NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow is remarkable unscripted in front of a camera. The Cable Tech Talk blog today posted a six-minute clip of McSlarrow (also above) talking about the proposed broadband stimulus package. Whether you agree with his opinions or not, it’s easy to see how this guy makes a living in Washington. Regarding the [...]
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While the two largest cable companies in the US won’t report numbers until February, the two largest telcos have stated their quarterly earnings, and the news for pay TV is decidedly positive. Verizon added 303,000 FiOS TV customers last quarter, and AT&T came in only a bit behind with 264,000 new U-verse subscribers. That’s more [...]
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UPDATED: Surprise of the day – the House did not pass the bill to delay the DTV transition. Looks like we’re on for February 17th as planned. At some point you just have to rip the band-aid off. It’s painful and a bit eewy, but necessary nonetheless – which is exactly how I’m starting to [...]
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Here’s the bad news for consumers: There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and Internet video won’t cost nothing forever. As an analyst from Cowen and Company points out in his coverage of Netflix (link via EngadgetHD), “the more customers stream, the more Netflix (and other streamers) will have to pay studios for the [...]
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Before closing the book on this year’s CES, I thought I’d post some final pics from the booth. Some of these photos are mine and some come from the official Motorola Flickr stream. Enjoy. Here are several colorful versions of the new Motorola CPEi 775 WiMAX/WiFi modems. This is the Motorola CCE Storefront app shown [...]
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