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07/22/2011
Charter Offers Its HBO/Cinemax Subs Free Online Access
HBO’s authenticated online video destinations – HBO GO and MAX GO – now are available free from Charter Communications, giving customers who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax unlimited online access. U.S. customers can use any computer with a high-speed connection or iPhones, iPads and select Android devices with a 3G connection. "Charter is taking another […]
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07/22/2011
Want Enterprise-Level Streaming? Get It Free
Self-service video provider LongTail Video is offering a free pricing plan for its online video platform called Bits on the Run. Using this platform, Web publishers reportedly can get enterprise-level video streaming and management at zero cost. According to LongTail, Bits on the Run lets Web publishers deliver content to any Web-based, mobile or set-top […]
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07/22/2011
Asia Pac Set To Be Top Fiber-Optic Fusion Splicer User
Last year, North America was the biggest user of fiber-optic fusion splicers but, this year, the Asia Pacific region – helped substantially by increased usage by China – could take over the lead spot. Following closely behind is Europe, where splicer usage is beginning to top that of North America. A fusion splicer is specialized […]
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07/22/2011
Quarterly Report: U-verse Subs Just Keep On Growing
AT&T added 202,000 net U-verse TV subs during the second quarter, raising that platform’s total to approx 3.41 million while penetration sits at 15.5 percent. Miller Tabak’s David Joyce notes the telco’s loss of 34,000 co-marketed satellite subs that “so far keeps us satisfied with our cable company video subscriber estimates.” That outlook includes year-per-year […]
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07/22/2011
Survey Sez: IPTV Operators Branch Out To Stay Ahead
Does it come as a surprise to anyone that IPTV has acted as the change agent in today’s video industry? Instead, what needs to be feared is its growing expertise in personalization. A new survey from Infonetics Research starts out by noting: "Despite representing only a small portion of the total pay-TV market, IPTV services […]
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07/22/2011
Terrestrial Cable + VSAT = Full Coverage
As MSOs seek to make a play for enterprise and cellular backhaul service, an IP-based Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite platform could provide the means for extending past their current infrastructures. “It’s a way for a cable operator to provide universal access to wherever a commercial customer wants to provide service,” says Richard Deasington, […]