October 1, 2012 3:24 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) has hired Pulse Broadband to design and manage the construction of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband trial, using a distributed tap design and CommScope’s EPON architecture. Lake Region will be one of the first electric coops in the U.S. to take advantage of a combined distributed tap and EPON architecture.

Targeted ad insertion for multi-screen

September 30, 2012 12:50 am | by CED Magazine | Wallcharts | Comments

In the traditional cable world of analog and MPEG-2, ad insertion reaped $4 billion in revenue in 2011, but the next opportunity for cable operators and programmers is inserting ads in a multi-screen environment. On the Internet side, the Interactive Advertising Bureau reported record-breaking Internet ad revenues of $31 billion in 2011.

IPTV: Coming soon to a town near you

September 30, 2012 12:18 am | by Brian Santo | Articles | Comments

With IP-based video technology maturing, there is a growing number of smaller companies able to provide subscribers in their typically exurban-to-rural areas with services and features that include larger packages of top-ranked channels (with more of those channels in HD), multi-room DVR, TV Everywhere-type services and hybrid features like Caller ID on TV.

TV Everywhere or Errors Everywhere

September 29, 2012 11:40 pm | by Steve Liu, vice president of video network monitoring at Tektronix | Articles | Comments

Cable operators, telecom carriers, satellite providers and other service providers are racing to build the infrastructure necessary for delivering any program, on-demand or live, to any device at any time and over any access network. Being first to market with that ability could be a tremendous advantage.

In Perspective - Novelty act

September 29, 2012 6:33 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | Comments

The ultimate product in the TV business is not content. It is the presumed attention of the viewers of that content, sold in aggregate to advertisers. Advertising has been the cornerstone of the TV business since back when the only screens available were the dials on radios.

Memory Lane - Wake up and smell the webcam

September 29, 2012 6:20 pm | by Stewart Schley, media and technology writer | Articles | Comments

Whether the delivery agent is Coca-Cola, coffee or chocolate, a solid jolt of caffeine has fueled the creation of many a technology breakthrough. So it’s only fitting that the first known demonstration of an Internet-delivered photo stream involved the popular stimulant.