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07/25/2012
To Market, To Market 07/25/12
According to research from Adobe Systems, search spend among advertisers remains strong, with a growing emphasis on mobile devices as tablet-conversion rates surpass desktop-conversion rates. This indicates “significant opportunities” for marketers to increase ROI by shifting advertising spend to tablet devices. In addition, brands continue to invest heavily in Facebook to drive fan growth, which […]
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07/25/2012
Deals Of The Day 07/25/12
Optical communication provider Oclaro Inc. and Opnext Inc. say shareholders have given the nod to their merger, which closed July 23. The combined company will continue to operate under the Oclaro name, sporting a new logo and brand identity…Belden Inc. now is closer to its acquisition of Miranda Technologies; more than 21 million Miranda shares […]
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07/25/2012
Survey Sez 07/25/12
There is good news and bad news: LTE will generate more than $1.7 billion for wireless vendors this year (increasing tenfold by 2017), but LTE only will fulfill that potential if operators address several key business challenges first, says Maravedis-Rethink. Mobile carriers need to overcome such hurdles as spectrum availability, a smooth transition for voice services, […]
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07/25/2012
New Stuff 07/25/12
Google Inc. says it will update the industry tomorrow regarding its fiber plans for Kansas City; it’s been pretty mum about the ultra-high-speed Internet network in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., since making its original buildout announcement…Comcast is doubling the speeds of two of its existing Internet tiers in certain markets at no […]
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07/25/2012
Live From The Independent Show 07/25/12
Just back from the Senate hearing on a possible rewrite of the 1992 Cable Act (see Inside The Beltway today), ACA President/CEO Matthew Polka told attendees this morning that senators appear to acknowledge the Act is outdated and that retrans-consent negotiations are not free-market negotiations. Noting that there will be more hearings on the Hill […]
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07/25/2012
Inside The Beltway 07/25/12
American Cable Association chair and chair/CEO of WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone Colleen Abdoulah, testifying yesterday before the Senate Commerce Committee, called on Congress to modernize the Cable Act of 1992 in response to skyrocketing pay-TV bills, a spike in TV signal blackouts, and chronic anti-competitive business practices by media giants. Focusing on the “broken […]