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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Theater Owners Pressure Comcast To Abandon $60 Premium VOD Test

Comcast customers in Portland, Ore. and Atlanta may not get the opportunity to spend $59.99 to watch Tower Heist in late November. Regal Theaters has joined the Cinemark movie chain, threatening not to exhibit the Ben Stiller-Eddie Murphy action comedy if Universal Pictures (now a subsidiary of

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

Cisco's De Beer: Set-Tops Will Die in a Decade

San Jose, Calif. -- Marthin De Beer is the top video-technology exec at Cisco Systems, one of the world's largest suppliers of set-top boxes. And he realizes the days of the standalone set-top are numbered. De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Video & Collaboration Group, predicts that Internet TVs and other consumer IP

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

The 'Promise' Of Broadband

Today’s (June 7) hearing on USF reform in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs was one of the more compelling hearings on a seemingly arcane subject that I have witnessed. Tribal leaders and smaller telecom companies are worried that the FCC’s migration of legacy support from some

MCN Guest Blog

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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

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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

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Home Stretch For Cable Positive Dinner

Can it really almost be time for the Cable Positive dinner? Yes. The HIV-AIDS information organization, producer of public service announcements and funder of local assistance outfits through six local chapters, will on March 4 host its biggest single fundraiser, a benefit event at the Marriott

On The Money

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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

Comic-Con Not Just For Geeks Anymore

Around one dozen cable networks will conduct panel sessions, talent signings and press conferences at this week’s three-day Comic-Con International confab to showcase their originals to the more than 130,000 expected at the San Diego Convention Center. Once strictly for comic-book

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Turner's Tournament Tallies

A good team is better than the sum of its parts, or so they say. It looks like the same thing applies to the audience aggregation that Turner Sports and CBS are using with the 2011 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. Through the first three rounds completed on March 20, CBS, TNT,

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

'Deadliest Catch' Captain Phil Harris Dies

Captain Phil Harris, the iconic, hard livin’ captain of the Cornelia Marie - one of the Alaskan fishing vessels featured in Discovery’s Emmy-winning Deadliest Catch - has passed away at age 53. The family’s announcement was followed immediately by a statement from Discovery

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

2012 International CES Musings, Part Two

Things were just starting to sizzle at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show when last week’s edition went to press, so here’s a part two on overall observations.When one returns from CES - any CES - the first thing people ask is: “What was the coolest thing you saw

Viewpoint

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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

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The Bauminator

By: Jeff Baumgartner

So, What Else is New with Canoe?

While Canoe’s announced news today is that it is...