Insight‘s gearing up to launch Digital 4.0 in late Nov and Dec. The upgrade will include many more HD channels, including ESPNU and Disney, as well as some SD launches, such as Fox Business and Chiller. Also on tap is a VOD expansion, with 4K VOD programs to be offered for free. As for broadband, the MSO is testing a 100Mbps service in Louisville, where a doctor is using the service to electronically transfer medical imaging to and from his office. No timetable has been given for a widespread DOCSIS 3.0 rollout.

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Father of Cable Modem’s Untold Story in New Book

September seems to be the unofficial month for industry book releases, but when it comes to Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard’s “The Accidental Network,” it has taken years to get around to explaining how his struggling LANcity created the cable modem and transformed the internet forever.

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