• Kohl Outlines Verizon/SpectrumCo Deal Concerns

  John Eggerton, May 24, 2012
  Senate Antitrust Subcommittee chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) outlined his many concerns about the Verizon purchase of advanced wireless spectrum from cable in a letter to the FCC and Justice Thursday, but stopped short of asking them to block the deal, as he had with the AT&T/T-Mobile merger.  More

• Cable Show 2012: Stanford Team Wins 'App Challenge' With Bandwidth-Priority System

  By Todd Spangler, May 23, 2012
  Boston — Two students from Stanford University took home the $10,000 grand prize in the NCTA's Imagine App Challenge real-time "hack-a-thon" competition here with teams from five colleges, with an app that allows broadband users to set bandwidth priorities for content and applications.  More

• Cable Show 2012: Streamlined Authentication Process Needed for TV Everywhere

  Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable), May 23, 2012
  Boston — TV Everywhere has made significant progress in the last two years, but still faces challenges when it comes to awareness and adoption, according to executives speaking on a panel at Cable Show 2012.  More

• Cable Show 2012: Cycle30 Enables iPhone for GCI

  Mike Reynolds, May 22, 2012
  Boston — Cycle30, the Seattle-headquartered provider of hosted billing services, has enabled order-to-cash billing support for the recent iPhone launch by Alaska's top MSO, General Communication Inc.  More

• Cable Show 2012: Comcast To Unleash Free Phone Calling Over Wi-Fi

  By Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012
  Boston — Looking to give subscribers a new reason to not drop home-phone service, Comcast is enhancing its Xfinity Voice service to allow free calls over Wi-Fi and other wireless data networks using mobile devices or PCs.  More

• Google Completes $12.5 Billion Takeover Of Motorola Mobility

  By Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012
  Google announced that it has completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility and that Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha has stepped down as CEO.  More

• Copps Hammers Verizon-SpectrumCo

  John Eggerton, May 21, 2012
  FCC commissioner and consolidation critic Michael Copps may have left the commission, but he is holding to his pledge by speaking out on the issue on which he passionate at a recent going-away party hosted by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.  More

• Cable Show 2012: Brands Will Survive in 'TV Everywhere' Environment

  Andrea Morabito, May 21, 2012
  Even as programming moves toward a "TV Everywhere" model where users can self-select content to watch at any time on any platform, that doesn't mean traditional TV brands are going away, according to the panelists at a Cable Show 2012 session.  More

• FTC Ponders Mobile, Online Privacy Disclosures

  John Eggerton, May 21, 2012
  Cable operators looking at mobility as a big value added will want to pencil in May 30 on their calendars. That is when the Federal Trade Commission is holding its workshop on what privacy disclosures are required for location-based and other online advertising.  More

• Google Expects To Close Motorola Deal Within Two Days

  By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
  Google expects to close its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility within the next two business days, after the deal was approved late last week by Chinese antitrust regulators.  More

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