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Cox's Guide Gets Personal

MSO First U.S. Pay TV Provider to Offer Individual Recommendations
By: Todd Spangler Dec 17 2012 - 8:49am
MSO First U.S. Pay TV Provider to Offer Individual Recommendations

Perhaps you would like to try Modern Family? A slice of Homeland? Or maybe a side dish of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo?

Like a waiter at a high-end restaurant, Cox Communications would like to suggest something to watch that pairs with your unique tastes.

More Than 19 Million Watched Sandy Relief Concert

4.5 Million Streamed '12-12-12' Benefit Event from MSG
By: Mike Reynolds Dec 14 2012 - 3:52pm
4.5 Million Streamed '12-12-12' Benefit Event from MSG

Wednesday night’s historic "12-12-12" concert from Madison Square Garden was a big hit with viewers and users across different platforms.

While numbers are still being tallied, the multiplatform, philanthropic event for Superstorm Sandy relief played before millions both on television and online, according to preliminary data.

VH1 Expands Efforts for Digital 'Divas'

Net Will Stream Red Carpet, Offer New Social Media Tools for '2012 VH1 Divas'
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Dec 14 2012 - 2:07pm
Net Will Stream Red Carpet, Offer New Social Media Tools for '2012 VH1 Divas'
 
For the live airing of 2012 VH1 Divas on Sunday, Dec. 16, VH1 will expand both its online and social media efforts for the performance event, which will celebrate dance music and include tributes to Whitney Houston and Donna Summer.

Dan Sacher, senior vice president of VH1 and Logo Digital, cites research showing that social media is extremely important to their core "mid-20s, female-leaning demo."

Aereo Cuts Carriage Deal With Bloomberg TV

Internet TV Startup Adds Financial News Channel to Over-the-Top Service
By: Todd Spangler Dec 14 2012 - 10:54am
Internet TV Startup Adds Financial News Channel to Over-the-Top Service

Aereo, the Internet TV startup being sued for copyright infringement by major broadcasters, has added Bloomberg TV to its over-the-top streaming and DVR service available for a little as $8 per month -- its first deal with a cable network.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, although the companies confirmed Aereo is paying to carry the financial news network. Aereo spokeswoman Virginia Lam said there is “no timeline on additional [content] partnerships at this time.”

FiOS Joins NFL Network's TV Everywhere Huddle

Verizon TV Customers Gain Online Access to Thursday Night Football, RedZone
By: Todd Spangler Dec 13 2012 - 7:35pm
Verizon TV Customers Gain Online Access to Thursday Night Football, RedZone

Verizon Communications’ FiOS TV is the third distributor to ink a pact with NFL Network to provide access to live programming online -- including Thursday Night Football games and the Sunday RedZone channel -- along with Cox Communications and Cablevision Systems.

A+E Syncs With Comcast on TV Everywhere Apps

Programmer Releases iPad Video Apps for A&E, History and Lifetime Content
By: Todd Spangler Dec 13 2012 - 5:41pm
Programmer Releases iPad Video Apps for A&E, History and Lifetime Content

A+E Networks launched its first iPad video apps for A&E, History and Lifetime with free access to full episodes of the networks’ original series and struck a TV Everywhere deal with Comcast, under which the MSO’s subscribers can access even more content.

TWC Plugs VOD Into iPad TV App

Operator Offers More Than 4,000 Titles from 91 Content Providers
By: Todd Spangler Dec 12 2012 - 12:54pm
Operator Offers More Than 4,000 Titles from 91 Content Providers

Time Warner Cable released an update Tuesday for its TWC TV app for iPad tablets that offers access to more than 4,000 TV and movie video-on-demand titles from 91 providers, in addition to more than 300 live TV channels depending on video package and market.

SeaChange Hires Motorola's Kajos as GM for Platform Business

Exec Takes Over for Ex-CTO Davi, Who Left to Join Synacor
By: Todd Spangler Dec 12 2012 - 12:37pm
Exec Takes Over for Ex-CTO Davi, Who Left to Join Synacor

SeaChange International named George Kajos, previously director of engineering in Motorola Mobility’s VOD group, general manager for its Platform business unit. Kajos takes over for CTO Steve Davi, who left the company last month to join Synacor.

Kajos reports to SeaChange CEO Raghu Rau. As GM of the Platform group, Kajos leads the product development for the company’s Adrenalin video platform, Nitro user interface and other multiscreen software products.

CBS Sports Salutes 75 Years of 'March Madness'

Specials, Vignettes to Air on Broadcast Network, CBS Cable Network, CBSSports.com
By: Mike Reynolds Dec 12 2012 - 9:33am
Specials, Vignettes to Air on Broadcast Network, CBS Cable Network, CBSSports.com

CBS Sports will celebrate the diamond anniversary of March Madness with a number of original programming specials.

Starting this month and debuting through the 2013 NCAA tournament, CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com, in conjunction with the NCAA, will air a series of themed specials, under the banner “CBS Sports Presents 75 Years of NCAA March Madness” dedicated to the players, coaches and commentators who have made an impact on the Division 1 Men’s Basketball Championship.

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Cisco Cable Engineer Dies in Bike Accident: Report

John Pickens Helped Develop Early Cable Modem Technologies
By: Todd Spangler Dec 10 2012 - 6:16pm
John Pickens Helped Develop Early Cable Modem Technologies

John Pickens, a Cisco Systems engineer who previously helped develop some of the earliest cable modems and CMTSs, died Saturday in a bicycle accident in near his home in Northern California, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

Pickens, who was 66, crashed around 12:45 p.m. on a road just north of the Fremont, Calif., city limits after leaving his Newark home on his bike, and died after hitting his head, according to the newspaper.

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