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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
CEA’s Shapiro Compliments Cable, Blasts Broadcasters
“I would hold up cable as one of the most strategic industries there is,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, at a Media Institute luncheon Monday during which he criticized broadcasters for employing “every possible strategy to slow
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
Viva la TV Bundle!
It’s a question that has perplexed many: Why hasn’t the Internet punctured the TV business the way it has decimated music sales? A few weeks ago in USA Today, media psychoanalyst Michael Wolff penned one of those the-sky-is-falling-for-the-pay-TV-industry pieces you see from time to time. He predicted that, thanks to the rise of over-
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Brian Roberts: Get Well, Dad
Comcast chairman Brian Roberts sent get well wishes to his father (Comcast founder) Ralph Roberts in an interview on Golf Channel Friday (Feb. 8), saying his father was back in Philadelphia recuperating from a bout with pneumonia. Roberts was being interviewed on Golf Channel (a Comcast-NBCU
MCN Guest Blog
MCN Guest Blog
By: Chad Gutstein
The Future of Cable’s Independent Voices
On Jan. 1, Time Warner Cable rang in the New Year by dropping our network, Ovation, from its channel lineup. Other independent networks may face the same fate.
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Norwegian Telecom: Facing The Same U.S. Obstacles?
A recent business trip to the wealthiest of the four Nordic countries in Europe (i.e., oil-rich Norway, joined together with brethren Denmark, Sweden, and Finland), proved another eye-catching observation of the future of video distribution.
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Help Hold Up 'Half the Sky'
The same day last week the WICT executive women’s luncheon talked up the value of women’s voices in making corporate decisions, over at the Ford Foundation, reporter Nick Kristof was talking about even bigger challenges facing women and girls around the world. Things like being forced
On The Money
On The Money
By: Mike Farrell
Jimmy Was Sending Signals
BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Jimmy Dolan looked a little uncomfortable standing at the podium Wednesday at the much anticipated special shareholders meeting to vote on the Dolan family’s $10.6 billion offer to take the cable company private. That, and the gloomy skies hovering over
Picture This
Picture This
By: R. Thomas Umstead
Going Retro, Over the Top
Over-the-top content distributors like Hulu Plus and Netfl ix are looking to boost the value and appeal of their brands by developing original programming — even if some of that content looks familiar to a legion of television viewers.
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Turning The Tables at Maples
Almost two years to the day that Stanford ended UConn’s record 90-game winning streak at Maples Pavilion, the Lady Huskies returned the favor.
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Entourage-lite, Showtime's "Episodes" Is Still A Lot of Fun
The second season of Showtime’s Episodes - a send-up of the television industry starring Matt LeBlanc as his fictional self - debuts tomorrow night (July 1) at 10:30p. Episodes has been called Entourage-lite. It’s true. Episodes can be a little slow and a little dry
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
What the Charter Waiver Means to Cable
Once upon a time, consumer-electronics companies wanted to sell digital TVs that were “cable ready.” That means one attaches the TV to power and cable, and it works. No set-top required. Federal regulation ensued, which brought us the “CableCard” — an expensive,
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Fear Is Good
“Just because you’re paranoid,” as the saying goes, “doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. “That’s a good mantra for the cable industry these days. Fear can be a powerful motivator. I’ve never seen it dance around the insides of
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Staying in the Cable Game
Cable engineers don't ever seem to really "...
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