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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Discovery Drops Decade-Long SilverDocs Support
Discovery Channel has abandoned its support and partnership in the annual “SilverDocs” documentary festival. Discovery had collaborated with the American Film Institute, its Silver Spring, Maryland, neighbor, since the event’s inception in 2003. This year’s June 19-23
BIT RATE
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
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
MCN Guest Blog
By: Guest Blogger
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
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
NCTA 2013: Making Cable’s Digital Change
The Washington, DC-based National Cable Telecommunications Association is the foremost (and best-known and -recognized), among almost 20 cable-oriented national trade associations in the U.S. today. Its headquarters is located about a block away from Capitol Hill’s legislators,
My Turn
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
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
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
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
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
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
Viewpoint
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
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Cablevision Keeps Netflix Pole Position
Cablevision Systems remained the top-ranked “large...
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