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08/06/2012
At The Olympics 08/06/12
Some 17 million people have watched the BBC’s 24-screen “Red Button” coverage of the London 2012 Olympics for at least 15 minutes, the operator crows, and it’s recorded 18 million unique browsers to the Sport Olympics Web pages – with a daily peak of nearly 8 million (U.K.) and 10.4 (global), compared with the previous […]
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08/06/2012
New Stuff 08/06/12
Satellite provider Intelsat General Corp. says it was able to simultaneously send secure video and high-speed broadband signals to and from an unnamed carrier’s plane in flight, automatically switching beams across three satellites over four continents and showing data rates of 6 Mbps to and 1 Mbps from the moving aircraft. The flight path crossed […]
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08/03/2012
Required Reading 08/03/12
In the latest issue of Communications Technology magazine, industry insider Jim Barthold looks into why TV Everywhere may not be for everyone. “Once TV becomes an app, there’s no stopping where it can go,” he writes. “Whether that all-out battleground scenario will develop, however, depends on multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) across the cable and […]
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08/03/2012
New Stuff 08/03/12
Moving forward, streaming start-up Aereo is offering potential New York City subscribers a free trial of the service (currently a legal hot button, click here for more information), including an hour of free streaming a day (no DVR). Those wanting to spend $8/month get unlimited access and 20 hours of online DVR. For those ponying […]
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08/03/2012
Inside The Beltway 08/03/12
Following on a New York State suit filed against Sprint regarding an alleged $30 million in unpaid sales taxes connected to it wireless services, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a subpoena for more information regarding those state and local taxes. Industry reports say the complaint centers on what proportion of a flat-rate calling […]
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08/03/2012
Deals Of The Day 08/03/12
More on the AT&T/NextWave Wireless purchase: Even with the former Ma Bell’s proposed purchase of NextWave’s unused, auction-bought spectrum (click here for more information), the nation’s wireless congestion still won’t be solved any time soon. “AT&T believes that even under a best-case scenario 2.3 GHz WCS spectrum would not be available for deployment for four […]