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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
New Cisco Universal Broadband Router Cable Modem Termination System Helps Dansk Kabel TV and A+ Improve Operational Efficiencies and Launch Services Rapidly: Dansk Kabel TV is a national cable provider in Denmark. The company is an independent subsidiary of TDC Kabel TV within the TDC Group. Cisco introduced a new version of its Universal Broadband Router uBR Cable Modem Termination System CMTS designed to give cable operators a service-enabling CMTS solution that...; Tags: Cable Company, Broadband, Cisco Systems Inc., Dansk Kabel TV, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking; Case studies 2007-09-06
The false choice of a la carte TV: The false choice of a la carte TVGovernment Regulation Called For; It has and will always be soRather than "Absurd for the government to be puttering around in America's television sets" the author of this article needs to consider the fact that TV has always been regulated and things really...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, goverment, cable, TV, Web 2.0, cable company; Discussion threads 2007-08-20

TiVo HD: When the TiVo Series3 finally arrived in September 2006, it was the first cable-compatible TiVo to record high-def programming. But that long-awaited Holy Grail of TiVos came with a prohibitive $800 price tag that, in a world where cable companies provide serviceable HD DVRs for just a few extra dollars...; Tags: DVR, Network technology, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable, TiVo Series3, cable company; Product reviews 2007-07-24
Telcos, cables battle over statewide video franchising: Cable and phone companies who've been duking it out in the marketplace are now taking their battle to state legislators, reports Stateline.orgAt stake is access to the lucrative television market, and companies such as AT&T and Verizon want to circumvent the current local approval process in favor of statewide...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Telecom; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Unless Vonage pursues bundled services, any Verizon settlement won't matter: Unless Vonage pursues bundled services, any Verizon settlement won't matterHow do you figure exactly?I currently pay 56.09 a month for my basic cable and internet service via the cable company. On top of that, I pay 15.00 a month for Vonage, giving me a grand total bill around (I...; Tags: Cable, Telephony, Network technology, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Communications Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., cable company; Discussion threads 2007-05-12
WSJ: Google selling, tailoring cable TV ads: Google is working with a small broadband provider in Concord, Calif. to tailor cable television ads to specific audiences. In other words, Google is trying to do the same targeting in cable television that it does with keywords. ...; Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Wall Street Journal, cable television, Google Inc., cable, advertisement, TV, cable company; Blog posts 2007-03-10
Amazon's Unbox marriage to TiVo: Right architecture. Wrong execution?: When I first heard about the planned nuptials between Amazons Unbox service and TiVo boxes, I remember thinking about how this is a real glimpse of the future as well as a source of Steve Jobs paranoia. Through Amazon Unbox, you can buy or rent downloadable TV shows and movies....; Tags: TV & Home Theater, Amazon Unbox, cable, on-demand, TiVo Inc., NetFlix Inc., cable company, Amazon.com Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-09
FCC vote could speed up telco TV: FCC vote could speed up telco TVOpen AccessTelco's should be allowed fast approval process for offering television service, under one condition. They open their network for other competitors in the Internet access arena. By linking the two issues, it would open the marketplace for all players. This will also prevent...; Tags: Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, FCC, cable, cable company, TV; Discussion threads 2006-12-20
Best articulation of the struggle between Cable TV and Internet video: Motorola is one of the heavy hitters in the set top box market. Not only do they make the cable tuners that a lot of cable companies install at their customers premises, they also make TiVo-comparable digital video recorders DVRs. By the way, if you ask me, leasing a DVR...; Tags: Motorola Inc., cable, Hollywood On Demand, Personal Technology, Entertainment, General; Blog posts 2006-12-01
FTC chief critiques Net neutrality: FTC chief critiques Net neutralityWellIt looks like the fat broadband providers have bought themselves another polititian. They fed that "market pressure" lie to us here in Maryland when they de-regulated the electric market. Want to know what it got us? A 72% hike in electric rates. Thanks but no thanks....; Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Net Neutrality, cable, telecommunications company, cable company, FTC; Discussion threads 2006-08-22
Cable bundle pricing dings AT&T broadband growth: Cable bundle pricing dings AT&T broadband growthConfirmation...... that package pricing of a complete set of services is key to competition between cable companies and telcos.The telcos have to roll out television, which cable obviously has already.Another name for streaming video is "television". Which is why the telcos are insistent...; Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, cable, telecommunications company, TV, cable company, AT&T Broadband, pricing strategy; Discussion threads 2006-07-25
Verizon sues Maryland county over cable license: Verizon sues Maryland county over cable licenseI don't see why this is such a big deal...Verizon should have to abide by the same rules and laws that the cable companies do. If the local government is trying to force Verizon to do more than the cable company is required,...; Tags: Network technology, Cable rate, Limited, cable, cable company, RCN Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-30
IPTV promise meets reality: IPTV promise meets reality... and alice went down the hole right after...Who are we kidding? Folks this is the PHONE COMPANY. Any concept of worth, goodness, fairness, or value is against the rules and if they could buy enough of congress even thinking those thoughts will be illegal.When the phone...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, phone, cable, IP television, cable company, telephone company; Discussion threads 2006-06-08
Meg Whitman in your inbox: Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, has personally reached out to over a million eBay members inviting them to “Please join me by clicking here right now to send a message to your representatives in Congress before it is too late.”CNET reports “This is the first time that eBay has used...; Tags: eBay Inc., Meg Whitman; Blog posts 2006-06-02
An anti-telco blind spot: I just posted something I wrote last night, but upon reading today's headlines on ZDNet, I just HAD to respond to what is, to my mind, incomprehensible blindness on the part of net neutrality advocates who seem intent on chopping off their nose to spite their face. Protesters gathered in...; Tags: phone company, telephone, video; Blog posts 2006-05-25
Hardware firms oppose Net neutrality laws: Hardware firms oppose Net neutrality lawsFree The InternetWe do NOT want to see the internet going the way of what happened with cable. Today, though there are hundreds or thousands of cable channels available in U.S. and many more available from around the world, the people who subscribe to...; Tags: Network technology, hardware, Net Neutrality, cable, cable company; Discussion threads 2006-05-18
Don't look to GOOG, YHOO and MSFT to keep Internet open and neutral: The debate over Internet neutrality assumes that Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and the other big Internet services companies support laws that would mandate equal access to our common technology. Yet I would argue that those companies have lots to lose from an open Internet.The most obvious strategy is for GOOG et...; Tags: Goog, telecommunications company; Blog posts 2006-05-03