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Cox Gets Voice In IP Communications Forum By Todd Spangler - 06/17/2008
Cox Business announced Tuesday that it is the first cable operator to join the SIP Forum, a consortium of IP communications companies. More
DirecTV: HD Is Sunday’s New 'Ticket' By R. Thomas Umstead - 09/06/2008
Satellite service DirecTV is hoping more live high-definition offerings and features, as well as an enhanced broadband experience, will tackle more subscribers for its exclusive “NFL Sunday Ticket” package, which launches Sept. 7, the first full day of the 2008 pro football season.
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ActiveVideo Networks Hires Programming VP By Larry Barrett - 09/04/2008
ActiveVideo Networks, the San Jose, Calif.-based developer of interactive television technology, Thursday named Jason Harvey as its new vice president and general manager of programming strategy and operations.
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Comcast Debuts Fancast Store To Compete In Video Downloads By Todd Spangler - 09/03/2008
Comcast over the Labor Day weekend quietly launched the Fancast Store, an electronic storefront that offers more than 3,000 digital downloads of TV shows and movies for rent or purchase.
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Comcast, Cable Operators Eye Net Management Makeovers By Todd Spangler - 08/31/2008
Virtually all large operators are re-examining their broadband network management practices, according to industry executives, after the Federal Communications Commission formally declared Comcast's practice of tearing down P2P links “unreasonable.”
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Viacom: Veoh Ruling Doesn't Change YouTube's 'Infringement' By Todd Spangler - 08/28/2008
Viacom said that a court ruling dismissing a copyright-infringement case against video-sharing site Veoh Networks did nothing to change the facts in its own case against Google and YouTube.
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Veoh Wins Ruling In Net-Video Copyright Suit By Todd Spangler - 08/28/2008
A federal judge Wednesday threw out a copyright-infringement case filed by a producer of gay porn against Internet video site Veoh Networks, ruling that Veoh is protected under a law limiting liability for Web operators that make good-faith efforts to prevent distribution of pirated material.
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BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News August 27, 2008 ZeeVee: Nifty Idea, But It’s Not EZ
What was zee point, again?
That question popped into my head as I spent more than... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News July 9, 2008 YouTube: Still a $0 Billion Business
Popularity isn't everything.
Lots of people enjoy watching, say, thundersto... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News June 9, 2008 Comcast Mulling a TV Slinger?
Comcast has filed for trademarks on two devices designed to take cable TV programming... More
USA Network's Sandy 'Burn Notice' USA Network transplanted ‘Burn Notice’s’ Miami beach setting to Times Square for a promotional event in support of the second-season premiere of the original series.
Comcast's New Video Wall The 83-by-25-foot, 10-million-pixel high-definition video wall located in the lobby of Comcast's new corporate headquarters has become quite a tourist attraction in downtown Philadelphia.
National Educational Computing Conference Operators, programmers, Cable in the Classroom and CTAM shared their resources with more than 18,000 school leaders, educational technology purchasers and decision-makers this week at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio.
Starz' Web Play
Starz Entertainment president and COO Bill Myers discusses next month’s shut down of the company's stand-alone, web-based movie download service Vongo as well as its push to get operators to distribute a similar online service dubbed Starz Play.
