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05/04/2004
Show News
S-A [SFA] unveiled its multi-room DVR solution, the Explorer 8300. Time Warner already has the box in field trials in an undisclosed system. The 8300 is an in-home media center that can be accessed by up to 3 other, non-DVR Explorer set-tops in the home. — Microsoft [MSFT] announced the latest upgrade to its digital […]
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05/04/2004
At the Show
Intellon Corp expects a big jump in demand for its chips following word that Comcast is trialing its HomePlug powerline networking technology. Intellon pres Ron Glibbery tells a Comcast Interactive Capital and CableLabs session at Nationnal that orders were up 83% in the first month of ’04. The company is shipping 100K of the chips/month, […]
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05/04/2004
Don't Miss
Breakfast, invitation only, with Sec. of Education Dr Rod Paige. — The general session features a free-for-all of programmers. — Lunch, again invitation only, is with four FCC commissioners (Powell is hiding, contemplating digital dilemmas) and Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy (world’s sixth largest business card) Michael Gallagher. — For early evening […]
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05/04/2004
Doing Good
Cable in the Classroom is launching an awards program ‘Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards’ to recognize teachers, administrators, community leaders and policymakers who’ve used cable technology and had a major influence in education youth in and out of the classroom. There also will be a special category to recognize public officials, such as members of […]
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05/04/2004
Industry Perspective
This is a new era. Truly. It’s quite remarkable. Some thought we couldn’t do it, and even while we find ourselves enmeshed in the excitement, the challenges, the rewards and the issues, we still don’t quite believe it. Cable companies, program networks, consumer electronics companies, retailers, technology companies, broadband content suppliers and industry associations are […]
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05/03/2004
It's Showtime: Moves, Basics and Buzz in Crescent City
National preliminaries began in a cloudy, damp New Orleans as CTAM’s Char Beales stepped on the porch of cable’s Broadband Home and asked her opening panel what their favorite items inside were: Cox’s Pat Esser liked the Jacuzzi with the built-in HD set (and a remote that doesn’t short); Charter’s Maggie Bellville adored the TV […]