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DVR + VOD = Double Whammy

Customer research goes on all the time within Motorola, and I found a gem earlier this week. A survey of cable subscribers with DVR and VOD services showed that respondents believe overwhelmingly that having VOD doesn’t make a DVR unnecessary. Granted these folks are biased because they already pay for both services, but results across [...]

A La Carte and On Demand

Zogby has a new poll out with some odd results. Apparently 52% of cable subscribers said they would prefer a-la-carte pricing, but only 39% believe it would save them money. Which means that for 13% of cable users, the idea that they’re only paying for the channels they want is more important than actually saving [...]

Broadband Symmetry

Verizon’s policy blog has a video demo up of the company’s new 20/20 broadband service: 20 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream. I would guess that the vast majority of Internet users today don’t need 20 Mbps upstream capacity, but that’s going to change. One example: As today’s early-20-somethings start having kids, there’s going to [...]

Motorola Switched Digital Video Update

From Multichannel News: “Comcast has selected Motorola as a supplier for switched digital video, Motorola president and chief operating officer Greg Brown said on an earnings conference call with analysts Thursday.”

Market Share Down; Revenue Up

Completely in line with analyst firm Kagan’s predictions for the cable TV market as a whole, Comcast announced in earnings today that it lost more basic video subscribers in Q3, but increased revenues overall. What does this mean? It means cable is feeling the competition from its telecom rivals, but also that cable operators have [...]

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