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- Klausner Technologies: The new NTP?
- Klausner Technologies, a company founded by Judah Klausner who invented the PDA, is suing Apple, AT&T over iPhone's visual voicemail patents. For good measure Klausner is suing Comcast, Cablevision and eBay's Skype. Sound familiar? It should Klausner almost sounds like NTP, which sued Research...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, PDA, Cablevision Systems Corp., Patent, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., eBay Inc., NTP, Klausner Technologies, PDAs, Intellectual Property, Handhelds, Hardware, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Seriously, what is wrong with Comcast?
- Seriously, what is wrong with Comcast?Right with you but...even the channels that I would want, are to inundated with commercials. Which is why I stopped watching TV completely. ]:) except for netflix!My testwith comcast i ran a speakeasy test and the results came in at 19Mbps....Ya... 19 Megabits per...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cablevision Systems Corp., Comcast Corp., TimeWarner, customer service, cable
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Cablevision could air 500 HD channels by year-end
- Cablevision could air 500 HD channels by year-endHmmmm. Yawn.Based on the lack of response, it seems not many ZDNet readers care. I quit caring about television a few years ago.However, it's nice to know that the television I don't watch will now be available in HD so I...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoff
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoffFIOS vs Cablevision Optimum service on LII recently made the switch to FIOS. Basic 'CABLE' channels are clearer on FIOS than Cablevision; HD is HD. Biggest difference is in the usability of the "boxes". Cablevision's boxes were a lot easier to use to scan what's...
- Tags: Network technology, DSL, Cable, Fiber optics, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, fiber-optics, Cablevision Systems Corp., Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Dolan family offers to buy Cablevision
- Dolan family offers to buy CablevisionEmule/BitTorrent + YouTube + Ripping DishNetwork/DirecTV = Death of Cable!Die CableVision Die! Comcast too! Cox and the rest I could care less if they die too! Phone companies are too expensive to care about them. Pirate DRM-cracker Boxes for the Sat...
- Tags: Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp., Dolan Family
- Discussion threads 2006-10-10
- Cablevision gave backdated options to dead exec
- Cablevision gave backdated options to dead execMicrosoft shuns all mediaMicrosoft allowed the media in to see a 10-minute segment regarding charitable giving but kept a tight lid on access to the rest of the daylong event, which was held at SafeCo. Mary Jo, is not the only reporter banned. Seattle...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Investment, Cablevision Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- CNN, Cartoon Network sue Cablevision
- CNN, Cartoon Network sue CablevisionI'm starting to feel sorry for people NAMED "Sue"."I'll sue you!""No, I'll sue you!"Much like how I felt sorry for the Smurfs...Oh, smurf this.... :DGuess we'll have to sue CNN and Cartoon Networkfor getting in the way of consumers.Ok, this makes no senseIf I own...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Cartoon Network, CNN, hardware, Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- Movie studios: "Sorry folks. The network most definitely is NOT the computer."
- In a court case that's sure to set some legal and technological precedents that run counter to everything that the Internet and software as a service revolutions are about, several television and movie studios have joined forces to sue Cablevision which has been testing a TiVo-like recording service (officially: Networked...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., VoD
- Blog posts 2006-05-25
- Cablevision sued over on-demand plans
- Cablevision sued over on-demand plansAnd cable's On Demand stinks because of itthe licensing of a little dribble of content, when On Demand should be any content any time at the convenience of the consumer. I find Comcast's OnDemand a thinly disquised 'free' opportunity to have higher prices when with...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Cablevision Systems Corp., on-demand, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- How Cablevision's new calling plan Hurts Skype, Vonage
- How Cablevision's new calling plan Hurts Skype, VonageVonage offers 500 minutesfor 15 bucks a month.Trouble for Skype...NahThe demographic missed an important point. The people in those markets are highly mobile. No one is going to build a small business or home communication plan based upon a fixed location....
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Vonage Holdings Corp., SkypeIn, Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- How Cablevision's new calling plan Hurts Skype, Vonage
- Cablevision has announced Optimum Voice World Call, a new VoIP calling plan that will let users make 500 minutes of calls to anywhere in the world for a flat rate of $19.95 a month.If I am Skype or Vonage, I am very worried- not only because of the strategy...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-05-17
- Cablevision's DVR move will force TiVo's hand
- Cablevision's DVR move will force TiVo's handcablevision dvr move will force tivo's handif anybody can screw-up a good idea-- Cablevision can. They will overprice the service AND end up in court for copyright infringement. I hope those moron dolan's get their head handed to them.Not LikelyLet's face it Tivo currently...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Digital media, Digital music, TiVo Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- Cablevision's DVR move will force TiVo's hand
- Long Island, N.Y.-based Cablevision said today that it would launch a 60-day test of its RS-DVR (Remote Storage-Digital Video Recorder) in its home market soon. A full, 2.1 million-subscriber system roll-out is expected later this year.RS-DVR will make it possible for subscribers to record programs directly into their set-top...
- Tags: TiVo Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-27
- 24 mln VOIP subscribers in 2008, Vonage, Time Warner, Cablevision market leaders
- VOIP service revenue in North America will grow 18x between 2004 and 2009, from $1.24 bln to $23.4 bln, according to Infonetics Research. More than $62 bln will be spent on VoIP services over the 5-year forecast period. VoIP subscriber growth is skyrocketing right along with revenue growth: Infonetics is...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2006-01-15
- Cablevision accelerates broadband offering
- Cablevision accelerates broadband offeringCheaper and faster.What's not to like?Don't most modems cap out at 30MB/sec?NTHereSo I guess all cable networks have some fairy dust they sprinkle on their pipe to make it wider for all? I guess that fairy dust also magically increases the load their network can handle. What...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, Comcast Corp., Olympic Games, cablevision, network, Cablevision Systems Corp., broadband
- Discussion threads 2005-11-07
- VOIP subscriber numbers: Vonage - 1 mln, Time Warner - 614K, CableVision - 250K
- VOIP subscriber numbers: Vonage - 1 mln, Time Warner - 614K, CableVision - 250KWould like to see vonage buy skypenot ebay
- Tags: Telephony, subscriber number, Cablevision Systems Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Time Warner Inc., VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-09-08
- VOIP subscriber numbers: Vonage - 1 mln, Time Warner - 614K, CableVision - 250K
- In an article on Vonage reaching 1 mln subscribers, PC Magazine quotes Time Warner having 614K subscribers and CableVision having 250K subscribers. 1.2 mln people pay for SkypeOut.
- Tags: 614K, 250K
- Blog posts 2005-09-08
- Family offers to take Cablevision private
- Family offers to take Cablevision privateCable is self important, not consumer belovedand yes facing satellitte competition because a large number of people in many states feels that their local cable is an unregulated monopoly that continues to increase subscription fees despite local/national growth. I lowered my digital cable package...
- Tags: Network technology, cable, Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-20
- Cablevision: We're not afraid of Verizon's fiber
- Cablevision: We're not afraid of Verizon's fiberCablevision: we still can gauge customers royallywe're not afraid Verizon can cause us to lower prices to realistic levels since Congress won't do anything about it.
- Tags: Network technology, Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., fiber
- Discussion threads 2005-05-07
- Residential VOIP market size: Vonage - 600K, CableVision - 350K
- The New York Times published new numbers on current residential VOIP market. Vonage has 600,000 subscribers and CableVision is at 350,000. AT&T VOIP service lured 53,000 users. Previously in January 2005 Vonage had 400,000 paying customers and CableVision had 270,000.
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-04-27
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