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06/01/2009
Broadband: It's a 'Green' Thing
In the business we call cable, it’s all too easy to get caught up in our day-to-day jobs with little time to be concerned about just how the things we’re doing and the equipment we’re using might affect the bigger world around us. Indeed, for a long time, being "green" was something that only environmentalists […]
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05/29/2009
DOJ: Let DVR Case Stand
The US Solicitor General has advised against the Supreme Court hearing Cablevision’s remote storage digital video recording (RS-DVR) case, according to a report issued by sister publication CableFAX Daily. That opinion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) would let stand the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling last August that found Cablevision’s use […]
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05/28/2009
Internet-Capable Video Devices on Growth Trajectory
Technology research group iSuppli predicts an explosion in demand for consumer electronics (CE) devices capable of supporting Internet video. In a report issued Wednesday, iSuppli predicted that Internet-video-capable CE shipments would rise by nearly a factor of five from 2009 to 2013. By 2013, 376.5 million entertainment-oriented CE platforms with the capability to support Internet […]
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05/28/2009
Speed, Capacity Make the Case for Wireless Broadband
Accelerating data rates from 1.5 Mbps to 45 Mbps in one leap and taking control of your own wireless broadband network is an appealing business model. It’s also a reality. ERF Wireless, a Texas-based wireless broadband company, is putting that model in play as it roles out a wireless broadband network to banks, oil and […]
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05/27/2009
Open Range to Deploy Rural WiMAX Network
Well before the election of Barack Obama as president and the initiation of a national broadband stimulus plan, a Denver-based wireless broadband provider, Open Range Communications, was quietly working to deploy a major broadband network. In March 2008, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Utilities Program (RDUP) approved a $267 million loan for […]
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05/26/2009
Bid4Spots Slates Reverse Ad Auctions
Innovative advertising solutions don’t have to be about high technology and whiz bang interactivity. Beginning June 11, Bid4Spots will host online reverse auctions for cable TV ad space, promising a relatively low-tech, low-commitment way to fill remnant time. (For the initial announcement, click here.) The advertisers are the buyers. They establish criteria, including demographics and […]