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07/20/2011
NCTA Hires CTIA Exec
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) today announced that K. Dane Snowden, currently vice president for external and state affairs for CTIA – The Wireless Association, and formerly chief of the FCC Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau will join NCTA in the new role of chief of staff, working closely with NCTA President and […]
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07/20/2011
Verizon FiOS TV Streams Pandora
Verizon is making the personalized Internet radio service Pandora widely available to subscribers. Verizon launched the service today to FiOS TV customers in California, Texas and Virginia, and it will be available in additional markets in the coming months. FiOS TV subscribers can access their existing radio stations from Pandora, or create a new account with […]
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07/19/2011
Asia-Pac Drives Fiber Broadband Growth, Says ABI
The number of fixed broadband subscribers continues to grow. According to ABI Research practice director Jason Blackwell, “There were more than 539 million fixed broadband subscribers globally at the end of second quarter. That is an 8 percent increase from the same quarter in 2010. Customer net addition is stronger in emerging markets.” The number […]
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07/19/2011
DLNA Certifies More Than 4,000 TV Models
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) experienced unprecedented growth in the number of DLNA certified televisions during the first quarter of 2011, certifying more than 1,000 models in North America, Europe, Korea and Japan. The number of TV models certified by the Alliance in the first three months of the year was greater than the […]
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07/19/2011
HGI Paves Way for Home Automation Apps
The Home Gateway Initiative has published a document, “Requirements for Software Modularity on the Home Gateway,” which sets requirements that support software applications within a flexible, managed framework. Duncan Bees, chief technical and business officer for HGI, said in a statement: “Service providers are looking at deploying next generation applications using the Home Gateway and […]
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07/19/2011
Morega Awarded Patent for Sideloading TV Everywhere Technology
Morega Systems has received patent approval for its content portability technology, which gives satellite, cable and IPTV service providers and equipment manufacturers a way to extend premium, multimedia content beyond the television and the set-top box to support the connected home and TV Everywhere. Today, the predominant way to deliver content to any device such […]