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NCTA: Boxee Is Wrong About Basic Cable EncryptionBy Todd Spangler, February 8, 2012National Cable & Telecommunications Association said Internet-video startup Boxee is "simply wrong" in asserting that changing FCC rules to let cable operators encrypt basic cable channels would hurt consumer choice and limit competition. More
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Virgin Media Reels In TiVo Subscribers In Q4By Todd Spangler, February 8, 2012
Providing more fuel for TiVo's turnaround, Virgin Media more than doubled its TiVo customer base in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the U.K.'s largest cable operator packing on 273,000 net TiVo DVR customers in the period.
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Verizon, BT Hook Up On Global TeleconferencingTodd Spangler, February 8, 2012Looking to boost their videoconferencing businesses, Verizon Enterprise Solutions and BT have struck an agreement to let customers hold virtual face-to-face meetings using Cisco Systems' TelePresence solution on each other's networks. More
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AT&T's U-verse iPad App Lacks Live TVBy Todd Spangler, February 7, 2012
AT&T has released an iPad companion app for U-verse TV, but unlike some of its cable competitors the telco isn't letting subscribers watch live TV on the popular tablets.
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Super Bowl XLVI Drove Internet Traffic Down As Much As 20%By Todd Spangler, February 7, 2012With more than 111 million Americans tuning in to Sunday's Super Bowl on TV, overall Internet usage in the U.S. declined as much as 20% on Feb. 5 compared with an average Sunday, even with NBC's debut of the first legal online video feed of the game, according to a study by network-equipment maker Sandvine. More
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Social TV Startup Flingo Banks $7M In VC FundingBy Todd Spangler, February 7, 2012Flingo, a social-TV and automatic content recognition startup whose clients include A&E Television Networks, raised $7 million in series A funding from August Capital. More
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CableLabs: VOD Advertising Technically Ready To RollBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012CableLabs says systems for dynamically inserting ads into video-on-demand content are ready for primetime, although business agreements between programmers and cable operators are still needed to turn VOD advertising into a big-time business. More
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Zee TV to Launch HD Service By Quarter's EndMike Reynolds, February 6, 2012Asia TV USA Ltd.will begin offering a high-definition simulcast of its Zee TV service by the end of the first quarter. More
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Verizon, Coinstar Tag Team On Netflix RivalBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012In what could become a serious new competitor to Netflix, Verizon Communications and Coinstar announced the formation of a joint venture that will combine Redbox's new release DVD rentals with a new video-on-demand streaming and download service from the telco. More
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Google Ready To Start Stringing KC FiberBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Google said it has completed drawing up buildout plans for its fiber-to-the-home network in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., and that initial fiber construction is ready to roll. More
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Time Warner Inc. Leads $15M Round In Net-Video Startup ConvivaBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Conviva has closed a $15 million round of funding led by Time Warner Inc., whose HBO and Turner Broadcasting System divisions use the startup's online-video optimization technology for their "TV Everywhere" services. More
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Synacor Preps Public Outing
By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Synacor, a provider of TV Everywhere services and Web-portal software to cable and telecom operators, expects to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering — which would be one of the first IPOs in the video-technology space in recent memory. More
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FCC Takes Next Step Toward USF Migration By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012The Federal Communications Commission has taken another step toward shifting phone subsidies to fund broadband service. More
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Kanouff Leaves SeaChange By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012In the latest management shakeup at SeaChange International, the company announced the departure of its president, Yvette Kanouff , and said it eliminated her position as part of its ongoing plan to cut costs. More
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Comcast: More Bits for the Needy By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Can Comcast and other cable operators do well by doing good? More
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Cox To Cut 100 Jobs After Wireless Unit Shutdown: ReportBy Todd Spangler, February 3, 2012Cox Communications will lay off more than 100 employees when the cable operator winds down its wireless operations next month, according to a report Friday by Atlanta Business Chronicle. More
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Motorola Mobility Says Refurbished Xoom Tablets May Not Have Been Data-WipedBy Todd Spangler, February 3, 2012
In a gaffe that could have exposed its customers' private info, Motorola Mobility announced Friday that about 100 out of a batch of 6,200 refurbished Xoom Wi-Fi tablets may not have been completely cleared of the original owner's data prior to resale.
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American Support Names Rycenga CIOMCN Staff, February 3, 2012American Support, a billing and customer-support services firm, has hired Chad Rycenga, formerly director of information technology for Charter Communications' commercial-services division, as chief information officer. More
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Blonder Tongue Buys R.L. DrakeBy Todd Spangler, February 2, 2012In a move that consolidates two small, longtime vendors of cable TV equipment, Blonder Tongue Laboratories announced that it has completed the acquisition of R.L. Drake in a deal worth up to $8 million subject to certain to adjustments. More
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Comcast's Coblitz Puts Energy Into SCTE Power-Management ForumBy Todd Spangler, February 2, 2012Mark Coblitz, Comcast's senior vice president of strategic planning, will deliver the keynote address for Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers' Smart Energy Management Initiative (SEMI) Forum 2012 on March 15 in Philadelphia. More
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