Case Study: SIP Business Voice Small to medium-size business (SMB) phone service is a major focus for cable operators this year. You can't turn too many pages of any industry publication without seeing mention of the great opportunity this represents to cable operators, or a vendor...
05.15.2008
CBS Corp. Buys CNET News Briefing for Thursday, May 15, 2008 CBS Corp. is buying CNET Networks for $1.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. CNET Networks’ Web sites, which include CNET, Chow, Gamespot, MP3.com, TV.com, UrbanBaby and ZDNet, will be “combined...
05.14.2008
Analysts Blew It on Cable, DBS, Telco Forecasts News Briefing for Wednesday, May 14, 2008 The housing market collapse has not dented subscriber and revenue unit growth for cable operators, satellite distributors and the telcos' TV services so far this year, surprising analysts and leading some of them to...
04.25.2008
Fullbacking: NFL Supports Network NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 With Tricia Helfer joining the cast of USA Network's Burn Notice, you have to think it's going to be a very hot summer. Good day. The NFL has no interest in leaving the cable space despite a year of difficulties...
04.17.2008
Broadcast Vet to Coach Comcast’s Sports Nets News Briefing for Thursday, April 17, 2008 Cable360 newsroom staffers have been asked politely to not rail against other people or governments. Good day. Comcast hired veteran broadcast television producer Mike Weisman to work as a consultant to its...
04.03.2008
Cable Stocks Are Here Again News briefing for Thursday, April 3, 2008 Cable360 tipster Brain Clark has taken credit for coining the term “walxting” to describe the act of walking while text-messaging. Good day. Echoing CableWorld magazine’s former voice in the...
03.14.2008
Divorce Court: Diller and Malone NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008 On June 13, the Macon Music, a minor league baseball team, will host Eliot Spitzer night, The Macon Telegraph reports. Spitzer has been invited to throw out the first pitch. The team will give away a trip to NY...
03.12.2008
Time Warner Cable's Spinning NEWS BRIEFING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 Jack LaLanne says he “hates” working out, but at 93 he does so every day, for 90 minutes. Good day. The more things change…Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes reiterated that Time Warner Cable will be...
03.06.2008
A Noisy Digital Transition NEWS BRIEFING FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 6 Research finds evidence that dark chocolate can promote healthier hearts, reduce the risk of some cancers, improve insulin sensitivity and control blood pressure—what a pleasant thought. Good morning. One...
02.19.2008
Cable Consolidates in Canada News briefing for Tuesday, Feb. 19 » Consolidation of the cable industry is playing out north of the border, too. The family that runs the family run Aurora Cable TV Ltd has decided to sell its 16,000 cable television customers, 6,000 Internet subs and...
01.22.2008
360AM: Comcast Delivers TiVo in Boston Cable360AM — News briefing for Tuesday, Jan. 22 » Beginning today, Comcast customers in greater Boston can get TiVo service for $2.95 per month, on top of the usual $12.95 the cable operator charges for its regular digital video recorder service...
01.18.2008
360 Update: Planet Green's Big Ten Discovery’s Planet Green has joined forces with 10 environmental nonprofits, including The Nature Conservancy, Earthwatch Institute and National Wildlife Federation. The partnerships are broad, encompassing grassroots community outreach, public affairs...
12.17.2007
VoiP Providers Push New Pricing Models Residential voice telephony has become an unlikely hotbed for clever new products and new pricing models. For example, several VoIP providers are now promoting unlimited calling for one-time or low annual upfront payments, notably Ooma (www.ooma.com) and...
12.07.2007
360AM: Cable’s Bandwidth Paradox Cable360AM — News briefing for Friday, Dec. 7 » Rabbit ears are topping holiday wish lists for Cable360 staffers who can’t keep up with their mortgage payments and must eliminate luxuries like cable TV. Good morning. Wall Street analysts are...
11.28.2007
360AM: McSlarrow's Christmas Gift to Cable Cable360AM — News briefing for Wednesday, Nov. 28 » Cable’s lobbyists, in particular NCTA chief Kyle McSlarrow, scored a victory in Washington, D.C., last night, ending, for now, FCC chairman Kevin Martin’s plans to expand the...
11.26.2007
Cable360: C-SPAN Carries K Mart; IFC in Hotels; Esquire Gets MoJo Watch It On C-SPAN, Analysis on Bloomberg Talk about transparency in government. C-SPAN 2 will carry tomorrow's FCC session, beginning at 9:30 am ET [early Tues the meeting was re-scheduled to begin at 11 am ET]. As if we had to tell you, the Commission is...
11.20.2007
Cable360: Gates, Zalaznick Get New Gigs; Mary-Kate Olsen Hospitalized Cable360 — Afternoon news briefing for Tuesday, Nov. 20 » Discovery’s Gates of Commerce Discovery Communications named Patrick Gates president and GM of Discovery Commerce. He was interim president and GM of the division. The 25-year retail...
Will Android Dream of Mobile Sheep? With cable operators' Pivot-branded wireless joint venture now being tweaked by Sprint, the cable industry will be watching Google's latest foray, into the mobile and wireless space. Ending months of speculation, Google this morning unveiled Android (complete...
10.23.2007
EchoStar Unveils ViP-TV Exhibiting this week at TelcoTV in Atlanta, EchoStar has unveiled ViP-TV, an initiative of its subsidiary EchoStar Fixed Satellite Services Corporation (EFSSC). The IP-based service has the capacity to transport more than 300 TV channels in MPEG-4 via Ku-band...
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