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Best Buy’s Q3 profit falls, shares skid
December 14, 2011 2:46 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsElectronics retailer Best Buy’s third-quarter net income fell 29 percent as it cut prices in popular categories such as tablets and TVs to drive sales and traffic during the busy holiday season.
Bright House signs ad agreements with Verizon, Comcast, Knology
December 13, 2011 3:05 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBright House Media Strategies, the advertising division of Bright House Networks, has signed up Verizon FiOS, Comcast Spotlight and Viamedia/Knology to serve up national and regional spot ads in the Tampa Bay area through its Tampa Bay Interconnect.
Motorola, FourthWall form a multi-screen bond
December 13, 2011 3:02 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsMotorola Mobility has adopted products from FourthWall Media to support tighter integration between set-top boxes and mobile devices.
Turner’s Heller joins Arris’ board
December 13, 2011 2:59 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsArris has added Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) vice chairman Andrew Heller to its board of directors.
In the media: Comcast to carry BBC World News
December 13, 2011 2:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBBC World News is coming to America thanks to a distribution deal with Comcast. The New York Times reported that a deal between the BBC and Comcast has been reached, with the expectation of an official announcement from the two later.
AT&T's Flo build-out carries $1B-plus cost
December 13, 2011 2:55 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAT&T told the FCC that it will cost between $1 billion and $2 billion to use Qualcomm's Flo TV spectrum for supplemental downlink capacity in its LTE network.
Using Pseudowire to Keep Up in Cell Backhaul
December 12, 2011 5:06 pm | by Chris York, product marketing manager at DragonWave | Articles | CommentsCable operators have been in a strong position to address the demand for mobile backhaul and business services. The biggest impediment to satisfying that demand is that cable networks built to support primarily residential video and data services do not meet the SLA requirements of large enterprise customers.
YouTube acquires RightsFlow to help license music
December 12, 2011 1:57 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsYouTube has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company that will help it identify the owners of music that people use in videos they post.
Expo: Playing Out of Bounds
December 12, 2011 1:14 am | by CED Magazine | Articles | CommentsAt Cable-Tec Expo, we ran into Comcast CTO Tony Werner, mentioned what Verizon’s Eric Bruno had announced about Home Control, and asked him if Comcast had any plans to do likewise: sell broadband-based services outside of its traditional footprint.
In Perspective – An Extra Helping
December 11, 2011 5:44 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsOrdinarily, we include coverage of Cable-Tec Expo in our November/December print issue. This year, Expo was scheduled too late in the year for us to include it in that edition, prompting this extra online installment.
Time Warner Cable boosts data speeds, adds HD nets in Carolinas
December 9, 2011 3:15 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable has ramped up the upstream and downstream speeds of several of its data tiers in its Carolinas system, as well as added more HD channels.
Charter goes commercial with TiVo multi-room
December 9, 2011 3:13 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCharter Communications is going commercial with a whole-home solution using the TiVo Premiere box that it announced last January.
Cablevision sues Verizon over accuracy of ads
December 9, 2011 3:10 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCablevision Systems is suing rival Verizon Communications in an effort to stop an advertising campaign deriding the speed of Cablevision's Internet service.
Suddenlink tunes in VOD, Caller ID in Ariz. communities
December 9, 2011 3:08 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSuddenlink has dropped video-on-demand services and TV Caller ID features into some Arizona communities that were formerly served by NPG Cable.
SeaChange adds a half-dozen multi-screen customers
December 9, 2011 3:07 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsDrama in its boardroom may have dominated recent headlines, but the big story at SeaChange International is that it is finding singular success with its evolution to a multi-screen strategy.
