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09/30/2004
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Motorola Broadband CTO Carl McGrath has left to pursue other opportunities. He joined GI in ’96. McGrath recently stood before the House to testify on analog-to-digital converters during the DTV transition, estimating that such a box would cost about $67 in ’07. — Discovery chmn John Hendricks resigned from TiVo’s board last week as part […]
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09/27/2004
Seeing Starz: New Wrinkles in Download Service
Starz Encore beefed up its online movie service, bringing the number of titles on offer to around 150 at any given time, up from 100. An all-you-can-eat, $12.95/month SVOD offering, Starz! Ticket on Real Movies has spruced up title accessibility, introducing a progressive download function that allows subs to begin viewing a movie after 15 […]
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09/16/2004
Future Gazing: IPTV High on Powell's Radar
If cable needed further proof of "barbarians at the gate" (a phrase borrowed from CableLabs COO Chris Lammers), FCC chmn Michael Powell provided it. "IPTV and video are going to start coming on very, very strong," Powell said Wed. The chmn said that in the last 6 months, IPTV is the #1 item being worked […]
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09/08/2004
Hooking Up?
TiVo and Netflix are said to be closing in on a deal that would enable subscribers to the popular DVDs-by-mail service to download movies directly to their PVRs. According to a story in the latest issue of Newsweek, the deal could be OK’d as early as this week. While neither side would comment on what […]
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09/06/2004
17 Questions With John Alchin and Lawrence Smith
By Mavis Scanlon Comcast wouldn’t be where it is today without the financial acumen of its co-CFOs, John Alchin, who also serves as EVP and treasurer, and Lawrence Smith, who also serves as EVP. Long before the team crafted the financial package that sealed the AT&T deal, which catapulted Comcast to its current status as […]
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08/01/2004
Who Let the Dog Out?
My neighbor came banging on the door the other day, breathless, and with bad news: “The cable guy let your dog out. He thought your gate was ours.”