Images from The Cable Show 2013, held June 10-12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. (Photos by John Staley)
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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Video Regulation “Certainty,” IP Transition, Net Neutrality Top Lobbyists’ FCC Wish List
Beyond the wishful thinking title “If I Were the FCC Chairman…,” Tuesday’s Free State Foundation seminar provided a prescient checklist of what major telecom organizations are expecting Tom Wheeler, the nominee for that job, to put atop his To Do list.
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Cable Show 2012: TiVo Omits Full Slingbox-ing from 'TiVo Stream'
Boston — It’s not a Slingbox, but TiVo is promising to let its MSO partners deliver live TV and DVR recordings to tablets, smartphones and PCs throughout the home — and “sideload” certain content to take it to go — with the new TiVo Stream device (see TiVo Streams TV To Tablets, Debuts IP Set-Top). The
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
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Digeo Will Need Moxi at Retail
When the Moxi Media Center guide would get shown during panel sessions at cable shows a few years ago, it really stood out for me. The graphical way Moxi Menu toggled among scheduled shows and recorded content, what’s on-demand and what’s in high-definition, was a sharp contrast 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
Disney Stands By Lovato
In 2008, the Disney Channel touted young actress Demi Lovato as its “next big thing” during its upfront presentation to advertisers. Today, the network says the next big thing for Lovato is to get better. The network yesterday released a statement supporting the 18-year Lovato’
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Pats' Pummeling of Jets Negates MNF Nielsens
If this had been opera, the fat guy in the zipped sweater vest and the long white sleeves surely would have sung. The big game on ESPN’s Monday Night Football slate, the much-hyped battle between a pair of teams battling for AFC East supremacy, the New England Patriots and the New York Jets
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Put A Fork In The Peacock, It's Done!
The NBC Universal mess inspires poetry: POPE AND WEINBERG ARE GONE. BUT THE JEFF & BEN SHOW GOES ON? FOR THIS WRECK OF A TRAIN, I SHOUT THIS REFRAIN: “PUT A FORK IN THE PEACOCK, IT’S DONE!” Comment by Poetknowit — December 7, 2008 @ 10:36 pm (Found in the comment
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
Adaptive Streaming and Mother's Day
Last week, I posted a Facebook solicitation for glaze-over tech terms worthy of translation. One slice of jargon came in repeatedly: adaptive streaming. So, Ron, Dawn, Ed, Jeff and John, this is for you. And everyone else who keeps bumping into the term. Let’s start with the basics: Adaptive
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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