Images from The Cable Show 2013, held June 10-12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. (Photos by John Staley)
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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Video Regulation “Certainty,” IP Transition, Net Neutrality Top Lobbyists’ FCC Wish List
Beyond the wishful thinking title “If I Were the FCC Chairman…,” Tuesday’s Free State Foundation seminar provided a prescient checklist of what major telecom organizations are expecting Tom Wheeler, the nominee for that job, to put atop his To Do list.
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Weather Channel Storms Into Google Maps
Now for some Google news that doesn’t involve its proposed $12.5 billion mega-deal for Motorola. Google Maps has added a weather “layer,” which shows current weather conditions and five-day forecasts from The Weather Channel for points in the U.S. and internationally. You can toggle on the the weather layer — along with
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Wheeler/Clyburn Ticket?
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi has yet to announce his exit date, but the chatter is coalescing around a scenario where Former NCTA President Tom Wheeler is nominated to replace Genachowski and, since the vetting and voting for that pick will likely take a few months, Mignon Clyburn would be named
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Ken Roulier
And the Golden Globe for Best New TV Show Goes to…Amazon!
Whether you hate Game of Thrones, love Mad Men, get irritated by Suits or were annoyed when Arrested Development was cancelled, don’t you sometimes wish that you could be given the chance to decide which TV shows actually get made?
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Apple TV: The Paradigm of Enigmas?
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple, in the form of its AppleTV product, remains the Paradigm of Enigmas. That is to say, sadly, what so many people are still thinking today, years after Apple was first expected to revolutionize the TV space, and that is: “While so many other Apple
On The Money
On The Money
By: Mike Farell
Help From an Unsung Source
Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out the best in people, or just to open their eyes to the kindness and compassion that is already there. In the past few days, newspapers and TV newscasts in New York and New Jersey have been full of stories of local residents helping people in areas that
Picture This
Picture This
By: Thomas Umstead
Cloning Cable’s Sci-Fi Success
Now that the television network upfronts are mercifully over, a few trends seemed to stand out regarding the upcoming fall season. Serial dramas like Fox’s 24 are on the wane, while reality shows like CBS’s Kid Nation – where 40 pubescent teens run their own city – are
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Primetime Kiper
Mel Kiper Jr. meet Jeff Probst and Olivia Dunham. Say hello to Liz Lemon and Derek Shepherd. Yes, the man who’s made a healthy cottage industry analyzing whether a college offensive tackle can sustain a block or if a wideout has separation speed that will translate on Sundays, is going to be
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
SCI FI's Eureka: A Tale of Chaos
Shout out to Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune (also IO9) for her tweet on this one. Last week, on their blog "Eureka Unscripted," writers for the SCI FI Channel dramedy talked openly about network demands imposed on the creative staff. In a candid post dated September 24 and titled "By
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
Tech News Beyond Cable Show Headlines
WASHINGTON — As expected, the “cloud,” Gigabit services and the Reference Design Kit (“RDK”) led the tech headlines at this year’s Cable Show. Given that you’ve likely read plenty about them by now, this week’s translation will drop in on the rest
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Disconnected
When the 108-year-old hickory tree came crashing through our family room on Monday night, the house shook as if mighty Thor had swung his hammer down on our roof in Stamford, Conn. We were all awake — my wife and the two kids — and, only seconds before, as the wind roared through the
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