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12/08/2011
The World According to Reed Hastings
Coming off a rough few months, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, spoke at the 39th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference this week, but he wasn’t showing any signs of diminished confidence. Hastings made some predictions for the future of telecommunications and video, and he was bullish on Netflix’s future. Hastings repeatedly said the […]
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12/07/2011
Verizon FiOS Viewers Click and Buy History Channel Products
Verizon Communications, History and Delivery Agent, jointly announced a contextual commerce application accessible to network programming viewers. Verizon FiOS TV subscribers will have 24/7 access to the new History Shop application that enables them to watch A+E Network’s History channel and use their remote control to purchase merchandise related to series such as Pawn Stars, […]
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12/07/2011
Broadcom Reacts to Demand for In-Vehicle Connectivity
Broadcom Corporation says it has the world’s broadest automotive Ethernet portfolio, engineered to meet the rigorous qualifications and demands of the automotive semiconductor market. Broadcom’s BroadR-Reach automotive portfolio delivers bandwidth of 100 Mbps and beyond while reducing connectivity costs and cabling weight. As consumer demand for in-vehicle connectivity continues to grow, automotive manufacturers are under […]
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12/07/2011
Cablemás Taps Avail-TVN for Adaptive Bitrate VOD Service
Mexican service provider Cablemás will transition its video on demand (VOD) service to Avail-TVN to take advantage of the company’s expansive video library and HTTP Live Streaming adaptive bitrate (ABR) service. Under the terms of the agreement, Avail-TVN will deliver VOD content from studios, networks and specialty content providers to set-top boxes in more than […]
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12/07/2011
Cablevision Sues Verizon Over High-Speed Internet Ads
Cablevision Systems has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court seeking an end to a Verizon? advertising campaign, which it claims makes intentionally false and misleading statements ?related to Cablevision’s high-speed Internet service. Cablevision issued the following announcement: "The FCC recently reported that Cablevision is delivering substantially faster Internet speeds than Verizon’s ads claim they are. […]
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12/07/2011
Nielsen Combines Standard TV Metric With Online Metric for VideoHub
For the first time, Nielsen has integrated its gross rating points (GRP) data with an online video advertising platform. VideoHub, a division of Tremor Video, and Nielsen today announced an alliance giving VideoHub customers access to Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings GRPs via VideoHub for Advertisers. The incorporation of data from Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings into […]