Cable Operators To Assess Future Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC

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Kagan VOD Summit, June 28, To Tackle How
Cable TV Intends to Energize 20+ Mil.
Subscribers Now Wired for VOD

Kagan VOD Summit, June 28, To Tackle How
Cable TV Intends to Energize 20+ Mil.
Subscribers Now Wired for VOD 06/17/2005 03:44 PM
Charlie Thurston, President, Comcast Spotlight, will keynote the Kagan VOD Summit, Tuesday, June 28. The event will address how advertisers are poised to reach the 20+ mil. homes now wired for on-demand television access. The executive conference to be held at the Park Lane in New York will also feature top executives from leading players in the video on demand sector, such as iN DEMAND, IBM Digital Media, Showtime, Nielsen Media Research, Broadbus, Rainbow Media, Tandberg Television and more. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2005]

Kagan Projects Cable and Satellite HD
Subscribers To Approach 94 Million By
2015

Kagan Projects Cable and Satellite HD
Subscribers To Approach 94 Million By
2015 02/01/2005 08:47 PM
The number of consumers buying High Definition (HD) television sets is rising at a much faster pace than the number of consumers subscribing to HD programs via their cable or satellite systems. But, according to Kagan Research, the proliferation of HD sets is setting the stage for a programming boom that will approach 94 million subscribers and surpass an 88% penetration in the next 10 years. [PRWEB Jan 24, 2005]

Cable Operators Have Terrible Wi-Fi
Plans

Cable Operators Have Terrible Wi-Fi
Plans 04/01/2005 04:57 PM

This trade-magazine article tries to show how cable operators are tied into Wi-Fi, but demonstrates their wrong-headed approach: The article surveys efforts by Comcast, Charter, and Time-Warner to offer their cable television subscribers some kind of Wi-Fi adjunct. But it's a lot of spotty, weird plans that don't bring enough locations or value.

Comcast partners with T-Mobile to discount the T-Mobile service, but as a Comcast subscriber, I can tell you I received a couple of coupons and virtually no information since about the partnership, which is more of a slightly discount off retail. If they wanted to do it right, they could pursue an SBC DSL/Wi-Fi promotion and offer a $20/month unlimited service plan--the same rate that T-Mobile only makes available to its cell subscribers. However, that might undercut T-Mobile cell market, and Comcast and T-Mobile aren't connected except through a partnership.

Time-Warner is installing Wi-Fi in a small number of random venues--the article makes it sound like quite a few, but the scale of "quite a few" is thousands now, not hundreds. The writer says that Time-Warner installs the service and sells minutes wholesale to the venue which then resells them at retail. Time-Warner Roadrunner cable subscribers get a small amount of free service in some locations.

Finally, Charter is reselling RemotePipes Wi-Fi footprint. They're an aggregator, but it's extremely difficult to understand their footprint from their Web site.

Bottom line: if this is the best they can do in response to SBC's DSL and Wi-Fi bundle, then we can expect the DSL churn rate in SBC territory to remain quite low.

Cable TV operators say they are ready
for Murdoch

Cable TV operators say they are ready
for Murdoch 12/03/2003 07:18 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 3 2003 4:57PM ET

Cable, satellite operators renew battle
over what we watch

Cable, satellite operators renew battle
over what we watch 08/03/2004 10:54 AM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Aug 3 2004 3:36PM GMT

Verizon Challenges Cable With Fiber TV

Verizon Challenges Cable With Fiber TV 04/18/2005 06:02 PM
Verizon on Monday touted its FiOS television service as "a compelling alternative" to cable TV. However, the company has a major roadblock ahead: laws. Currently, to offer any kind of video across its fiber networks, the law stipulates that Verizon would have to obtain a second franchise from local authorities.

Cable operators back NTC's intellectual
property unit

Cable operators back NTC's intellectual
property unit 04/04/2005 11:22 AM
INQ7.net Apr 4 2005 3:59PM GMT

EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line

EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line 12/24/2004 12:47 PM
EUPEN Cable Inc. has announced a change in the pricing structure of its premiere line of cable, connectors and jumper assemblies. This increase in pricing is in response to sustained increases in material costs for the products used to produce cable [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Microsoft and SeaChange Enhance Alliance
to Provide Cable Operators With More
Flexibility and Innovative On-Demand
Services

Microsoft and SeaChange Enhance Alliance
to Provide Cable Operators With More
Flexibility and Innovative On-Demand
Services 05/03/2004 03:16 PM
Microsoft Corp. and SeaChange International Inc. today announced an agreement at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's National Show to extend their joint efforts to provide network operators with flexibility in developing, marketing and deploying video-on-demand (VOD) services. According to the agreement, SeaChange's VODlink software will be integrated with the Microsoft® TV Foundation Edition platform, allowing operators to take advantage of VODlink's value-added capabilities, such as DVD on demand. The agreement affirms SeaChange's existing commitment to Microsoft TV and ensures support of SeaChange VODlink in future versions of Microsoft TV Foundation Edition and Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide (IPG) for television operators that choose VODlink services.

Inaugural Advisory Board Offers
Microsoft a Look at Future Information
Worker Opportunities and Challenges

Inaugural Advisory Board Offers
Microsoft a Look at Future Information
Worker Opportunities and Challenges 07/06/2004 12:03 PM
Simon Moss doesn't know how to live without software. He and his classmates began doing their school work on personal laptop computers since seventh grade. The 21-year-old Australian student now runs a personal business and manages volunteers for a non-profit foundation almost entirely online and via his mobile phone.

Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem

Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
A very amazing article on the Register on how a group of hackers have unlocked a certain brand of cable...

The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more

The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more 07/08/2004 03:39 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Technology - Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data Report to their offering. [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

VCs size up open source challenges and
opportunities

VCs size up open source challenges and
opportunities 06/23/2004 12:26 PM
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- No one says very much about it, but to some software VCs, investing in open source may seem a little nuts. And that's why more than 50 of them showed up recently at a seminar hosted by the SD Forum, industry experts Olliance Group, and the law firm of Gray Cary. The VCs listened to panels consisting of Fortune 1000 CIOs, premier industry vendors, legal experts, and revenue-generating open source firms.

"Pretty women scramble men's ability to
assess the future"

"Pretty women scramble men's ability to
assess the future" 12/16/2003 08:48 PM

Four Key Challenges for Operators in 3G
Rollouts

Four Key Challenges for Operators in 3G
Rollouts 09/15/2004 03:34 AM
3G Sep 15 2004 7:19AM GMT

USB Cable Bag

USB Cable Bag 06/17/2005 06:12 PM

Reader Kurt sent us this odd duck: It contains just about every connector you could ever need, including USB to Ethernet (??) and USB to phone jack (??) adapters. If anyone can figure out why you'd need those two jacks, please let me know.

Then there's the weird headphone jack thing. What's that all about? Generally, there are a few very useful things in here like the Firewire to Firewire and USB to USB cables—which you can't find anywhere—but the rest of that stuff looks like a mistake.

UPDATE - Justin says...

Many companies use “proprietary” cables to connect PC’s to their equipment, I have an APC UPS that connects to my pc with an Ethernet to USB cable. I’ve also seen the same with RJ-11 to USB on some quirky devices such as room temperature monitors.

Also, it appears that there are two Ethernet headers in there, so you can make your own Ethernet cable. I get it now.

Product Page [MomentumFire]

sea of cable

sea of cable 06/29/2004 10:23 AM
Sonic Youth on KCRW. A nice video of in-studio taping.

Inside the ATA Cable

Inside the ATA Cable 03/19/2003 10:46 PM

Catching up to cable

Catching up to cable 03/31/2005 03:24 AM
Usatoday.com - Wed Mar 30, 08:45 pm GMT

Top Tip: Is cable faster than DSL?

Top Tip: Is cable faster than DSL? 12/31/2003 02:31 PM
I have neither cable or DSL, but the slow dial-up still. I can't get Cable and my ISP provides DSL but I'm too far and they won't extend it to reach me because it's too costly. Anyhow, I still keep an eye on the two internet connections and hopefully will be using one of the two in the next few years or so. I'm curious on knowing the faster one.

Once upon a time this was a USB cable

Once upon a time this was a USB cable 02/10/2004 02:49 AM
That's it. I've had enough. Firstly this MD I got after I had to return my other one works even...

Is cable faster than DSL?

Is cable faster than DSL? 12/31/2003 01:15 PM
Extreme Tech Dec 31 2003 12:06PM ET

Tech key for cable

Tech key for cable 04/13/2005 03:29 AM
Usatoday.com - Mon Apr 11, 08:09 pm GMT

FCC: Why No a La Carte Cable?

FCC: Why No a La Carte Cable? 07/30/2004 05:18 AM
The cable industry tells the FCC that a la carte cable subscriptions would hurt advertising and cost too much. But FCC staffers ask tough questions in return, and hear from others who say the industry is full of it. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.

Cable Snaking Into Everything

Cable Snaking Into Everything 05/07/2004 05:01 AM
Cable operators are battling for control of your house, so industry executives showed off the possibilities at their national convention. Staci D. Kramer reports from New Orleans.

Review of RCN CABLE

Review of RCN CABLE 11/05/2003 08:21 PM
Later I found out searching Google that this is normal for that brand of modem, gee I wished tech support would have told me this in the first place. ...

Verizon: Take That, Cable

Verizon: Take That, Cable 05/14/2004 04:50 AM
Business Week May 14 2004 9:06AM GMT

Cable a la Carte

Cable a la Carte 07/15/2004 03:19 AM

Cable the way you want it, has been a topic of discussion here a number of times. The House of Representatives had hearings today on the topic. The big cable companies obviously don't want to give consumers the right to do this claiming that overall cost will go up. I think consumers are personally tired of paying for channels that have infomercials on them half of the time. Small independent cable companies are willing to give consumers what they want if the Big Cable companies let them. [Wired]

Telecom vs. Cable

Telecom vs. Cable 05/13/2004 12:27 PM
In this era of technological innovation, which major communications industry will emerge victorious?

"Cable Newser"

"Cable Newser" 06/17/2004 06:48 AM

You'll Never Get Cable a la Carte

You'll Never Get Cable a la Carte 06/10/2004 06:16 AM
Cable TV is like a crappy pizza joint: You can order a small, medium or large pie, but you can't design your own -- and no slices. Wired magazine asked Time Warner Cable's Glenn Britt to get in front of any regulation and give his customers the option now.

Hooking up with cable

Hooking up with cable 04/01/2005 11:04 AM
Providers are juggling tech challenges from VoIP to video. Can they keep up and not drop the ball?

The Other Cable Story

The Other Cable Story 02/12/2004 05:01 PM
Cox Communications offers investors lots to ponder.

The portion of the telephone or cable

The portion of the telephone or cable 09/13/2004 01:36 AM
TechTree Sep 13 2004 5:40AM GMT

The Internet is Bigger than Cable

The Internet is Bigger than Cable 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

Quot ing Jeff Jarvis in full (because the information is that important to me:

The Internet is now bigger than cable, according to eMarketer (via Media Post and LostRemote).

...eMarketer now estimates U.S. household Internet penetration is about 67.9 percent. That compares with a 65.8 percent U.S. household penetration level for cable, according to an eMarketer analysis of Nielsen Media Research and U.S. Census data. More significantly, Ramsey noted that while cable TV penetration has essentially been flat at about 66 percent of U.S. households, online penetration continues to expand.... “Wow,” said Jes Santoro, vice president-director of integrated media at Earthquake Media, a media shop that buys traditional and online media, upon learning of the online penetration milestone from MediaDailyNews. “I think it is very significant. But it’s symbolic as well.” “It’s symbolic because it speaks to people’s media consumption habits,” he explained. “Think about cable, you kind of have to have it to have it to get TV reception. It’s almost like a utility. But with the Internet, people go out and get it because they want to use the Internet.” eMarketer’s Ramsey agreed, noting that it was similar household penetration milestones that first got cable TV on the map with Madison Avenue during various junctures in cable’s history.

Oh, but that's not the half of it. They're only counting homes and every single Internet business I know (even Nick Denton's work-unsafe Fleshbot) sees its prime time at midday, during work, where almost anyone sitting at a desk now has high-speed Internet access.

So the penetration is higher than the numbers above indicate. And the usage is higher.

Internet will get greater mindshare and greater share of the audience's attention because cable and TV and radio can't reach them at work, but the Internet can.

Let's repeat that again: The Internet is bigger than cable TV. And so the Internet should be getting a much bigger share of advertising dollars.

Alas, though... 'the internet' is too fragmented to aggregate for media buyers the way cable is aggregated in most markets... Even with cable there are only 300 channels or so for advertisers to split their dollars amongst...

Also see: John Battelle's SearchBlog and MarketingWonk.

New: GarageBand Guitar Cable

New: GarageBand Guitar Cable 08/06/2004 10:00 AM
Griffin Technology released a GarageBand Guitar Cable for connecting a guitar directly to a Mac.

Cox Bid Ignites Cable Rally

Cox Bid Ignites Cable Rally 08/02/2004 11:45 AM
TheStreet.com Aug 2 2004 3:25PM GMT

Big Players Getting the Best of Cable
Battle

Big Players Getting the Best of Cable
Battle 12/31/2003 08:34 AM
TheStreet.com Dec 31 2003 7:36AM ET

Wireless Cable TV in the Works

Wireless Cable TV in the Works 01/28/2004 09:15 AM
Ultra wideband technology will have enough bandwidth to take the 'cable' out of cable TV, its touters say. It might also be used for transferring images from digital cameras to computers.
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Cable & Wireless launches broadband
assault

Cable & Wireless launches broadband
assault 09/17/2004 12:35 PM
ZDNet UK Sep 17 2004 4:45PM GMT

Cable & Wireless surges back into
broadband unbundling

Cable & Wireless surges back into
broadband unbundling 05/28/2004 09:24 AM
ZDNet UK May 28 2004 1:54PM GMT

Senators Eye Undersea Cable Sale
Security (AP)

Senators Eye Undersea Cable Sale
Security (AP) 04/08/2005 06:16 PM
AP - Three Republican senators are urging a secretive government panel to investigate the national security implications of the $130 million sale of a network of U.S. undersea communications cables to India's largest phone and broadband company.

New Undersea Cable Projects Face Some
Old Problems

New Undersea Cable Projects Face Some
Old Problems 05/10/2004 01:30 AM
It has been several years since executives in the undersea cable industry had anything to cheer about, but a new cable project is under way.

Microsoft to Unveil Microsoft TV
Foundation Edition Version 1.5 To Meet
Growing Demand for Better Consumer
Digital Cable Experience

Microsoft to Unveil Microsoft TV
Foundation Edition Version 1.5 To Meet
Growing Demand for Better Consumer
Digital Cable Experience 01/06/2004 02:31 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced it will unveil the latest version of its digital cable software platform, Microsoft® TV Foundation Edition, at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas (Booth No. 8323 in the Central Hall). Microsoft TV Foundation Edition version 1.5 enhances the consumer viewing experience by providing fully integrated support for high-definition television (HDTV) and digital video recording (DVR), while enabling network operators to better market and merchandize new and existing digital cable services including video on demand (VOD).

Fed Panel Approves Tyco's Sale of
Undersea Cable To Tata

Fed Panel Approves Tyco's Sale of
Undersea Cable To Tata 04/13/2005 03:06 PM
TechWeb Apr 13 2005 6:24PM GMT

Broadcasting & Cable: The Business of
Television

Broadcasting & Cable: The Business of
Television 08/07/2004 02:09 PM
KING RICHARD DECLARES WAR ON RUPERT!!!!!!!!!! .. Parsons Takes Shot at Fox

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VDSL: Televisión e Internet por el cable
del teléfono

VDSL: Televisión e Internet por el cable
del teléfono 05/20/2004 12:59 PM

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
foreThought.net, a Denver-based telephone and Internet company, today announced the launch of "Mach", its new ADSL 2+ broadband Internet access service. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

Cable broadband just got faster [UK]

Cable broadband just got faster [UK] 04/26/2004 06:11 AM

Cable broadband just got faster

Cable broadband just got faster 04/26/2004 03:21 AM
BBC Apr 26 2004 7:16AM GMT

Broadband: Cable, DSL face threats

Broadband: Cable, DSL face threats 07/29/2004 06:25 AM
Wireless and other networks pose new challenges to the duopoly.

Cable to dominate broadband through 2008

Cable to dominate broadband through 2008 08/02/2004 10:02 AM
The Yankee Group forecasts that by year-end 2008, there will be more than 52 million broadband households...

DSL and cable to offer 20Mbps broadband

DSL and cable to offer 20Mbps broadband 04/14/2005 01:42 PM
vnunet.com Apr 14 2005 4:32PM GMT

Cable, DSL Face New Broadband
Competition

Cable, DSL Face New Broadband
Competition 03/24/2005 04:54 PM
Extreme Tech Mar 24 2005 8:16PM GMT

Cable joins broadband price war

Cable joins broadband price war 11/12/2003 04:26 PM
Aggressive promotions target phone company rivals as the industry mulls "tiered" services.

Should Cable Broadband Be Regulated At
The State Level?

Should Cable Broadband Be Regulated At
The State Level? 12/22/2003 01:46 PM
The latest Above the Crowd column from Bill Gurley takes a close look at a recent 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision concerning whether or not cable broadband services should be regulated as a telecommunications service by the states. Gurley trashes the ruling (which decided they should be) saying that it goes against what the federal government has made clear as well as against what makes the most sense for the internet. Instead, the only group to benefit from this ruling are the state Public Utility Commissions. Everyone else will suffer. He admits that some say the regulation could increase competitiveness, but points out that DSL is already regulated this way and is losing out to unregulated cable offerings (which are even more expensive). He suggests that the market has already shown that they favor an unregulated solution. I agree with the general premise, but I'm not so sure that the current lead cable has is because their "winning" the competitive battle so much as they've more effectively leveraged their own monopoly. I use cable modem service at home because that was the only choice I had - and no one else has come along to offer a compelling alternative yet. However, because my service is a monopoly, it's treated as such: meaning the customer service is dreadful and the prices keep rising. So far, the DSL providers have had their own problems. The real issue is that neither side is doing much to make consumers happy.

FCC petitions to overturn cable
broadband ruling

FCC petitions to overturn cable
broadband ruling 12/04/2003 04:52 PM
The Federal Communications Commission files a petition requesting a rehearing involving a case that could bring new federal regulations to the cable broadband industry.

Telcos Falling Farther Behind Cable In
Broadband?

Telcos Falling Farther Behind Cable In
Broadband? 03/24/2005 02:23 PM
The ongoing battle between telcos and cablecos for broadband dominance seems to be one where it's much easier to note the mistakes than the successes. A new report is saying that telcos are falling even further behind cable -- which, if true, would suggest that the telcos have squandered a golden opportunity. It's not clear that it's true, though. Other studies have shown that the cheaper price and aggressive advertising practices by telcos have helpe d them close the gap with cable providers, who were first out of the gate in the US with broadband offerings. Of course, part of the problem is that the telcos still don't trust DSL. They never wanted to offer it to consumers initially, and only did so when they felt forced to by cable offerings -- even if DSL is now w hat's keeping them alive. However, the cheap DSL prices aren' t really that cheap and the forced bundling with local telephone lines makes the problem even worse. People are willing to buy cheap broadband -- but all of the strings attached mean that it's just as easy to go with cable -- the supposedly "expensive" provider. Add into that equation the fact that at least some cable providers are realizing that by offering VoIP for next to nothing they can steal away more telco customers, and the telcos need to do something. Right now, it appears their focus is on fiber , fiber and more fiber -- but it makes you wonder if they really would have been able to get away with denyi ng fiber to certain locations if they didn't get the regulatory changes they wanted. If cable were eating their lunch, suddenly fiber would look better, no matter what the regulatory environment.

TV over broadband will come from
existing satellite and cable brands,
says Analysys

TV over broadband will come from
existing satellite and cable brands,
says Analysys 09/24/2004 03:29 AM
TV content aggregation is not a business for network operators, who will do better to form partnerships with satellite and cable operators to sell TV over broadband. Gross margins on TV can be as low as 20% but operators need TV services to compete with triple-play competitors. Fixed broadband (BB) operators providing TV reduce the net present value (NPV) of their business model over the first five years, according to Analysys calculations for this report. Gambling games are the most profitable entertainment option for network operators. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

VSNL Rolls Out Internet Over Cable
Broadband Services

VSNL Rolls Out Internet Over Cable
Broadband Services 09/02/2004 05:24 PM
Financial Express Sep 2 2004 9:25PM GMT

Government appeals in Brand X broadband
cable case

Government appeals in Brand X broadband
cable case 08/31/2004 12:48 AM
SiliconValley.com Aug 31 2004 4:18AM GMT

Yahoo Partners With Rogers Cable To
Offer Broadband Service

Yahoo Partners With Rogers Cable To
Offer Broadband Service 07/13/2004 06:55 PM
WebProNews Jul 13 2004 11:11PM GMT

Cable Operators To Assess Future Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC

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