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08/25/2005
TiVo + Cable
Tom Rogers keeps inking cable deals for TiVo. The latest is a Cablevision winback deal, with the MSO launching a trial in Oct that provides DBS subs with a TiVo DVR and wireless router when they sign up for CVC’s triple-play bundle. The TiVo boxes will be available solely to ex-DBS subs as Cablevision tries […]
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08/18/2005
Getting there wasn’t half the fun
Intrepid trekkers to this week’s CableLabs Summer Conference in Keystone ran into an immoveable object Sunday in the form of a rockslide on Interstate 70 in Colorado, trapping many attendees for hours on end before being re-routed over another mountain pass. According to one conference goer, IPTV was a hot topic during one of the […]
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08/04/2005
Islands Plan All Digital Conversion
Cable Bahamas plans to use EGT to facilitate its conversion to an all-digital network. Cable Bahamas will primarily use EGT’s encoders in a rollout of more than 250 digital services that the MSO will deliver in New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco, and Eleuthera. Cable Bahamas will use the high-speed digital signal processors found in EGT’s […]
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08/02/2005
NCTC News
Comcast isn’t the only cable op with a TiVo deal. The PVR maker reached an agreement with independent cable operator co-op NCTC. Benton Cablevision of Rice, MN, is the 1st of NCTC’s 1000+ members to deploy the standalone DVR service. A key difference between the NCTC deal and TiVo’s Comcast deal is that many of […]
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07/25/2005
Summit Happenings
VOOM will host a screening lounge to preview its content offerings. Rainbow promises a "major announcement" in the coming weeks regarding HD content tiers. — WE will hype "Bridezillas" by handing out Philly pretzels and branded water bottles to commuters at 30th St Station Mon (9am-1pm). — Q TV is using Summit to kick off […]
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05/23/2005
Guest Column
by Marc O. Smith Industry of Acquiescence Washington D.C.’s, surrealism never disappoints. The latest installment arrived courtesy of the White House Correspondents Dinner and the CTPAA Forum a few weeks back. The night before cable flaks gathered at the Ritz to fine-tune their strategy of indecency acquiescence, the First Lady brought down the Hilton with […]