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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Three Decades of Telecom 'Progress'?
Thirty years ago this week — in the midst of that year’s Consumer Electronics Show — the U.S. District Court broke up the old Bell System in an antitrust ruling that has triggered overwhelming and ongoing repercussions throughout American society. In recent decades, through the
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Usage-Based Internet Billing: It's All About the Benjamins
Orlando -- Cable and telco broadband providers have spun their moves to cap monthly data usage -- and impose surcharges -- as smoothing out demand and ensuring there’s enough capacity for all subscribers. While that’s true to some extent, usage-based billing is mainly about extracting more money, according to Kenneth Roulier, chief
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Have a Ball, Wherever You Are
DISH Network has found some unique counterprogramming for those who want to keep their eye on another ball Sunday (July 12).At about the same time Spain and the Netherlands are battling it out for soccer supremacy in the World Cup final over on ABC, DISH will be offering a view of a darkening world
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
Cal vs. Colorado: The Importance of Sports TV
A couple of decades ago when I worked for ABC Sports, I remember frequently visiting stadiums, arenas and press boxes as part of my production jobs. It was pretty heady stuff, being 20-years-old and gaining easy access to what seemed a pretty glamorous and focal area in any forum, i.e., where the
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Baghdad Business
David Isaac has a challenging business to help establish — but nowhere near as daunting as a previous stint helping restore Iraqi Media Network TV and radio broadcasts in post-invasion Iraq in 2003. Back then, the one-mile journey out of the fortified “Green Zone” in Baghdad to
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
Mixed Progress For Multicultural-Themed Series
Last November I wrote a blog touting BET’s comedy series Reed Between The Lines as one of several cable shows expected to usher in a new era of scripted series with predominantly multicultural casts. While the Malcolm Jamal-Warner/Tracee Ellis Ross series debuted on BET last night (Oct
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Ebersol Exit: Games Changer
Jacques Rogge can’t be joyous. The president of the International Olympics Committee will entertain U.S. rights bidders for the 2014 and 2016 Games in Lausanne, Switzerland on June 6-7. But the Comcast/NBC Universal contingent will not include the American Olympics champion, Dick Ebersol.
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Al Pacino Dazzles in HBO's "You Don't Know Jack"
HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack - an account of assisted suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian and some of the 130 suicides that happened in his care over the course of ten years - is a riveting two hours of television. The film is one of the must see television events of 2010. You Don
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
A New Path to Moving Faster: Comcast’s ‘RDK’
On the scale of winces, the query that redlines to instant grimace for cable engineers is this: Why does it take so long to get new TV services to market? Lots of reasons, but this week’s translation will hone in on the silicon part of the equation. Right now, after an MSO asks for new
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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