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Operator Of The Year: Battle For New York
If you happen to live anywhere near the New York metropolitan area, chances are you’ve seen the ads – “Time’s Up, Time Warner” – touting Verizon Communications’ much anticipated entrance into the New York City video market. In the coming battle, Time Warner Cable has had ample time to get its troops in order.
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USA Tops 3Q Cable Ratings
The third time’s a charm for USA Network as it captured the third quarter 2008 primetime ratings race, according to Nielsen Media Research figures.
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Sprint Clears Motorola WiMax Gear In Chicago
Sprint Nextel has passed Motorola’s WiMax equipment in network acceptance tests in Chicago, one of the next two markets the carrier expects to launch its Xohm wireless broadband service.
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FCC’s Quiet Period Review Awaits Martin Vote
Washington–Every member of the Federal Communications Commission except chairman Kevin Martin has voted to seek public comment on the cable industry’s retransmission consent quiet period, according to an FCC official and industry officials.
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Vudu Takes High-Def Movies Higher
Startup Vudu this week will begin offering 65 feature movie titles in 1080p high-definition video format via its Internet-connected set-top, in a bid to peel home-theater aficionados from cable and satellite video-on-demand services.
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Analyst To Time Warner Cable: Strike Deal With LIN TV
Time Warner Cable “needs” to reach a retransmission-consent deal with LIN TV, which is threatening to pull its signals from the cable operator at the end of the day Thursday, according to Pali Research analyst Rich Greenfield.
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FiOS, U-Verse Tops In Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power Survey
Verizon Communications Inc.’s FiOS and AT&T Inc.’s U-verse video services have jumped to the top of the regional customer satisfaction rankings, according to a J.D. Power survey, supplanting direct-broadcast satellite services as the traditional leaders and pushing incumbent cable providers further down the list.
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DirecTV Adds Local HD To Four Markets
DirecTV Wednesday added local HDTV programming in Charleston, S.C., Norfolk-Newport News, Va., Savannah, Ga., and Springfield-Holyoke, Mass.
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Television Dominicana Says Hola to Boston, Miami Markets
Imagina US Wednesday announced the launch of Television Dominicana, its 24-hour, Spanish-language channel, on Comcast’s Selecto and Cable Latino packages in Boston and Miami.
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Bloomberg Fires Up Affiliate Web Site
Bloomberg Television Wednesday announced the debut of a new Web site that lets its affiliates download marketing materials, sample original video-on-demand content and access programming schedules.
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Mediacom Helps Iowa Students Earn GEDs On Demand
Iowans can study to earn their General Education Development diploma at home, thanks to a partnership including Mediacom Communications, the Iowa Department of Education, local community colleges and the state’s public television station.
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Oceanic Adds Games Channel
Oceanic Time Warner Cable in Hawaii has launched a play-by-remote games channel offering free plays of Tetris, Texas Hold ’Em Poker and solitaire, among others, the Star Bulletin newspaper reported.
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CN8 Gears Up For Vice Presidential Debate Coverage
Continuing its expansive “America’s Next President” election coverage, CN8, The Comcast Network, will air tomorrow night’s vice presidential debate from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Versus Ready To Rev Up 2009 IndyCar Series Schedule
Versus will provide bookend coverage around ABC’s telecasts of the 2009 IndyCar Series.
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