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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.”
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05/17/2004
Cable on Demand?
Blockbuster, Netflix and Wal-Mart should be paying as much attention to cable’s VOD rollouts as Wall Street, and with good reason: Cable’s video-on-demand offerings have the potential to become more popular with customers than traditional DVD/video sales and rental businesses in the not-too-distant future. No doubt you’ve heard this boast many times over the past […]
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05/17/2004
12 Questions With Alan Schulman: Want More Ad Dollars? Follow Cox and Comcast Spotlight’s Lead
By Shirley Brady Advertisers are poised to direct more dollars than ever to cable—but not toward cable’s advanced television services. Alan Schulman, the former EVP/creative director of Universal McCann, launched the agency Brand New World with Alan Feldenkris, former VP of interactive marketing for AOL, to help clients develop cost-efficient ITV versions of traditional TV […]
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04/28/2004
Uh Oh, TiVo
NDS [NNDS] won back its contract with DirecTV [DTV] in March, a development that could spell doom for TiVo [TIVO]. Throughout NDS’ 3Q conference call, pres/CEO Abe Peled and CFO Rick Medlock spoke about linking back up with the big dish company, expounding on how the partnership will help NDS’ global reach. NDS also has […]
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03/01/2004
DVR
TiVo [TIVO] pulled the wraps off a gussied-up version of its "Series2" DVR, one that’s capable of storing up to 140 hrs of SD programming. The unit retails for $399, although there’s a $50 mail-in rebate now through May. — DVR is the "It" gadget, an Ipsos-Insight survey says. Although the box hasn’t penetrated deeply […]
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01/09/2004
CES Notes
Panasonic demo’ed the industry’s first end-to-end system for OCAP here yesterday, where it was joined by collaborators Comcast [CMCSA], Time Warner Cable [TWX] Motorola [MOT], and Concurrent [CCUR]. — Voom used CES to unveil plans for the roll out of the "Voom HD Home Media Network" this summer. The whole house solution being demo’ed on […]