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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
About Those Faulty Broadband Meters: None of Them Are Used to Track Usage Limits
A story on GigaOm today suggested that there is a serious problem with the usage meters that certain Internet service providers are using to track the amount of bits their customers are using. According to the story, NetForecast -- a Charlottesville, Va.-based company that certain ISPs use to audit their usage-monitoring processes -- found that
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
A Spectrum Deal DOJ Is Fine With
The Justice Department may have filed suit against the transfer of spectrum from T-Mobile to AT&T on competition grounds, but it apparently has no problem with the transfer of spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile as part of the break-up fee over that deal, which Justice helped squelch.The Federal
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Guest Blogger
Determining the Value of Multicultural Cable TV Customers Today
I have played a role in the “multicultural cable TV marketplace” for more than two decades. From my perspective, in some years, the industry’s focus on multicultural markets has received more emphasis than in other years. This year, the focus on servicing multicultural
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Peter Jennings' First Olympics: Lessons Learned In Munich
The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, was a landmark Olympics for many people in the world of television. Because when the angst, pressure, and the stress of “getting the job done right,” reached never-before-known levels of professionalism, there were those in the
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Packer Pride On Display
Time Warner Cable’s Wisconsin operations have close ties with the local National Football League franchise, the Green Bay Packers. Wide receiver Donald Driver has done ads for the system, and defensive back Charles Woodson has participated in local events, reading to kids, according to local
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
Bigfoot, Tattoos & The Apocalypse
Recently cable networks have explored unique topics that at first glance may seem strange or unorthodox, but nevertheless have found a loyal and passionate audience. For decades, traditional media has poked fun at the legend of Bigfoot (e.g., the Sasquatch-themed Slim Jim commercials). But
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
History on the Line at Wimbledon Final
The ghost of Bunny Austin can finally rest easy. Austin was the last Brit to reach the finals of Wimbledon (and a Grand Slam tourney, for that matter) back in 1938, until Scotsman Andy Murray crossed that line at the All England Club on Friday with a four-set win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: The Hilariously Depraved 7th Season
Last August, at Television Critics Association press tour, as we all filed in for FX Network’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia presentation, we found an odd bit of swag waiting at our seats. A bucket of…something. A BIG bucket of something. Big, chunky,
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
A Deeper Dive On 'Curation’
In last week’s mail was a note from reader Ed, who wanted to go deeper on the matter of the overworked term "curation." “It’s understandable that writers sometimes have cause to view ‘curation’ as code for ‘plagiarism,’ ” but there
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
Did Netflix Pass HBO in the U.S.?
Netflix shares were still up about 18 percent in after-...
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