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The Cable Show 2012: Verizon, Comcast Unveil 'viewdini'Mike Farrell, May 22, 2012
Verizon Wireless and Comcast used Cable Show 2012 general session Tuesday to pull a new product rabbit out of their collective hats, a new mobile search portal dubbed "viewdini."
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Cable Show 2012: Comcast To Unleash Free Phone Calling Over Wi-FiBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012
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.
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Cable Show 2012: Azuki Partners With ArrisGeorge Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable), May 22, 2012Azuki Systems and the Arris Group have announced that they are collaborating on a pre-integrated video solution that they believe will speed up and reduce the costs of deploying multiscreen video services to multichannel subscribers. More
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Google Completes $12.5 Billion Takeover Of Motorola MobilityBy 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.
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Cable Show 2012: Cable Architects Map Out Ways To Extend HFC's LifespanBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012Cable's hybrid fiber-coax networks could become even more efficient by moving network processing out of the headend into the "cloud" while also pushing RF transmission out to network nodes, speakers said on a panel here Tuesday. More
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Cable Show 2012: Intel 1-Gig DOCSIS Gateway Designs Use MaxLinear TunersBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012Intel is using MaxLinear's full-spectrum 16- and 24-channel cable tuners in DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway reference designs based on the Intel Puma 6, which can deliver nearly 1 Gigabit per second of downstream bandwidth. More
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Cable Show 2012: FourthWall Licenses Microsoft Set-Top DataBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012FourthWall Media is licensing set-top box data and a report-processing system from Microsoft Advertising, and FourthWall will assume daily operations of Microsoft Advertising's set-top collection and analytics framework as part of its AdAim Network. More
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Cable Show 2012: Adobe Adds Live TV To 'Primetime' Multiscreen SuiteBy Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012Adobe Systems is enhancing its platform for delivering ad-supported TV content across connected devices with "Primetime Simulcast," which will let media companies simultaneously broadcast their channels online and dynamically insert different ads. More
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Avail-TVN Raises $100 Million, Acquires SeaChange's On Demand GroupBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Avail-TVN announced that The Carlyle Group will lead $100 million of new funding, enabling the media-services firm to acquire U.K.-based On Demand Group from SeaChange International for $27 million. More
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Cable Show 2012: Motorola's Moloney: 'We'll Still Be Here Tomorrow'By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Motorola Mobility president Dan Moloney briefly addressed Google's $12.5 billion takeover of his company -- which is set to close in the next two days -- saying that it will be business as usual for the foreseeable future. More
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Cable Show 2012: Comcast To Take X1 Guide To Some Existing Set-Tops, TooBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
Comcast will eventually bring the X1 "cloud-based" personalized interactive program guide to nearly 8 million existing set-top boxes -- as well as other platforms, including IP set-tops, chief technology officer Tony Werner said.
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Cable Show 2012: Nagra Gateway Serves Live TV To Tablets, PCsBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Nagra is introducing a broadcast-to-IP gateway that will deliver live TV within the home to IP-enabled devices, such as tablets, smartphones and PCs. More
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Cable Show 2012: CableNET Touches Tablets, Gateways and Power SavingsTodd Spangler, May 21, 2012CableLabs has brought its CableNET technology showcase to the 2012 Cable Show for the 20th time, providing a broad smorgasbord of demos highlighting the industry's latest innovations. More
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Cable Show 2012: ‘Imagine Park' Aims to Plant New IdeasTodd Spangler, May 21, 2012Give me some peanuts and cable apps! The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is bringing back The Park to this year's Cable Show - promising that the exhibit area showcasing new products and new ideas will be even bigger and more buzz-worthy in its second year. More
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Cable Show 2012: Comcast Ready To Roll Out X1 Web-Enabled TV ServiceBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
Comcast said it will launch its next-generation TV service, Xfinity TV on the X1 Platform, along with a new remote-control app starting in Boston and followed by other major markets in the coming weeks.
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Cable Show 2012: Rovi Weaving Siri-Like Voice Controls Into TV GuideBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
Rovi is teaming up with Nuance Communication to let cable TV subscribers tell their TV what they want to watch, using the same underlying technology that powers the iPhone 4S's Siri app.
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Cable Show 2012: Entropic Powers Comcast's HD Skype ServiceBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
Entropic Communications is touting that it supplied the system-on-a-chip used in Technicolor's adapter for Comcast's Skye on Xfinity high-definition TV videoconferencing service, and also that it is integrating its silicon and software with Comcast Reference Design Kit for IP-based gateway devices.
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Google Expects To Close Motorola Deal Within Two DaysBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Google 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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MSOs Get Hot with WiFi Sharing InitiativeMike Reynolds, May 21, 2012
Five major cable operators are teaming to provide each other's high-speed data customers reciprocal access to metro WiFi networks, totaling over 50,000 hotspots.
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Cable Show 2012: TiVo Streams TV To Tablets, Debuts IP Set-TopBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
TiVo is promising to let cable operators deliver Slingbox-like features to their subscribers, with the introduction of a streaming device that extends live TV and DVR content to tablets and smartphones both in -- and outside -- the home.
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