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12/12/2007
YES Sir
Name: Tracy Dolgin Title: Pres/CEO, YES Network Name: Ray Hopkins Title: COO, YES Network Why Them? Each baseball season in the Big Apple is typified by 3 things: George Steinbrenner fomenting controversy, the NY press vilifying the Yanks for anything less than sublime play, and YES leading all national RSNs in viewership (now 4 […]
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12/12/2007
Recapturing Glory
Name: David Zaslav Title: President/CEO, Discovery Comm Age: 47 Years in Industry: 22 Years left in the industry: “As long as John Hendricks will have me.” Name: Bill Goodwyn Title: President, domestic distribution & enterprises, Discovery Comm Age: 46 Years in Industry: 24 Why Them? What a year for Discovery. Zaslav hit the scene […]
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12/11/2007
Research
TV HHs with no connection to a video service provider are least familiar with the DTV transition, with just 31% expressing familiarity in a CTAM Pulse study of 1K consumers. Those with broadband were most familiar (45%), followed by digital cable (40%) and basic cable (39%). CTAM found that 47% don’t know when the DTV […]
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12/10/2007
CableLabs: DCRs Want Their SDV
The "tuner resolver" adapter based on specifications that CableLabs announced – but did not release – two weeks ago will involve multiple implementations. It will also use MSO rather than retail channels. The device is designed to allow one-way Digital Cable Ready (DCR) electronics using CableCards, such as TiVo digital video recorders (DVRs), to access […]
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12/04/2007
A Look into the Crystal Ball
Last week’s inaugural CableNEXT event drew more than 80 speakers to the Santa Clara Convention Center, including Comcast CTO Tony Werner. Werner’s opening keynote sketched these five 5-year trends: (1) content/device convergence; (2) HD eclipsing of SD (standard definition); (3) time and place shifting; (4) Web and television convergence; and (5) cloud computing. Werner prefaced […]
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12/01/2007
Video on Demand
As VOD moves into niche markets, the technology is evolving in ways conducive to sheer volumes, dynamic ads, high-definition television and switched digital.