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| 03.02.2010 |
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3DTV... It's Coming—But How?
3DTV is on an inevitable track toward some form of mass adoption. But how big will it get and how fast? It may come down to how the industry tackles several hurdles, as well as consumer acceptance. In the meantime, secure those seatbelts and get ready for a wild ride....
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| 02.23.2010 |
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Google's Fiber Project - All About Mindshare
Peter Shapiro of PDS Consulting argues that Google's broadband "experiment" is more focused on mindshare than market share—with the goal of re-shaping perceptions and ultimately the way existing broadband networks are used....
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| 02.23.2010 |
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It Pays to Invest in Employees
CTHRA Exec Director Pamela Williams walks us through CTHRA's latest Human Capital Metrics Survey, which found that cable employees often represent a much higher return on investment than other industries....
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| 02.16.2010 |
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Paying Up
A new Nielsen global survey suggests that consumers are willing to pay for content—at least sometimes. The good news for cable is that professionally produced video (like movies and TV shows) is among the content for which consumers are most willing to pay....
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| 02.09.2010 |
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It's Always Sunny in Denver
As those of us on the East Coast flirt with apocalyptic doom as snow covers our cars, houses and loved ones, we turn to Denver where CableLabs' Winter Conference brings us moody search engines, EBIF glory and other fun stuff....
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| 02.01.2010 |
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Bullpen: Leveraging Broadband Forum Standards
The cable community has come to rely upon CableLabs-based specifications. In many cases, CableLabs specifies the operation of customer devices, including the headend-based provisioning of these devices. Spanning all edges of the cable network, this model has...
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| 02.01.2010 |
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Digital Touch Points
Separable security has won no popularity contests, but the experiment has generated changes, such as the introduction of DVB-CSA. Separable security: it remains a contentious battlefield, littered with casualties, competing claims and capital expenditures. In...
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| 02.01.2010 |
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Comcast Update: What is a CMAP?
Among several trends impacting the access architecture over the past few years has been an increase in the number of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) channels used for narrowcast services. Most MSOs are deploying more and more unicast QAM channels to...
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| 01.05.2010 |
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Hari Carriage
The end of the year always brings retrans and carriage negotiation strife. But with the fights spewing talking points as old as the industry itself, could these hard-nosed negotiating tactics lead to blowback from consumers—and even from Washington?...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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Communications Technology: CT Reports: Execs Tout Ethernet, Fiber Growth
To subscribe to CT's Reports, visit our Web site at www.cable360.net/subscribe/ Cable operators are poised to grab a much bigger share of the Ethernet market from AT&T, Verizon and other telecom...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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Communications Technology: Smart Home: Echostar Touts Sling to Cable
EchoStar is trying to convince cable operators to buy Sling technology-enabled set-top boxes. The Sling-loaded set-tops can deliver cable TV content to other devices, such as laptops and mobile phones...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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More Momentum for Mobility
Operators are angling for customers, coping with traffic and looking at alternative business models. Mobile advertising waits in the wings...
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| 12.22.2009 |
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Review - Comcast's Fancast Xfinity TV Beta
CableFAX Exec Editor Michael Grebb reviews Comcast's answer to authentication, its "Xfinity"-branded service through Fancast. Bottom line: It's not perfect by any stretch (thus, the "beta" designation), but Comcast does a lot of things right in its first iteration of TV Everywhere....
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| 12.15.2009 |
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Deal or No Deal?
The Comcast-NBCU deal continues to fuel speculation that other distribution and content companies will do similar deals to compete. But dig a little deeper, and it seems unlikely that other such deals will materialize any time soon....
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| 12.11.2009 |
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CableFAX: 13. Ready for Round Two: Rocco Commisso
Rocco Commisso Title: Chairman/CEO, Mediacom Age: 59 Education: BS, MBA, Columbia University Why Him? Commisso led Mediacom to one of its best performances last year, earning CableFAX: The Magazine’s ’09 top MSO award. This year, Mediacom’s on track for...
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| 12.11.2009 |
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CableFAX: 14. Mr. President? Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes Title: President, Fox News Channel Age: 69 Education: BA, U of OH Why Him? In late October, just as the White House was inexplicably attacking Fox News, boosting buzz if not ratings for the fair and balanced network, word was that friends were...
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| 12.11.2009 |
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CableFAX: 11. MTVN Harvest: Judy McGrath
11 | MTVN Harvest Judy McGrath Title: Chairman/CEO, MTV Networks Age: Firmly in primetime Education: mtvU Social Media Quotient: 9 (She has to be) Why Her? Much like her favorite artist Neil Young, McGrath is a classic that continues to speak to new generations...
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| 12.11.2009 |
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CableFAX: 61. Full Court Press: David Levy
David Levy Title: Pres, Sales, Distribution and Sports, Turner Broadcasting System Age: Approaching 50 Education: BS, Syracuse Social Media Quotient: 5 Why Him? Levy has used a bat and a basketball to promote impressive growth across platforms. TNT’s...
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| 12.11.2009 |
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CableFAX: 82. Transitioning: Garth Ancier
Garth Ancier Title: President, BBC Worldwide America Age: 52 Education: BA, Princeton Social Media Quotient: 8 Why Him? First off, props to Ancier for joining Hallmark’s Abbott (#41) in answering so many of our questions (must be something about...
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| 12.10.2009 |
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2009 CableFAX 100
CableFAX: The Magazine's ultimate cable industry power list.
As always we’ve added several wrinkles to the 100 this year.
Social Media Quotient: We asked the 100 to rate themselves, from 1 to 10, on their proficiency and use of social media; 1= a novice, 10 = obsessed.
Age: A sticky question for many. Most of the 100 submitted their age or sent a humorous reply. We guessed at others and hoped not to offend.
Comcast-NBCU: As we went to press the deal had not been finalized, and while there’s a chance it won’t be, it looked increasingly like it would.
Thank you for spending some time with the 2009 edition of The CableFAX 100. ...
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