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12/08/2008
IPTV: The Hong Kong Model
IPTV numbers worldwide are on the rise. New research from Informa Telecom & Media puts global subscribership at 57 million by 2013. That is nearly triple today’s figure, but still represents only 4 percent of TV households. The report indicates the strongest growth for IPTV in the Asia-Pacific region with 22.2 million subscribers predicted by […]
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12/04/2008
Subs Like High Quality Audio, Too
Consumers are paying a lot of attention to picture quality. High definition (HD) overtook standard definition (SD) TV sets in global shipments in 2008, and HD set-top boxes are forecast grow from 20 percent in 2007 to 50 percent of global market share in 2012, according to technology research firm iSuppli. But audio is a […]
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12/02/2008
Rogers Communications Founder Remembered
The Board of Directors of Rogers Communications has announced the death of company founder, Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers. He was 75. "We wish to express our deepest sympathy to Loretta and all of the Rogers family for this loss," said Alan Horn, Rogers chairman and acting CEO, in a statement. "Ted Rogers was one of […]
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12/01/2008
VOD: Care and Feeding
Here are some tips on getting – and more importantly, keeping – your VOD systems running properly.
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12/01/2008
Clearwire Declares Independence
The newly merged wireless broadband provider Clearwire will act independently of its investors, said Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Wolff on Monday. Clearwire shareholders approved the company’s merger with Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX business 10 days ago. It remained for the deal-checkers to finalize the transaction that was first announced seven months ago and then declare the […]
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12/01/2008
CableFAX: 39. The Ring-Masters: Linda and Vince McMahon
Linda and Vince McMahon Titles: CEO, WWE (Linda); Chmn, WWE (Vince) Last Year: #69 Age: Wouldn’t you like to know (Linda); 63 (Vince) Ed: (Linda) E Carolina U, BS, Education, major in French; trained as a paralegal in probate dept of Covington & Burling, Wash, D.C. (Vince) E Carolina U Why Them? WWE’s power couple […]