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As I Was Saying

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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

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

Dish Crüe Brews 'NÜTV'

Evoking the heyday of ’80s hair-metal bands, Dish Network has filed for a trademark on “NÜTV” -- complete with an umlaut. What’s the news on NÜTV? It seems to refer to a service that would provide access to TV shows and movies on a range of portable devices, via a cloud-based digital locker or streaming. NÜTV

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

There'll Always Be an Olympics

Comcast/NBCU and the British Embassy got together Friday to welcome the Olympic Games with a cocktail party at the Ambassador’s residence for the ambassador and a few hundred of his closest friends spread out over the residence ballroom, dining room, drawing room and gardens.The event

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

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Cable's Customer Service Edge over Google, Facebook

By KC Neel It’s been years since the cable industry began taking customer service seriously and while MSOs have come a long way with their efforts to please and satisfy their customers, cable companies still get a bad rap when it comes to customer service. However, even at its worst - and

Mixed Signals

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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

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Welcome, Canadian Capital

The U.S. cable industry, for all the increased competition and agita over programming costs and youthful cord-cutting, is a proven money-maker for private investors.It has even inspired a new influx of Canadian capital, two centuries after our last war against the United Kingdom led U.S. troops to

On The Money

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On The Money

By: Mike Farrell

Sometimes a Cigar is truly just a cigar.

It was a pretty innocuous suggestion, a throw-away comment really, during a conversation with a stock picker a couple of weeks ago. “Hey, did you see Time Warner’s announcement that they’ll release earnings on Nov. 7?” “Sure,” I said. “So what?”

Picture This

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Picture This

By: R. Thomas Umstead

OTT Services Trending With Multicultural Viewers

Don’t look now cable operators, but multicultural viewers are increasingly using over-the-top services to access their favorite Tv shows and movies. Nearly 85% of African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American viewers have access to services such as Netflix, Hulu and Roku, and 46% of all urban

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Long Days Beyond a Death Valley Night

On the morning and afternoon after, the pain remained. Before 93,374 on Nov. 3 in the old building known as Tiger Stadium, but more affectionately dubbed Death Valley, Alabama and its hated coach Nick “Benedict Arnold” Saban broke the LSU loyalists' hearts for the second time in 10

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

Local Coverage of Golden Gate 75th Is Epic Fail

The beloved San Francisco icon, the Golden Gate Bridge, was celebrated in style yesterday.  The 75th anniversary of the opening of the bridge culminated in a dazzling fireworks and laser show extravaganza that began with a shimmering waterfall of fire cascading off its eastern face. The day

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

We Can’t Really Call Cable A ‘Dinosaur’ Anymore

The who’s who of the over-the-top (OTT) video community met in San Jose, Calif., a few weeks ago, at a trade show called OTTCON. Missed it? Me too. But I dispatched Sara Dirkse, who runs our OTT video lab. Luckily for us, she takes great notes. Here are the highlights: • Backhanded

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

By: Mark Robichaux

Never Forget

I remember the sheets of paper the most. From the roof of my Brooklyn Heights apartment building, the scene was certainly surreal: Entire vertical columns made up of millions of sheets of paper rising a half-mile high from lower Manhattan and raining down across the East River into my neighborhood