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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Gang Way: 4 for the Apocalypse

Outlined against the blue-gray October sky, the Gang of Four is riding hard. Within less than a fortnight, Apple introduced iPhone 5; Amazon shook up the portable screen world with its four new Kindles, notably the near-tablet-featured “Fire”; Facebook unleashed a slew of overhauls;

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

The Business Cases for Bandwidth Caps

Broadband Internet providers are slowly but surely phasing out the all-you-can-eat buffet. But they’re using usage-based billing mechanisms for two distinct purposes: one’s a carrot, the other’s a stick.

Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

Wheeler/Clyburn Ticket?

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi has yet to announce his exit date, but the chatter is coalescing around a scenario where Former NCTA President Tom Wheeler is nominated to replace Genachowski and, since the vetting and voting for that pick will likely take a few months, Mignon Clyburn would be named

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

By: Ken Roulier

And the Golden Globe for Best New TV Show Goes to…Amazon!

Whether you hate Game of Thrones, love Mad Men, get irritated by Suits or were annoyed when Arrested Development was cancelled, don’t you sometimes wish that you could be given the chance to decide which TV shows actually get made?

Mixed Signals

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Mixed Signals

By: Jimmy Schaeffler

Intel TV (Part 2): Coming To A (lot of) Video Screen(s) Near You?

This week’s “Mixed Signals” follows-up on last week’s column, which was an introduction to Intel’s new venture into the world of video distribution, dubbed Intel TV (and all that that may lead to, perhaps including, for example, one day, the new 16-part miniseries by

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Mea Culpa on Reporting Error

Hallmark Channel HD will be available to affiliates on April 2 but it won’t be on DirecTV, as I mistakenly reported elsewhere on this Web site and in print. Multichannel News corrections typically don’t lay blame on how these mistakes happen, so let me use this blog post to explain to

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

HBO Shines Light On Baseball Pioneer Curt Flood

When most people hear the name Curt Flood, they immediately think of his crusade against the reserve clause in baseball that eventually lead to the age of free agency enjoyed by today’s baseball stars. Or they think of the All-star center fielder of the 1950s and 1960s whose great defense

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Remote Madness

This directing thing is tiring, yet exciting. It’s now more than a half an hour since Syracuse put the finishing touches on the second round of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. The Orange pulled away from the Indiana State University Sycamores, which needed the

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

#demonsheep, Carly Fiorina's Amityville Horror Remake

You gotta luv California politics.  Here’s Carly Fiorina’s wildly bizarre attack on Tom Campbell, posted yesterday on YouTube.  From the foreboding narration to the (not kidding) glowing animal eyes ripped from The Amityville Horror, the ad is the perfect accompaniment to a

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

CES 2012: The Connector Cacophony

LAS VEGAS - A less-glitzy but persistent thread at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show? Connectors. HDMI, USB, Ethernet, you name it. Yes, even in these wireless times, connectors still matter. As someone who spent chunks of 2011 figuring out how to wire up a pile of over-the-top gadgetry

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

Another Google Fiber Non-Believer

Google has deep pockets, but another research firm doesn...