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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Dish CEO Clayton Chastises Cable, Broadcasters

Washington -- In rostrum-thumping remarks complete with “Hallelujahs” and “Amens,” Dish president and CEO Joe Clayton criticized “incumbent broadcasting, cable and content companies” for refusing “to challenge the status quo.”  He said such

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

What Good Is 1 Gig at Home, Really?

If you’re running, say, 300 Netflix accounts all streaming video simultaneously to your house, you’re definitely in the market for a 1 Gigabit per second connection. For normal people, on the other hand, it’s overkill and will be for at least the next few years. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski loves the idea of Gigabit-per-second

Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

Dead Man Running

A zombie (as in “A. Zombie”) joined the campaign trail last week as a candidate for president. The move is an effort by AMC to put a faux political spotlight on its ongoing campaign publicizing the carriage impasse with Dish. That resulted in the programmer’s networks being

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

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TV Everywhere: An Independent View

By Chad E. Gutstein, Ovation TV I have a few friends who have “cut the cord.” And no, I haven’t told them to lose my number. I have asked them to keep their receipts, though. And at the end of the year, we’re going to add up all the money they’ve spent on video product

Mixed Signals

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Mixed Signals

By: Jimmy Schaeffler

NCTA’s Michael Powell Opines

NCTA president and CEO, Michael Powell -- in this eight-question interview -- graciously allowed The Carmel Group a bit deeper into his professional world as head of the nation’s largest representative cable trade group. The Carmel Group, since its earliest days, has prided itself on its

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Demanding Viewers Want To Know

I’ve been thinking a lot about video on demand lately. I’ve also been using it. Both of which put me in a very committed minority. Olympics or HD cable shows crowding your DVR? Nuke some recent ones and watch them on demand instead. Get to know where they are, because it’s

On The Money

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On The Money

By: Mike Farrell

The Pellet with the Poison

One of the things that have been kind of glossed over amid reports last month that Charter Communications chairman, Microsoft co-founder and really big yacht owner Paul Allen was considering, among other things, taking the cable company private, was the fact that Charter deemed it necessary to

Picture This

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Picture This

By: R. Thomas Umstead

MTV, Cartoon Network Push Anti-Bullying Message

MTV and Cartoon Network will look to take up the fight on against bullying this week with separate anti-bullying initiatives. MTV has tapped pop singer Ke$ha to serve as its celebrity ambassador for its “Love is Louder” anti-bullying social media campaign. The campaign, in partnership

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

It Was Only PPV, But I Liked It

After years of being out of the pay-per-view event game, I got back in the last two Saturday nights. On Dec. 8, my son Alex and I headed to a local tavern, plunked down a pair of ten spots and watched Juan Manuel Marquez send Manny Pacquiao face down at the close of the sixth round, perhaps putting

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

HBO: Aaron Sorkin Unleashes "The Newsroom"

Aaron Sorkin is on a mission.  Armed with the near-limitless creative freedom of HBO,  he’s set out to inform the electorate, to tell the raw truth as he sees it, whether we like it or not. His vehicle is The Newsroom, an HBO series set in a fictional cable news network called ACN

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

UStream, I Stream, We’ll All Stream … Upstream

Here’s one to keep a close eye on: “Ustream,” the online service that streams live video from any of the webcams in your life. For instance: Sara, who runs our over-the-top video lab, raises chickens. Sometime next week, she’ll assemble an incubator to keep the eggs warm and

Viewpoint

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By: Mark Robichaux

Gone Fishin' (for Subs)

Norwalk Islands, Conn. - In a driving rain, my kidneys are getting pounded with each slam of the 24-foot Skeeter boat on the waves as we make our way across the Long Island Sound, one of the richest saltwater fishing grounds in the United States. Bouncing alongside me is Gavin Harvey, the CEO of