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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Ads Moving to Mobile: Where Does Cable Fit?

You know how much I disdain dueling data: those commissioned research reports that come up with whatever finding fits the financial or political objectives of the study’s sponsors. Typically, competing interests come to completely opposite conclusions from their “independent”

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

Apple IPTV Box: Potentially Sexy, Definitely Risky for MSOs

What possible earthly reason would Time Warner Cable or any other operator have for teaming up with Apple — the company that cornered the market on digital music, and clearly has been trying its damndest to disrupt the TV and video entertainment ecosystem? In a nutshell: Apple makes the sexiest tech on a planet. The Cult of Apple has a

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

Don't Touch That CableCard! Oops, Too Late

Woke up Saturday morning, toddled to the TV to see what English football matches were on Fox Soccer Channel, only to see the error message: “CableCard failure. Please remove and reinsert CableCard to continue.” Knowing, from my reading of Todd Spangler, that CableCards are firmly

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

Symonds: HBCU Net ‘In Good Position’ For Carriage Deals

I recently talked to HBCU Network CEO Curtis Symonds about the progress of his upstart sports and lifestyle network, which focuses on the 105 historically African-American independent colleges and universities. The wide ranging interview also hit on the opportunities and challenges within today

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

'Melo and the 'Double Nickel'

Carmelo Anthony’s debut as a New York Knick was an opening-night success personally, professionally and for Madison Square Garden Network. After months of trade talks and various permutations thereof, Knicks owner and Cablevision president and CEO James Dolan finally got his $65 million man

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

Required Viewing: "Damages" Season Three

Last season, FX’s highly serialized Damages was frustratingly Byzantine. The heavy reliance on contrivances – the non-linear narrative and especially the multitude of red-herrings – backfired. By the conclusion of season two, I suffered from viewer fatigue brought on by

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

Adaptive Streaming and Picture Quality

Ever wonder what could happen to picture quality when a given screen is displaying a “downshifted” stream of video, sent using adaptive bit-rate techniques? I did, and was glad to soak up a session about it at the recent SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. Short version: Arris CTO Tom Cloonan and

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

Staying in the Cable Game

Cable engineers don't ever seem to really "...