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
After Googorola, Cisco Could Get Some Set-Top Mojo Back
Here’s how I see Google’s takeover of Motorola Mobility basically playing out in the cable/telco TV industry: 1.) Operators get spooked about what the Googleplex is up to and look for alternatives. That could give Cisco Systems, whose set-top sales have suffered lately, a shot in the arm (see Cisco’s Chambers: ‘We Are
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
Black Family Channel: Big Loss
The demise of Black Family Channel may not have been big news at the recent Cable Show in Sin City or, for that matter, in a cable universe that has more than 500 channels representing a wide range of genres and interests. But when you consider that it was one of only three networks that
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Show Me State Showings
St. Louis Cardinal fans, the best in all of baseball, got an okay show from MLB’s All-Star Game festivities, which produced good numbers for ESPN and Fox. A year after Josh Hamilton made like Roy Hobbs at the old Yankee Stadium and rendered all future competitions second fiddle, Prince
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Worst Is Yet to Come on Palin, Says Howard Kurtz
Per Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz in today’s edition of his Media Notes column: "And the worst may be yet to come for Palin; sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing." CBS clarifies there is no more footage of the Couric interview from last
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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