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The Cable Show 2011 General Session

The last day of The Cable Show 2011 featured several interesting speakers during the general session.  Paula Zahn interviewed Oprah Winfrey who talked about her plans for the OWN Network. Dr. Jill Biden talked about the work the cable industry was doing to recognize/bring awareness to military families.  Erin Burnet from CNN moderated a panel [...]

Cable, TV, and Telecom at CES

It’s been three years since Comcast made a splash at CES with the unveiling of Tru2way, and since then, both cable and telco providers have kept a pretty low profile at the show. However, with the growth of mobile broadband, and broadband video, operators are likely re-evaluating how they should approach the annual Vegas shindig. [...]

2011: The Year Cable Gets OTT?

If 2010 was the year for kick-starting TV Everywhere initiatives, 2011 may be the year cable really gets into an OTT frame of mind. First there’s the mad rush to integrate TV services with mobile applications. Comcast’s Xfinity TV app is getting a major promotional blast, and the momentum has pushed CableLabs to create its [...]

Options for Cable IP Video Delivery

Over-the-top video is only one flavor of IPTV; the kind that relies on DOCSIS data pipes for delivery. So what about the other kinds? As cable operators examine their infrastructure options, it doesn’t hurt to recap how the industry could be looking at IP video going forward. Here’s how Dr. Robert Howald defined the options [...]

Snapshot: Cable IPTV Activities

Last week Motorolan Dr. Rob Howald presented in a Light Reading webinar on the topic of cable’s migration to IPTV. This is a subject matter that’s going to be at the top of the cable industry’s agenda for several years to come, but given the complexity of the topic, it shouldn’t get stale any time [...]