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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Accelerating Use of ‘Net-connected TV Sets Trumps 3D TV Optimism
Two enthusiastic NPD Group studies published Wednesday offer upbeat – but somewhat contradictory – outlooks about what and how audiences want to watch home television. The diverse scenarios raise significant questions about bandwidth availability and over-the-top competition, both
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Comcast (and Others) Urged Arris to Buy Moto Home
Comcast wanted to be sure Motorola Mobility’s Home unit stayed in the cable family. The MSO met with Arris to offer its support for a Moto Home bid, before the equipment vendor formally made its $2.35 billion offer to Google, according to Arris chairman and CEO Bob Stanzione, speaking Tuesday at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference.
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Names
I was proud to be a journalist covering television Sunday. The TV and radio coverage of the 9/11 memorial services In New York and Washington and Shanksville, Pa., was as diverse and moving as the names being read at Ground Zero, an honor roll but also families talking directly to their loved ones
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Guest Blogger
Making A Statement, Making A Difference
By DAVID PORTER “Make a Statement. Make a Difference” is not only the theme of this year’s Walter Kaitz Foundation’s Annual Fund-Raising Dinner, but is also a call for the cable industry to collectively move forward and engender change. Change requires hard work, and we
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Satellite 2012: OTT-Broadband TV Is Here, What's Next?
My 20th Satellite Name-The-Year event just came and went in Washington, DC, March 14-16. And thus far, 2012 is already clearly a year of yearning for the world’s satellite providers. They yearn for the good old times of the past, but, more importantly, they yearn for a clearer future. That
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
WICT Starts Week Strong
Some 700 people were at lunch today at WICT’s Leadership Conference, a potent start to the return of Cable Diversity Week in New York. “Thank you for coming out en masse,” Women in Cable Telecommunications CEO Maria Brennan said at the New York Hilton noontime event, before
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 Leads Charge To Increase Black Ad Dollars
It’s not surprising that BET and the cable industry are leading the unprecedented, African-American-targeted advertising and marketing consortium announced earlier this week. The consortium will combine the resources of 25 African-American based media companies to deliver a message to
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Saturday Night's Alright for Tebow?
The followers of the phenomenon that is Tim Tebow will be put to the test on Saturday night in Foxborough. And I’m not talking about the God-loving, mechanics-challenged QB leading the Denver Broncos to an upset over Bill Belichick and Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in the primetime
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
HBO’s Entourage, The Final Season. Sniff!
The plight of guest star Andrew Dice Clay (playing himself) sums up the eighth and final season of HBO’s Entourage (at least through episode three of eight total) – from filling Madison Square Garden to “doing standup in a f*cking bowling alley.” The climb back up from
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
All Eyes on You, Massillon Cable!
ORLANDO -- Finally! Someone is going to see what it takes to widen cable’s upstream path. At last week’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo here, attendees burrowed into an opening session featuring engineers from mid-sized operators. Massillon Cable general manager and technical operations manager
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
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