SBC to Take On Cable with $6B Upgrade
SBC Communications Inc. said it will invest $6 billion in an upgrade to take on the cable industry, AP reported.
The S
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SuperComm's IP Crossover
A handful of cable-related deals marked the the opening day at the telephone industry's SuperComm trade show in Chicago, with Syndeo Corp. an
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In Demand Picks Up TCM for VOD
In Demand LLC said it has signed a transport deal to carry video-on-demand programming from Turner Classic Movies to cable affiliates.
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Report: DVR Users Use More VOD
A new survey found that digital-video-recorder users watch more video-on-demand programming -- both free and paid -- than their non-DVR count
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S-A Debuts Modem Gateway, 10-Gbps VOD Card
Scientific-Atlanta Inc. debuted a cable-modem gateway and a 10-gigabit-per-second video-on-demand transport card at the Society of Cable Tele
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A Discovery on the Front Porch
Front Porch Digital will develop new technologies and products for Discovery Communications Inc.’s network-origination centers under a deal
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Nortel Debuts Wireless LAN for Cable Ops
Nortel Networks debuted its “Wireless LAN Cable Access Point 6220” at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ Cable-Tec Expo
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BigBand Teams Up with WilTel, EGT
BigBand Networks Inc. was in a sharing mood at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ Cable-Tec Expo Wednesday.
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Acacia Sues Nine Cos. for Patent Infringement
Acacia Research Corp.’s Acacia Media Technologies Corp. unit filed a patent-infringement suit Tuesday against nine MSOs and direct-broadcas
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New Encoder from Harmonic
Harmonic Inc. debuted its “DiviCom Ion” multichannel MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Expert Group) encoder at the Society of Cable Telecommunicati
