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- FCC and court save the cable companies again
- Unfortunately, the right ruling in this caseThough I am still totally for the FCC mandating open access to ANYONE who has a reasonable chance of being a competitor to the cable companies lines.RE: FCC and court save the cable companies againI agree. The challenge for the FCC and similar agencies...
- Tags: Federal government, Network technology, FCC, cable, cable company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- FCC and court save the cable companies again
- Herring Broadcasting wanted access to a network platform and its programming did not have the quality or ratings the cable companies believed were required to make money. by Doug Hanchard
- Tags: FCC, Network, Cable Company, Cable, Network Technology, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Government, Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Court lifts FCC limits on cable ownership
- Look out, here comes Comcast. The cable giant's ambitions have long been stymied by a 1993 FCC rule that limited any one cable company's business to 30 percent of the U.S. market. Friday, the D.C. Circuit threw out that rule as "arbitrary and capricious" (the standard for...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, Video, Corporate Communications, Cable, Network Technology, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-30
- 5 Things I'd Like To See From My (Or Any) Cable Operator
- 5 Things I'd Like To See From My Or Any Cable OperatorA decent freaking interface on any cable box would be nice.Lets just start with the basics.. then move on to what direct tv is doing with remote dvr record.Yes, more movies.. you know.. ones that havent been at the...
- Tags: Network technology, CableLabs, cable, cable company, cable box
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Cable???s Conundrum: Does It Need Wireless?
- Cable???s Conundrum: Does It Need Wireless?I'm not following youI'm not following you.Wireless has become the best thing that has happened to cable.Where does my WiFi connection go?To my wireless router.Where does my wireless router go?To my cable modem!Some cable modems even have WiFi built in.So - from where I'm standing,...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Modems, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, cable, Wi-Fi, Does It Need Wireless, Conundrum, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Free Content “Bad for the ConsumerÃ¢â‚¬Âť (Says Cable)
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- You probably thought that the best thing about the Internet is that content of all kinds â€" from news to stock prices to TV shows â€" is free. But there is no such thing as free content. And don’t be surprised if by...
- Tags: Cable Company, Video, TV, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- VOD chief: Comcast will survive in face of TV.com, Hulu
- This week, Comcast announced its OnDemand Online service, promising anywhere online access to Comcast programming (broadcast, basic and premium channels, etc.) for its customers. I sat down with Doug Sylvester, President and COO of TVN Entertainment, to talk about how Comcast's entry into the broadband video on-demand...
- Tags: VoD, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, TV, Cable, Programming, Hulu, TVN Entertainment, ZD, DS, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middle
- The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middleBye Bye CableI seem to be in this boat. Paying $500 a year for basic cable which I was barely watching. Decided to go to HD Antenna and get 8 channels for the price...
- Tags: Network technology, video, cable, cable company, Comcast Corp., Internet video
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middle
- There's a looming showdown over Web video as content providers wrestle with the future as the television business model that has paid the bills for years becomes strained. In the last day or so, Hulu has been on a tear as it rips down its content from...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Cable Company, Internet Video, Video, Television Business Model, Hulu, Boxee, Cable, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Delivering High-Speed Wireless Commercial Services With Canopy Cable
- Wireless commercial services present tremendous opportunities for cable operators to increase revenues while building long-term bonds with business customers. Cable operators often face the fundamental challenge of offering broadband services to commercial customers when plant construction costs make the Return-On-Investment ROI unattractive. Construction costs to access the potential customer across...
- Tags: Broadband Service, Cable Company, Canopy Cable, Cable, Roi/Tco, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Networking
- White papers 2008-12-16
- Google ditching network neutrality?
- Google ditching network neutrality?{sigh}I long for the day when reporters:1) Don't spew lies and misconceptions intentionally.- or -2) Learn about the technology they write about.Network neutrality isn't about disallowing a company to invest into their infrastructure to make access to their services responsive and available. Network neutrality is about...
- Tags: network neutrality, Google Inc., cable company, network, cable, server
- Discussion threads 2008-12-14
- TiVo control comes to iPhone
- TiVo control comes to iPhoneYawn, MS innovated this long agoBy tapping into the extremely innovative [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow]SideShow[/url] feature of Vista something OS X has no answer for, I can interact with my Vista Media PC through my Windows Mobile phone using BlueTooth. Not only can I control all aspects of the...
- Tags: DVR, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable company, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., digital video recorder, cable, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Watch Out: Digital TV Transition Starts ... Now
- You thought you or your Mom didn’t have to worry about whether your household was prepared for the transition to digital TV broadcasting until February of next year. Wrong. If, for instance, that household is in Austin, Green Bay, Indianapolis and eight other markets where LIN TV...
- Tags: Signal, Cable Company, Digital Television, Broadcaster, LIN TV, Cable, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?
- So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- TW, Cable test bandwidth limits for P2P
- TW, Cable test bandwidth limits for P2PHear that noise?That was the death of the Media Streaming industry before it ever got off the ground.Looks like we'll be buying physical media for a long time to come.As usual, greed trumps progress.I don't like the ideea of paying for extra trafficIf the...
- Tags: Network technology, P2P, cable, cable company, DSL, bandwidth
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- WDM/CWDM/DWDM: Segmentation Primer-Maximizing Capacity for Revenue
- Node segmentation provides a good tool for cable operators to increase targeted ser1ces, such as EOD, Internet data, and telephony. In many cases, cable operators have limited fibers and/or they could reclaim fibers for emerging opportunities such as commercial services. WDMICWDMIDWDM techniques offer better utilization of the existing fiber resources....
- Tags: Revenue, Cable Company, Fiber, Node Segmentation, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2008-06-01
- US cable companies added 1.19 mln new broadband subscribers in Q1 2008
- Largest cable companies in the US added 1.19 mln broadband subscribers in Q1 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Phone companies added 1.01 mln DSL customers in Q1 2008. Since Q3 2004, phone companies had been adding subscribers faster than cable, closing in on cable’s lead in total subscribers. But...
- Tags: Phone, Telephone Company, Cable Company, Broadband, Cable, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, AM
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Cable operators see no writers strike impact, yet
- Cable operators see no writers strike impact, yetYou know what I find so ironic...is that the original concept and delivery of pay tv was to allow the consumer the choice to pay for his program viewing pleasure without the annoyance of ads. Guess people have forgetten WHY we had...
- Tags: Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, cable, cable company
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Cable companies and competition
- The FCC announced yesterday that they would ban exclusive agreements with apartment complexes that enabled cable companies to lock-out competition through long-term contracts that prevent residents from using alternatives. I do know that this often meant such complexes banned installation of satellite dishes anywhere on the property, which was the...
- Tags: Cable Company, Regulation, Government, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Cable, Enterprise Software, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
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