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BBT Takes Over Set-Top Production From R.L. Drake
Todd Spangler, July 26, 2010Beyond Broadband Technology LLC, a consortium of three small cable operators, will form a new company to manufacture MPEG-4 set-top boxes designed by R.L. Drake aimed at helping independent providers move to all-digital video. More -
IBBS Buying SinglePipe
by Kent Gibbons, July 26, 2010Integrated Broadband Services has an agreement to acquire SinglePipe, the voice over IP provider for cable companies. More -
ESPN3 Wins Over Small Ops
By Mike Reynolds, July 26, 2010As small operators gather in Baltimore for the Independent Show this week, ESPN3.com continues to add affiliates from that constituency, whose leadership has been vocal in decrying the broadband service’s pricing structure. More -
Independent Show Heats Up Baltimore
Mike Reynolds, July 25, 2010
Members of the American Cable Association and National Cable Television Cooperative are convening in a steamy Charm City to learn how to better control an industry that is constantly evolving. More
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CIMM Set To Reveal Details As MTV Exec Moves To Forefront
Claire Atkinson (Broadcasting & Cable), October 26, 2009
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement is moving into high gear this week launching a Web site at www.cimm-us.org. The organization is also preparing to officially release its long-awaited request for proposals this week, according to executives familiar with discussions. More
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Independent Show: Singing Local Virtues
Mike Farrell, August 3, 2009Grapevine, Texas — Click Network marketing and business operations manager Mitch Robinson had a message for small cable operators at the Independent Show here last week: When facing down a larger competitor, being local can be focal. More -
Small Ops Tackle Big Issues In Texas
by Mike Farrell, August 1, 2009
Grapevine, Texas — It wasn’t all hoedowns, barbecues and kid-friendly fare as small and medium-sized cable operators from across the country congregated at The Independent Show here. More
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Independent Show: Small Ops-Programmers Air Streaming Concerns
Mike Farrell, July 29, 2009Grapevine, Texas — What at first seemed to be a subdued programming panel at the Independent Show here Wednesday heated up when the topic of online streaming of shows and initiatives like authentication came up, with some doubting the business models around both and others opting to take a wait and see attitude toward the issue. More -
Independent Show: Martin Warns Networks: You're Killing Your Business
Mike Farrell, July 29, 2009
Grapevine, Texas — Media Metrics CEO and co-founder Laura Martin pulled few punches during a panel discussion here at The Independent Show Tuesday, telling network executives bent on providing more and more of their content online for free that they are effectively killing their businesses. More
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Independent Show: Polka Says Small Ops Concerned About Web Site Fees
MCN Staff, July 28, 2009Grapevine, Texas — Taking aim at ESPN, ACA president and CEO Matt Polka said small cable operators have a right to be concerned over content providers that block consumer access to their Web sites until broadband access providers agree to pay wholesale fees. More -
Independent Show: Panelists Say Broadband's Regulatory Honeymoon Over
Mike Farrell, July 27, 2009Grapevine, Texas — Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will most likely focus the agency's efforts in the broadband space for the foreseeable future, according to a panel session at the Independent Show here Monday, and that could spell more onerous regulation for the product in the future. More -
Independent Show: Small Ops Fight Off Sub Declines
Mike Farrell, July 27, 2009
Grapevine, Texas — Small cable operators are beginning to see the recession impact their subscriber bases, but are combating the downturn through innovative pricing packages and a focus on the bundle, a panel of executives said at an industry conference Monday.. More
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Independent Cable Operators Eye Opportunities from Digital Transition
By Linda Moss, August 1, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- Independent cable operators agreed that they need to have a voice and a role in the looming digital-TV transition, but they haven’t reached a consensus yet on exactly what their strategy should be. More -
Small Operators Get Nontraditional at Independent Show
By Linda Moss, August 1, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- Cable operators can generate more revenue by entering into nontraditional businesses, such as home security, and by asking new subscribers for contracts and credit cards, according to the closing panel at The Independent Show here Wednesday. More -
Adelstein: Digital Transition Could Spark ‘Tsunami of Consumer Complaints’
By Linda Moss, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- FCC member Jonathan Adelstein Tuesday called for the creation of a digital-TV-conversion task force to head off a potential tsunami of consumer complaints when analog-TV sets are rendered useless in February 2009. More -
Double Whammy on Digital TV Date
By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- There’s another digital-technology-deployment date that independent cable operators will be paying attention to in the first quarter of 2009. More -
ACA Backs Bill That Could Lead to End of Exclusive Local TV Signals
By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- The American Cable Association is backing legislation that would have the effect of ending the exclusivity of local broadcast television signals in 98 markets across the country. More -
ACA Reaches Digital-Carriage Deal with Public TV Stations
By Linda Moss, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- The American Cable Association and public TV stations reached a tentative agreement for the carriage of the broadcasters’ digital-TV signals. More -
Days Numbered for DSL
By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- The days of DSL appear to be numbered, and that number is not big. More -
Bundling Drives Growth, Helps Operators to Compete on Price
By Linda Moss, July 31, 2007Monterey, Calif. -- Bundling permits cable operators to compete on price without sacrificing revenue, but it shouldn’t be used to force customers to get higher-end services they don’t need, according to a study prepared by Horowitz Associates. More
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