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- Fox To Go All HD, All the Time
Within two years, Fox's television network group plans to distribute its broadcast network and all of its cable services exclusively in high-definition — eliminating standard-definition feeds — with an infrastructure upgrade the company expects will double its satellite capacity. more » » »
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 MoCA Brewing Up Bigger Bandwidth
Multimedia over Coax Alliance chief technology officer Anton Monk said the consortium is aiming to kick home networks up past 400 Megabits per second with the second major iteration of its spec, targeted for completion in 2009. more » » »
In Brief
- Verizon Raises Its Voice
Verizon Communications plans to widely roll out an Internet-based phone service for FiOS in early 2009, in the hopes that a more feature-rich offering will persuade customers to stay in the telco's triple-play embrace. more » » »
- Comcast Brings Wideband to Four More Markets
Comcast expects to hit its goal to offer “wideband” cable-modem service with up to 50-Mbps downloads to 10 million premises by the end of 2008 with rollouts this month set for Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore and Ft. Wayne, Ind. more » » »
- Canoe Chief Paddles Faster
New York -- David Verklin, his hyper-enthusiasm apparently still unchecked, said Canoe Ventures is working with even more urgency to deliver its multi-operator advertising services given the grim economic climate. more » » »
- Translation Please: Meet the EBIF User Agent
Tangled up in the language and workflow of EBIF — the Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format, an interactive TV spec — is a teensy nugget of code called a “user agent.” It goes by “UA” for short. more » » »
- Macrovision To Gild Guide Promos With Video
New York—Macrovision Solutions, looking to add some sizzle to the static banner ads that run in its on-screen guides, is planning to sell full-screen, interactive video sponsorships starting early next year. more » » »
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One Liners
The Consumer Electronics Association has drastically revised its holiday sales prognostications and is now predicting sales growth of only 0.1%—down from its previous estimate of 3.5% growth—compared with the 2007 holiday shopping season.
Interactive television software developer Zodiac Interactive has released an Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format player for Cisco Systems’ PowerTV platforms, and announced plans to deliver a player for tru2way platforms early next year.
National Geographic Channel became the first network to sign up for Nielsen’s new DigitalPlus service, which collects second-by-second viewing data from set-tops.
Clearwire on Nov. 28 closed its deal with Sprint Nextel, Google, Intel and three cable operators, armed with $3.2 billion in cash to begin construction of its nationwide Wi-Max network. |
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