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| 09.01.2008 |
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Reality Check: The On-Demand User Interface Dilemma
Is more video on demand (VOD) than you can imagine - and then some - too much of a good thing? As an industry, cable has put into place an embarrassment of riches through its hard-fought commitment to VOD. A whopping 37 million homes, according to SNL Kagan...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Bullpen: Dumb Pipe vs. Dumb Monitor
Building the perfect TV experience has long evaded the consumer electronics (CE) industry and providers of video services alike. There always seems to be one piece missing. For video service providers - whether cable, satellite, or telco - the missing piece...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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IPTV: Global, But Not Dominant
The stutter-step advancement of Internet protocol TV (IPTV) as a video delivery system to be reckoned with is gaining momentum as the technology proves itself and the business model unfolds, albeit with some lingering technology and business issues still to...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Comcast Delivers at the DNC
Putting together the 2008 Democratic National Convention (Aug. 25-28) hasn't just been about lining up speakers. It's been about ensuring the rest of America outside of Denver's Pepsi Center and Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium have the chance to hear the...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Report: Mobile Video Ad Model Not There Yet
Research and Markets has announced the addition of eMarketer's new report "Mobile Video and Television: Ads Wait for a Clearer Picture" to its...
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| 08.26.2008 |
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Silicon Image Wows Crew at Summer Conference
The 200 cable operators attending CableLabs Summer Conference (Aug. 10-13) voted Silicon Image's digital connectivity technology "Best New Product Idea." A publicly traded semiconductor and intellectual property-based company, Silicon Image works in...
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| 08.20.2008 |
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Time Warner Cable Carolina: A Talk with Regional VP Engineering Carl Newberry
What made Time Warner Cable Carolina Region standout as this year's System of the Year? The cover story in the July issue of...
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| 08.12.2008 |
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Several Takes on nDVR
There are plenty of ways to look at last week's court decision that let stand Cablevision's network, or remote-storage digital video recording (nDVR or RS-DVR) platform. There is the Hollywood, or content provider, angle. After all, it was The Cartoon Network...
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| 08.07.2008 |
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Social Networking Across Devices
The term "social networking" is cropping up everywhere these days as companies try to tap into and leverage the phenomenon of creating virtual communities of friends and family and the enthusiasm of the digital generation for texting, blogs and...
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| 08.05.2008 |
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Software Expert on EOD and Navigation
The daily grind of trade journalism is at once improved and complicated by subject matter experts who can explain complexities with ease and charm. The improvement is obvious: An authoritative technologist who unravels mysteries in intelligible sentences is a...
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| 08.04.2008 |
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Earnings Highlights—Voice and Business
A quick review of the "C" companies whose earnings were reported over the past week indicates that telephony and business services continue to be key growth drivers. Numbers from CableOne point to telephony. Reporting, as usual, through its parent...
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| 07.30.2008 |
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Discovery in Hollywood
CableFAX editor Seth Arenstein chatted with a quartet of Discovery Networks Presidents/GMs in Hollywood and asked them...
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| 07.29.2008 |
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AT&T Clearing Deck for DBS Partner Deal
In April, AT&T said it would no longer offer DirecTV in its former BellSouth territory, leaving Dish Network “for the near term” as its sole satellite TV provider across the 22-state AT&T footprint. Then, in June, AT&T notified Dish...
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| 07.29.2008 |
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Deadline Time for Verizon, Unions
Union contracts at Verizon East (former NYNEX and Bell Atlantic) will expire on Aug. 2, and there has been no public indication of progress on key sticking points between Verizon and the CWA and IBEW. Union members have authorized a strike, which could start...
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| 07.24.2008 |
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The Hottest Operators: 2008 Top Ops Awards
In the past we’ve honored the MSO of the Year and the Independent Operator of the Year, and left it at that. We’re expanding on that tradition for this summertime edition of CableFAX: The Magazine — there is just too much good work being...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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The CableFAX Show: TCA Shenanigans
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| 07.17.2008 |
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MediaHawks, BlackArrow, Personal Apps
Video on demand (VOD) news over the past several weeks includes purchases, integration and new applications. Concurrent Computer last week announced a $2 million order from Time Warner Cable for VOD systems destined for deployment in the MSO's San Diego and...
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| 07.16.2008 |
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Henry Schleiff on Family-Friendly HD
Henry Schleiff discusses HD, VOD and the slimming down of...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Bullpen: DTV Transition: 8-VSB + QAM = Win/Win
Editor's note: For various reasons, the authors of this piece would prefer to go unnamed. They are, however, respected cable engineers, one for a major MSO and the other for a vendor. Putting a couple of freethinking engineers in front of a white board can be...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Advanced Advertising Progression
The old advertising maxim holds that half of all money spent on advertising is wasted, but the problem is knowing which half. With the emergence of online advertising, this statement is now virtually obsolete. These days, search engines target ads based on...
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