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04/24/2007
Picking Cherries: Motorola's Terayon Play Could Bolster Cable Offerings
With Motorola’s announcement that it will buy Terayon for approx $140mln in cash, Moto hopes to bolster its end-to-end strategy and keep competitors at bay. Terayon’s tech, including its well-regarded "CherryPicker" line of digital video processing wares, gives Motorola a much-needed foothold, as Terayon has already deployed some 7800 CherryPickers and related equipment. Motorola’s move […]
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04/24/2007
CableCARD Shortage, cont
Looks like there was a little more to that RCN customer who complained to the FCC about the overbuilder’s inability to supply him with a CableCARD late last month (Cfax, 4/23). David Yoffie is also a member of the board for Intel, which filed an opposition to Comcast’s July 1 waiver request last year. Comm […]
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04/18/2007
ACA Notebook
Remember the old days when ACA members’ biggest competition was the satellite guys? Things certainly have changed. Sure, the dishheads still require maneuvering, but "the other competitor, probably the one I am most actively trying to strategize to compete with, is what’s available on the Internet, DVD packages, iPods," Sunflower Broadband gm Patrick Knorr told […]
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04/13/2007
Eye on the Web
CBS is ratcheting up its online distribution thrust, with deals to distribute its cable and broadcast content online through partners including Comcast, AOL and Brightcove. The pacts are part of the broadcaster’s Interactive Audience Network offering free ad-supported content stateside, and certain clips and programming worldwide. CBS will begin selling the network over the next […]
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04/11/2007
In the Courts
Cablevision on Tues filed an appeal of last month’s federal court ruling that determined its planned network DVR service would have violated content providers’ copyrights (Cfax, 3/26). The MSO filed the appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
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04/05/2007
TWC Catches A Mouse: MSO, Disney Ink Multi-Layered Deal
As part of a sweeping deal between TV heavyweights, Time Warner Cable and Disney struck a retrans pact for ABC-owned broadcast stations and agreed on carriage for a broad array of Disney cable nets, including ESPN, ESPN HD, ABC Family, Disney Channel and SOAPnet. The scope of the pact seems even more comprehensive than the […]