Whether or not you agree with the recent court decision to nix the 30% marketshare cap placed on cable operators, there is some interesting data floating around on cable’s competition. One chart in particular, compiled by Adam Thierer from the Progress and Freedom foundation, details share of market held by the entire cable industry versus [...]
Filed under: Cable | 2 Comments »
After the TV Everywhere breakfast panel in New York earlier this month, I was surprised at the level of pessimism from reporters about the near future of online TV from cable and telco operators. Steve Donahue of Contentinople said: “A lack of standards and a legal debate may keep the cable industry’s ‘TV Everywhere’ efforts [...]
Filed under: Comcast, Internet, Time Warner, TV, Verizon | 6 Comments »
My good friend Dave Zatz has uncovered evidence that Comcast’s remote scheduling feature for Motorola DVRs may be near release. A new page has appeared on the Comcast site introducing myDVR Manager. Using my own Comcast account, I tried to activate my DVR for the service, but unfortunately it’s not up and running yet. Other [...]
Filed under: Comcast, DVR | 5 Comments »
Although digital terminal adapters (DTAs) have been out and about for more than a year, several manufacturers, including Motorola, have been lobbying to get new product versions approved for use by the FCC. The purpose of a DTA is to make it easier for operators to make the transition to all-digital broadcasting. For consumer holdouts, [...]
Filed under: Cable, DTV, Motorola News | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to believe that digital video recorder technology only hit the mainstream within the last five years. I was blessed with a retail DVR back in 2001 (a much-beloved, single-tuner SD ReplayTV), and then upgraded to a Motorola dual-tuner HD DVR with Comcast service more recently. Suffice it to say, between my personal and [...]
Filed under: DVR, TV | 11 Comments »
