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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
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NCTA’s Agenda Branches Out As Year Ends
NCTA is having a busy month, including a major White House initiative and expectations that the Congressional lame duck session will include action on a major bill with a potential $2 billion impact on the industry. It calls the current legislation “the single most important piece of
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Cisco Still Really Loves (Most) Set-Tops
Cisco Systems went into damage-control mode after CEO John Chambers told Wall Street last week that it’s decided to give up on low-end set-top box deals (see Cisco Is 'Walking Away' From Low-Margin Set-Top Deals: Chambers).
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
It's Two, Two, Two DeMints In One
As far as broadcaster interests were concerned, Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was playing both the good cop and bad cop at a Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday on the migration of video online. DeMint alone among the senators in attendance pressed Aereo TV investor and acolyte Barry Diller about his
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Guest Blogger
Ergen's Next Competitive Empire
By Gary Arlen EchoStar would like the cable industry to focus on its new “Aria” service, a content/technology package for small/medium operators that will debut at the Cable Show. But most of the components in Aria are also the building blocks for a competitive consumer service that
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Memo to NBC Olympics: Invoice the Republicans
NBCUniversal and its new majority owner, Comcast, paid an awful lot of money to the International Olympic Committee for the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the XXX Summer Olympic Games from London, which wrapped up Aug. 12. Indeed, the combined rights-fee figure for London and the 2014 Winter
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
A Diva Fixing America Targets TV
Lynn Tilton has been good to small-town America, buying and rebuilding failed manufacturing businesses and preserving jobs. The question now is: Will she make good reality TV? Tilton is CEO of Patriarch Partners, which buys distressed companies (150 plus in the last decade), gets them back on their
On The Money
On The Money
By: Mike Farell
Help From an Unsung Source
Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out the best in people, or just to open their eyes to the kindness and compassion that is already there. In the past few days, newspapers and TV newscasts in New York and New Jersey have been full of stories of local residents helping people in areas that
Picture This
Picture This
By: R Thomas Umstead
Pacquiao KO Major Blow For PPV Boxing
It’s way too early to determine how many pay-per-view buys Saturday night’s Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight generated, but it’s not to early to speculate on the damaging effect the bout's outcome will have on the PPV boxing category's immediate future.
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Phelps: Games Changer
In Beijing, it was the Phelps Phenomenon. In London, it’s merely the Phelps Phactor. Four years ago, Michael Phelps captivated the world, winning eight gold medals in China. The Baltimore Bullet’s amazing performance was an integral part of what NBCU research president Alan Wurtzel
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Candid NBC Chair Greenblatt Assesses Fall Season, Praises Comcast
Reporting from Pasadena CA: This morning at the NBC Network executive session at Television Critics Association press tour, NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt first thanked the press for their “tepid applause.” But when the laughter died down, he offered an
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
DOCSIS 3.1 in '13
By now, hopefully, you’ve heard that there’s a new chapter coming in cable modems. It’s the latest iteration in the specification known by technologists as “DOCSIS 3.1” for “Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification.” DOCSIS 3.1 is a doozy —
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Police Force
The Internet needs a good beat cop. And most good beat cops rarely pull their weapon. This month, in a major ruling affecting who governs the Internet, the U.S. Court of Appeals said that the FCC lacked authority to stop Comcast from blocking traffic to a customer. In doing so, the court took away
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Cablevision Keeps Netflix Pole Position
Cablevision Systems remained the top-ranked “large...
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