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Arris reorganizes following Moto purchase
May 16, 2013 2:30 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsArris announced a reorganization following its purchase of Motorola Home from Google. The company will establish two major divisions, a Network & Cloud unit and a CPE (customer premise equipment) unit. Arris execs asserted that even though Motorola Home has been struggling, it is set to bounce back.
Service provider segment powers Cisco's Q2
May 16, 2013 1:36 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCisco reported that second quarter revenue in its Service Provider Video segment grew 30 percent year over year, in its Wireless segment by 27 percent, and in its Data Center segment 77 percent; the average for the company as a whole was 5 percent.
Actiontec to build screencast boxes supporting Intel WiDi
May 15, 2013 2:19 pm | Products | CommentsActiontec Electronics said it will be the lead developer of a new line of products incorporating Intel wireless WiDi designed to link laptops to TVs. WiDi is already built into Intel’s current Core processors, and the company said it has integrated the technology in its forthcoming fourth-generation Core processors as well.
Cranky broadcasters could get their licenses yanked
May 15, 2013 2:08 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsTV broadcasters who pull their signals off the air might risk forfeiting their spectrum licenses, Sen. Mark Warner this week warned. Fox CEO Chase Carey last month vowed to pull Fox off the air and distribute exclusively through pay TV services if Aereo were allowed to proceed with its current business model.
ABC app to require authentication
May 15, 2013 2:04 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsIn another small victory for MVPDs, ABC said it will make its content available through its newly renamed app only to authenticated pay TV customers, effective July 1. ABC said it has deals in place with Comcast, Cablevision, Cox, Charter, Midcontinent and AT&T.
Another Senator weighs in on cable prices
May 15, 2013 1:57 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsSen. Rockefeller has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the impact of TV station shared services agreements (SSAs) on consumers. The request is a response to complaints that local broadcasters collude in order to keep retrans fees artificially high.
Comcast shores up services in Superstorm Sandy area
May 15, 2013 12:51 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIn order to better serve its subscribers, Comcast is putting its collective resources into the New Jersey Shore area that was hit by Superstorm Sandy last year. Along the Jersey Shore communities, Comcast has upgraded 144 miles of its infrastructure and plans on offering new services in the area over the coming months.
Denmark’s Stofa re-ups with SeaChange
May 15, 2013 12:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSeaChange International announced that Stofa, the second-largest cable operator in Denmark, has signed a multi-year service and maintenance contract for its Adrenalin VOD services. The new deal built upon the existing relationship between the vendor and cable operator that dated back to 2007.
Report: MoCA brings home networking device market to a boil
May 15, 2013 12:38 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsMoCA (multimedia over coax) has long since emerged as the home networking standard of choice for North American cable operators, but it’s also fueling the growth of the device market. According to a recent report by Infonetics Research, sales of set-top boxes with embedded MoCA technology grew 23 percent in the second half of last year while MoCA adapters increased by 129 percent.
Aereo saddles up for Atlanta
May 14, 2013 12:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAereo said this morning that it was rolling its antenna and cloud-based TV service into the Atlanta area on June 17. Following tomorrow’s launch in Boston, Atlanta is the next stop on Aereo’s planned expansion into 22 cities this year.
Google Fiber gains approval in Gladstone, Mo.
May 14, 2013 12:36 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsGladstone, Mo. is the fifth city to garner clearance for Google Fiber’s 1 Gbps service after its city council voted in favor of it Monday night. Google announced the expansion on its blog, but cautioned that it may be a while before Gladstone residents can access the super fast broadband and Google Fiber TV services.
Rural Iowa telco goes FTTH with Adtran
May 13, 2013 1:16 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsMarne Elk Horn Telephone has installed Adtran’s Total Access 5000 broadband platform as it upgrades its network in Southern Iowa from copper plant to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). In addition to residential and business customers, the service provider is connecting local school districts.
Aereo re-tools pricing plan ahead of Boston launch
May 13, 2013 12:22 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAhead of its launch in Boston on Wednesday, Internet TV startup Aereo announced today that it that it had restructured its pricing plan for new customers. Aereo said the new "streamlined" plan would be easier for customers to understand.
CableLabs names Lookabaugh as new EVP of R&D
May 13, 2013 12:16 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCableLabs, the cable industry’s research consortium, announced this morning that it had hired Tom Lookabaugh as its news executive vice president of research and development. Lookabaugh’s 20-year telecommunications career includes stops at ViaSat Communications, Entropic Communications and PolyCiper.
YouTube's new pay channels go from campy to kids
May 10, 2013 1:17 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAlthough the world's largest video site has rented and sold movies and TV shows from major studios since late 2008, YouTube is introducing all-you-can-watch channels that require a monthly fee. The least expensive of the channels will cost 99 cents a month but the average price is around $2.99.
