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DirecTV To Offer TiVo HD Service By Todd Spangler - 09/03/2008
Three years after DirecTV stopped offering TiVo digital video recorders, the satellite operator has struck a new deal with TiVo to develop a new HD DVR as a high-end option for subscribers. More
Cablevision Lights Up Wi-Fi On Long Island By Todd Spangler - 09/04/2008
Cablevision Systems has gone live with the first broad rollout of its metro Wi-Fi network in areas of Long Island, a service it is offering free for broadband customers as an enticement to stay plugged into cable.
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Dish Deal Drives Golf Past 80 Million Sub Mark By Mike Reynolds - 09/02/2008
Golf Channel has upgraded its positioning on Dish Network, a move that vaults the sports service past the 80- million household plateau.
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MTV Goes High-Def Internationally 09/01/2008
MTV Networks International will make its high-definition mark later this month in six European countries.
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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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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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TiVo Set To Record Mag Critics' Picks By Todd Spangler - 08/27/2008
TiVo, in another attempt to set its digital video recorder apart from cable and satellite DVRs, has struck a deal with Time Inc.’s Entertainment Weekly to let TiVo users automatically record the magazine’s TV critics recommendations.
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BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News September 6, 2008 Bandwidth Cap-tivity
Is next-generation cable broadband getting all dressed up with nowhere to go?
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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 August 22, 2008 Get Ready For the Shape-Shifting Robots
Intel is getting all Blade Runner on us. Actually, no -- more like Terminator 2.
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BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News August 21, 2008 Comcast: Still Testing Bandwidth Clamps
Comcast is being required by the FCC to turn over a plan for how it will stop targe... 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.
