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05/11/2011
Executive Q&A: Miron On Ethics
Retired Bright House Networks Chairman Robert Miron recently was honored as the inaugural recipient of the “Bresnan Ethics in Business Award,” named for the late William J. Bresnan, founder and chairman of Bresnan Communications and long-time chairman of the board of The Cable Center. Aside from his former leadership position at Bright House, Miron has […]
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05/10/2011
Do Customers Really Want To Self-Install?
By Linda Hardesty My dad and I once spent a miserable Saturday afternoon putting together a "do-it-yourself" media cabinet. The salesman at the Scandinavian furniture store assured us it would be simple – any idiot with half a brain could do this. We figured we had at least one whole brain between us, so it […]
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05/10/2011
Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype. The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and […]
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05/10/2011
thePlatform To Manage Video For Cox TV Online
Cox Communications will use thePlatform for back-end video management of its new video initiative, Cox TV Online. Cox is using thePlatform’s mpx video publishing system, expanding upon thePlatform’s history of managing Cox’s video for Cox.com since 2008. This new implementation enables programming networks to maintain the integrity of embedded custom video players on Cox’s website, […]
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05/10/2011
Motorola Acquires SunUp Digital to Boost Multi-Screen Abilities
Motorola Mobility has acquired SunUp Digital Systems, a software provider based in Santa Clara, California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Consumers are increasingly using companion devices to augment and personalize their entertainment experience, and with the acquisition of SunUp, Motorola Mobility strengthens its ability to enable service providers to rapidly create and manage […]
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05/10/2011
Charter Deploys One Million EBIF-Enabled Set-Tops
Charter Communications, which serves more than 5 million U.S. customers, has deployed 1 million Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF)-enabled digital set-top boxes in nearly all its communities utilizing Cisco set-top boxes. Charter worked closely with Concurrent and FourthWall Media in the EBIF platform’s rollout and validation. FourthWall Media supplied its standards-based, I05-compliant EBIF platform […]