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03/10/2004
CTAM Kick-off
Comcast [CMCSA] is hoping to move soon on retail and telephony, vp, biz dev Tom Nagel told CTAM Digital’s opener in L.A. Nagel said Comcast hopes to be in stores by ’05. [Mon, Cox [COX] said it’s looking to step up its telephony retail presence this year (Cfax, 03/08).] Other themes at the VoIP session […]
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03/10/2004
On the Links
Cequel III svp, engineering Terry Cordova picked a good time for a hole in one, nailing the ace during a closest-to-the-pin contest Sat at The Revere at Anthem outside Vegas during sister pub CT’s ‘Broadband Leaders Retreat.’ His shot spurred teammates David Eng (C-Cor.net), Jeff Chen (Advance/Newhouse) and Ed Burakowski (NDS) to a win in […]
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03/09/2004
C'est La Vie: Roberts' Disney Ardor Flags
Brian Roberts’ keynote presentation at the Bear Stearns confab was a rather abrupt about-face on Disney [DIS]. The Comcast [CMCSA] chief said while he believes the marriage of Comcast’s digital plant and the Mouse’s vast content library would flourish in an on-demand world, the acquisition wasn’t a "must have." The distribution of Disney product over […]
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03/09/2004
Sorry, Charlie
EchoStar [DISH] chief Charlie Ergen said repeatedly during his televised "Charlie Chat" at 9pm ET last night that within hours Viacom [VIA] networks and CBS o-and-o’s in 16 markets on DISH would go dark. "We really have no choice," he said, according to SkyReport. "It’s pretty hard to believe." Both sides said before Chat began […]
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03/09/2004
Deals
Cebridge signed agreements with Tele-Media and USA Media for about 60K subs, bringing the MSO’s customer base to about 495K subs. The deal with Tele-Media will give Cebridge 19K subs in KY, NC, TN, VA and WV. The USA Media deal is for 41K subs in CA, ID, NV, OR and WA. Terms weren’t disclosed; […]
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03/09/2004
Robbins Reveals '04 Game Plan
Cox [COX] kicked off the Bear Stearns session promising to redouble its focus on expanding telephony, evp, eng/CTO Chris Bowick said. (He underscored the complexity of VoIP with one of the most esoteric Powerpoint slides we’ve ever seen.) Bowick asserted VoIP is "ready for prime time," but declined to reveal which markets would follow Roanoke, […]