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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
Verizon Hoping for Xbox 'Halo' Effect
On Dec. 6 (next Tuesday), Microsoft plans to release what it touts as a major update for Xbox 360, including a newly designed user interface that lets users control the TV by speaking commands or using gestures with the Kinect attachment — along with “the first group of new entertainment custom applications.” The company isn
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
Cable Remembers Mac And Hayes
Several cable networks this week will air special programming in remembrance of actor/comedian Bernie Mac and music legend Issac Hayes, both of whom died suddenly this past weekend. Last night CNN’s Larry King Live remembered Mac, who died Saturday at the age of 50 from complications due
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Super Bowl 100 Million
Drew Brees set the all-time, single-season completion percentage in leading the NFL’s highest scoring team…Peyton Manning is the master of the point and click offense, and the Colts have weapons with all of their receivers. With torn ankle ligaments, the Big Game’s best pass
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
CNN, Your Daytime Anchors Need to Bone Up on Voter Fraud Issues
Yesterday, I was watching daytime CNN. What I discovered was: anchors who are remarkably ill-informed. I’m not naming names but here are my tweets from @marymcnamara. I was live tweeting as I spent the day assessing day time cable news.
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
Green Windows v. Clear Signals
The apparent impasse between energy-efficient windows and the signals of the “Clear” mobile broadband service seemed cause to look into the basics of radio propagation, and the differing spectral approaches to mobile broadband. Refresher: Some subscribers to Clearwire’s
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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