Broadband

Former Bresnan Execs Buy Allegiance

Deal Part of Aggressive Growth Plan
By: Mike Farrell Jan 16 2013 - 2:08pm
Deal Part of Aggressive Growth Plan

BCI Broadband, a new player on the cable systems scene headed by two former Bresnan Communications executives, has agreed to purchase small market MSO Allegiance Communications in a deal the company says could be the first in an aggressive growth plan.

BCI is headed by former Bresnan president Jeff DeMond and former Bresnan chief financial officer Andrew Kober. BCI is backed by BBH Capital Partners, the private equity division of investment bank Brown Bros. Harriman.

ESPN2, Tennis Channel Pump Up Australian Open Coverage as Nole, Vika Look to Defend Crowns

Networks to Combine on More than 130 Live Hours from Down Under
By: Mike Reynolds Jan 12 2013 - 3:25am
Networks to Combine on More than 130 Live Hours from Down Under

As ESPN2’s promo for the Australian Open -- accompanied by Oz stalwart AC/DC’s “Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock ‘N Roll” -- suggests, the tennis world is about to get “Pumped up Down Under.”

Which, of course, is what the men’s and women’s fields would like to do against Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka -- put the defending champions down and themselves on top at the first Grand Slam of the tennis season

CBSSports.com Offering Users Four Angles on Live-Stream of Super Bowl

High-Resolution Hyper Zoom Camera System Will Be in Play on CBS Broadcast of NFL Championship
By: Mike Reynolds Jan 8 2013 - 4:41pm
High-Resolution Hyper Zoom Camera System Will Be in Play on CBS Broadcast of NFL Championship
New York-- While TV viewers will get a gander at high-resolution Super Bowl XLVII images via CBS’s new camera system, online users can play director on their own as they watch the NFL championship.
Speaking at CBS Super Media Day here on Jan. 8, when the company outlined its cross-divisional plan to bring maximum exposure for the Big Game across myriad platforms, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus noted the network will deploy the hyper zoom camera system for its coverage of Super Bowl XLVII from New Orleans on Feb. 3.

CES: Broadcom Debuts Chips for 1-Gig Cable Modems, Ultra HD Set-Tops

Chip Company's 4K TV Decoder Uses HEVC Compression
By: Todd Spangler Jan 8 2013 - 9:01am
Chip Company's 4K TV Decoder Uses HEVC Compression

Las Vegas -- Broadcom is unveiling its first gigabit-speed DOCSIS 3.0 integrated circuit and also is introducing what it claims is the world’s first Ultra HD TV video decoder chip, even though Ultra HD televisions today are pricey and years away from mass-market adoption.

Broadcom’s fourth-generation DOCSIS 3.0 system-on-a-chip solution, the BCM3384, provides the ability to perform channel bonding across up to 24 downstream channels (for throughput speeds up to 960 Megabits per second in North American cable systems) and eight upstream channels (for up to 240 Mbps).

Cablevision Sues CWA

MSO Claims Union Made False Statements Regarding Internet Speeds
By: Mike Farrell Dec 26 2012 - 4:01pm
MSO Claims Union Made False Statements Regarding Internet Speeds

Almost a year after workers at its Brooklyn offices voted to unionize, Cablevision Systems has filed suit in New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County, N.Y., claiming the Communications Workers of America defamed the cable operator, making false claims about its quality of service.

Showtime Free Weekend Preview Jan. 11-13

Premium Net’s Free Offering Available in More Than 80 Million Homes
Premium Net’s Free Offering Available in More Than 80 Million Homes

Premium channel Showtime is launching its biggest free preview weekend ever Jan. 11-13, making the network available in more than 80 million homes across the country.

Golf Channel Launches 2013 Fantasy Challenge

Expanded Offerings and New Prizes in Contest’s Third Year
By: Staff Dec 26 2012 - 11:45am
Expanded Offerings and New Prizes in Contest’s Third Year

After a successful 2012 fantasy golf season that drew a 200% increase in the total number of players in its inaugural year (2011), Golf Channel launched its 2013 Fantasy Challenge with several new enhancements, weekly prizes, interactive capabilities and – for the first time – expanding to include the five major championships on the 2013 LPGA Tour schedule.

Netgear 1-Gig Modem Clears CableLabs

Vendor’s CG4500TM Voice/Data Gateway Certified for DOCSIS 3.0
By: Todd Spangler Dec 26 2012 - 8:19am
Vendor’s CG4500TM Voice/Data Gateway Certified for DOCSIS 3.0

CableLabs has certified Netgear’s CG4500TM Voice/Data Gateway -- capable of delivering nearly 1 Gigabit per second downstream -- for the DOCSIS 3.0 specification.

The unit can perform 24-by-4 channel bonding (24 channels down, four up), to deliver a maximum of 960 Megabits per second downstream and 120 Mbps upstream. The gateway is based on Intel’s Puma 6 DOCSIS 3.0 chip set and includes MaxLinear's MxL267 Full Spectrum Capture front-end receivers.

Suddenlink Logs 1 Millionth Internet Customer

Mark Saenz gets IPad, One Year Free Service
By: Mike Farrell Dec 20 2012 - 5:22pm
Mark Saenz gets IPad, One Year Free Service

Suddenlink Communications crossed the one million customer milestone for its high-speed Internet service, shortly after it completed its $350 Million “Project Imagine” capital investment program.

Suddenlink identified Midland, Texas customer Mark Saenz as its one millionth customer on Dec. 20, awarding him an IPad and one year of free services from Suddenlink.

FCC Funds Lifeline Broadband Adoption Test Bed

Will Use Reform Funds to Gauge Efforts to Promote Broadband to Low-Income Residents
By: John Eggerton Dec 20 2012 - 2:29pm
Will Use Reform Funds to Gauge Efforts to Promote Broadband to Low-Income Residents
 
The FCC has tapped 14 telecoms for a pilot broadband adoption program using savings from its reform of the Lifeline program.

The reform of the Lifeline phone subsidy program yielded $214 million in 2012, the FCC announced, $14 million over its projection of $200 million. It was part of a broader FCC effort to both reform that program and migrate that and other phone subsidies to broadband.

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