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06/20/2006
Carriage
Apparently what happens in DC stays in DC. Last month CableOne CEO Tom Might blasted NFL Network’s drive for analog, and received thunderous applause from an ACA audience (Cfax, 5/9). Now word is Service Electric Cable, Blue Ridge and 73 other small and mid-size operators accepted a content handoff from NFL Net. All the carriage […]
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06/16/2006
Card 'Em: CEA Says No to Comcast's Set-Top Waiver Request
CEA is asking the FCC not to grant Comcast’s request to exempt some low-cost digital set-tops from a July 1, 2007 deadline that requires all new boxes to have a CableCARD or a removable conditional access system. The stance fits with CEA’s pattern—it’s long complained that cable isn’t as supportive as it could be of […]
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06/15/2006
Deals
As we suggested a few weeks ago (Cfax, 5/25), Time Warner Cable and Outdoor Channel have reached a deal that "preserves the bulk" of the network’s distribution. The 2 have been negotiating for months over a plan to drop the net or move it to a sports tier in some markets. Because of Outdoor’s aggressive […]
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06/06/2006
Broadband Home
NCTA is looking to the industry to help it decide which applications should be featured in its "Broadband Home" (Cfax, 4/24). It’s looking for proposals that address how the application would be used in the home, the equipment needed and the services and utilities needed to demonstrate it. The 1K-square-foot cable product/service showcase will be […]
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06/01/2006
Extra Boost: Comcast Secret HSD Tech Revealed
Comcast is about to take the official wraps off "PowerBoost," a patent-pending speed enhancer that can double HSD users’ speeds when they need it (i.e., downloading music, games, etc). The service will use additional capacity already built into the MSO’s fiber network to offer the extra speed bursts, which will run up to 12Mbps and […]
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05/22/2006
Day at the Races
Those attending HRTV’s sky suite party Sat at the 131st Preakness Stakes got a bird’s eye view of favorite Barbaro’s heartbreaking injury. "That’s a bad omen," one HRTV partygoer eerily predicted when Barbaro broke through the gate before the race started. When the accident happened, HRTV attendees had a clear view of the scene below, […]