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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Will ATSC’s DTV OTA NRT Plan Matter to Cable?
Look at this communications technology roadmap: Higher data payloads and broadband interactivity. Premium services and personalized content, including targeted advertising. On-demand and other non-real-time (NRT) video services.
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Cable Techs: No Longer Uneducated, Grumpy Slobs!
So reports the New York Times in a curious article today that delivers a back-handed compliment to the cable industry’s front-line installation technicians. “Long depicted as slovenly cranks who dodged growling dogs and tracked mud on the living room carpet, cable guys (and gals) these days often have backgrounds in engineering and
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Wheeler/Clyburn Ticket?
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi has yet to announce his exit date, but the chatter is coalescing around a scenario where Former NCTA President Tom Wheeler is nominated to replace Genachowski and, since the vetting and voting for that pick will likely take a few months, Mignon Clyburn would be named
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Ken Roulier
And the Golden Globe for Best New TV Show Goes to…Amazon!
Whether you hate Game of Thrones, love Mad Men, get irritated by Suits or were annoyed when Arrested Development was cancelled, don’t you sometimes wish that you could be given the chance to decide which TV shows actually get made?
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Apple TV: The Paradigm of Enigmas?
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple, in the form of its AppleTV product, remains the Paradigm of Enigmas. That is to say, sadly, what so many people are still thinking today, years after Apple was first expected to revolutionize the TV space, and that is: “While so many other Apple
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: Thomas Umstead
Big Fight Night For Cable, Web
Showtime is hoping a new, premium interactive online service will give its April 11 mixed martial arts fight a revenue and awareness kick. The pay service Saturday will stream its live Frank Shamrock-Nick Diaz MMA event in cyberspace via its Strikeforce: All Access site. Showtime wants
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Ovechkin, Comcast Checked Into The Boards
The spectacular goaltending by Montreal’s Jaroslav Halak elated those north of the border. The response wasn’t quite the same in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and perhaps Pittsburgh. Led by Halak’s heroics, Les Habitants stormed back against Alex Ovechkin’s
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
The Difference Between ‘Gateways' and ‘Set-Tops'
By now, you’ve probably heard about the FCC’s new “Broadband Plan,” and the onus it places on video providers. Refresher: This time the outcome - whatever it ends up being - will apply to all multichannel video providers, not just cable. By December of 2012. If you lived
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Disconnected
When the 108-year-old hickory tree came crashing through our family room on Monday night, the house shook as if mighty Thor had swung his hammer down on our roof in Stamford, Conn. We were all awake — my wife and the two kids — and, only seconds before, as the wind roared through the
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
So, What Else is New with Canoe?
While Canoe’s announced news today is that it is...
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