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06/15/2011
Cable Show Opening: Business Models vs.Technology
Two years ago, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes spearheaded the concept of "TV Everywhere" to make cable programming available on three screens for cable subscribers. But in 2011, industry leaders are still trying to figure out the business models, and they’re no longer talking about just "three screens" but rather "multi-screens." At the opening session […]
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06/14/2011
Comcast Partners With Skype For HD Video Calling
Comcast and Skype have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable Comcast customers to make HD video calls on their televisions, whether their friends and family use Skype on their home TVs, PCs, compatible smartphones or tablets. ? ?Through this arrangement, Comcast customers will be able to experience widescreen HD video calling with hundreds of […]
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06/14/2011
Roomlinx Lands Luxury Hotel ‘Template’ Deal
The Delamar Greenwich Harbor Hotel in Greenwich, Conn., a member of "Small Luxury Hotels of the World," an exclusive collection of more than 500 hotels in 70 countries, inked a five-year agreement to install Roomlinx iTV Platform 3.0 into the 82-room property. No financial details were disclosed. Denver-based Roomlinx, a provider of interactive-TV products and […]
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06/14/2011
BigBand Powers Multi-Screen Services
BigBand Networks will showcase new solutions designed to help operators deliver content to multiple screens in the consumer’s home at The Cable Show 2011. Highlights of the demonstrations will include: Advertising with regional and targeted ads delivered to all screens Enhanced TV capabilities Delivery of linear TV and VOD programming to IP-connected devices QAM advancements […]
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06/14/2011
NCTC Names New President
The National Cable Television Cooperative NCTC has named Rich Fickle its new president and chief executive officer. In this role, he will oversee NCTC’s overall strategic direction and day-to-day operations and lead the membership organization’s efforts to further enhance its buying and technology sourcing services. Fickle is a 30-year industry veteran who has worked extensively […]
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06/14/2011
CMAP and CESAR Get Replaced by CCAP
CableLabs has released an updated technical report to establish a set of consensus requirements for a new device that facilitates the evolution to a converged access network architecture. Called the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP), this new device integrates the functions of broadcast and narrowcast quadrature amplitude modulators (QAMs), as well as DOCSIS 3.0 downstream […]