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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Accelerating Use of ‘Net-connected TV Sets Trumps 3D TV Optimism

Two enthusiastic NPD Group studies published Wednesday offer upbeat – but somewhat contradictory – outlooks about what and how audiences want to watch home television. The diverse scenarios raise significant questions about bandwidth availability and over-the-top competition, both

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

Comcast (and Others) Urged Arris to Buy Moto Home

Comcast wanted to be sure Motorola Mobility’s Home unit stayed in the cable family. The MSO met with Arris to offer its support for a Moto Home bid, before the equipment vendor formally made its $2.35 billion offer to Google, according to Arris chairman and CEO Bob Stanzione, speaking Tuesday at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference.

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

Names

I was proud to be a journalist covering television Sunday. The TV and radio coverage of the 9/11 memorial services In New York and Washington and Shanksville, Pa., was as diverse and moving as the names being read at Ground Zero, an honor roll but also families talking directly to their loved ones

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

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Making A Statement, Making A Difference

By DAVID PORTER “Make a Statement. Make a Difference” is not only the theme of this year’s Walter Kaitz Foundation’s Annual Fund-Raising Dinner, but is also a call for the cable industry to collectively move forward and engender change. Change requires hard work, and we

Mixed Signals

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Mixed Signals

By: Jimmy Schaeffler

Satellite 2012: OTT-Broadband TV Is Here, What's Next?

My 20th Satellite Name-The-Year event just came and went in Washington, DC, March 14-16. And thus far, 2012 is already clearly a year of yearning for the world’s satellite providers. They yearn for the good old times of the past, but, more importantly, they yearn for a clearer future. That

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

WICT Starts Week Strong

Some 700 people were at lunch today at WICT’s Leadership Conference, a potent start to the return of Cable Diversity Week in New York. “Thank you for coming out en masse,” Women in Cable Telecommunications CEO Maria Brennan said at the New York Hilton noontime event, before

On The Money

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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

Cable Leads Charge To Increase Black Ad Dollars

It’s not surprising that BET and the cable industry are leading the unprecedented, African-American-targeted advertising and marketing consortium announced earlier this week. The consortium will combine the resources of 25 African-American based media companies to deliver a message to

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Saturday Night's Alright for Tebow?

The followers of the phenomenon that is Tim Tebow will be put to the test on Saturday night in Foxborough. And I’m not talking about the God-loving, mechanics-challenged QB leading the Denver Broncos to an upset over Bill Belichick and Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in the primetime

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

HBO’s Entourage, The Final Season. Sniff!

The plight of guest star Andrew Dice Clay (playing himself) sums up the eighth and final season of HBO’s Entourage (at least through episode three of eight total) – from filling Madison Square Garden to “doing standup in a f*cking bowling alley.” The climb back up from

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

All Eyes on You, Massillon Cable!

ORLANDO -- Finally! Someone is going to see what it takes to widen cable’s upstream path. At last week’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo here, attendees burrowed into an opening session featuring engineers from mid-sized operators. Massillon Cable general manager and technical operations manager

Viewpoint

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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

The Bauminator

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The Bauminator

By: Jeff Baumgartner

So, What Else is New with Canoe?

While Canoe’s announced news today is that it is...