Cable Show 2012, May 21 – 23 - Boston
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Cable Show 2012: Univision to Create Digital Platform to Cover Upcoming ElectionsThomas Umstead, May 22, 2012Univision this September will launch a digital component to its upcoming Hispanic-themed, English language news and lifestyles network, according to Univision president Cesar Conde. More
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Cable Show 2012: One World Sports Inks Renewals with Three Asian Soccer CircuitsMike Reynolds, May 22, 2012One World Sports has scored three-year extensions with a trio of top Asian soccer circuits for multiplatform rights in North America. More
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Cable Show 2012: Balancing Political Facts, Opinion a Delicate Balance in Cable NewsAndrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable), May 22, 2012While the 24/7 cable news cycle has changed the media environment political candidates operate in, panelists in Tuesday's general session at Cable Show 2012 disagreed on whether that change has been for the better. More
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Cable Show 2012: Motorola Envisions 'Whole-World DVR'By Todd Spangler, May 22, 2012Motorola Mobility is assembling a solution that would let operators offer "DVR everywhere" services -- to deliver recorded shows to TVs, tablets, PCs and other devices inside or outside the home -- while preserving content rights and enabling new forms of ad insertion. More
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Cable Show 2012: Smit: Industry is Ready for CompetitionMike Farrell, May 22, 2012Comcast Cable CEO Neil Smit said that despite rapid changes in technology and the overall business, the industry is poised to meet any competitive threat head on. More
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Cable Show 2012: NBC To Offer Unprecedented 2012 Olympics CoverageThomas Umstead, May 22, 2012NBC Sports will provide an unprecedented 5,535 hours of 2012 London Olympics coverage -- including live coverage of every event and every sport -- via its broadcast and cable linear channels, online and mobile , according to Gary Zenkel, president of NBC Olympics and executive vice president of Strategic partnerships for NBC Sports Group. More
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Cable Show 2012: ESPN 3D to Serve Up Five Days of Live Wimbledon CoverageMike Reynolds, May 22, 2012ESPN 3D is serving up expanded coverage from Wimbledon this year. More
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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: Multicultural Viewers Have Appeal - And ChoicesKent Gibbons, May 22, 2012Cable companies have more competition for multi-ethnic viewers than satellite TV firms and telco video providers, especially in the fast-growing Asian-American population. More
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Cable Show 2012: May 22 ScheduleMCN Staff, May 22, 2012A compendium of events, sessions and panels in and around the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center during Day 2 of the 2012 Cable Show. More
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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: Genachowski Praises Cable for Wi-Fi EffortsBy John Eggerton, May 22, 2012Says FCC is looking closely at shared service agreements in retrans negotiations; has no problem with usage-based pricing experimentation More
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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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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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The Cable Show 2012: Panel: Nick's Netflix Ratings Troubles Good For OpsMike Farrell, May 22, 2012Nickelodeon's recent ratings falloff, fueled in part by Netflix viewing of the kids' network, could be the catalyst that pushes programmers away from over-the-top providers, UBS cable analyst John Hodulik said at a panel discussion at The Cable Show said Monday. More
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The Cable Show 2012: Cable Aims To Market to Black ConsumerMike Farrell, May 22, 2012Boston - With its official launch scheduled for next month, new cable network Aspire appears poised to address a much maligned but fast growing advertising segment - the African-American community. 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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Cable Show 2012: HBO Go To Add HBO Latino Contentby R. Thomas Umstead, May 21, 2012HBO will add original content from its Spanish-language network HBO Latino to its HBO GO online streaming service, the pay service announced Monday. More
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