Here’s a quick update from Comcast Voices, the Comcast blog, on the upcoming On Demand Online trial. Apparently the MSO has added the Starz network to its roster of on-demand content that will be made available on Fancast and Comcast.net. The premium movie channel will serve up 300 movies online, though all in standard-def to [...]
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Comcast and Time Warner held a joint press conference today to announce details around the On Demand Online initiative. Specifically, Comcast will begin a trial next month to test out its authentication system and gather feedback on the new video service. Here are the deets as we now know them:
The trial will include roughly 5,000 [...]
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Image courtesy of user txskeets on the U-talk forum
Tracy Swedlow (of itvt fame) has details this week on new features for the AT&T U-verse service. The upgrades are happening now, and limited feedback on various U-verse forums is already rolling in. Subscriber comments are mostly positive, with the exception of one complaint about an audio [...]
Until mobile data services went through the roof, cable had limited interest in the wireless aspect of the so-called quad play. But now that mobile broadband has evolved into an extension of the home Internet connection, every major MSO has a wireless strategy.
Today, Comcast launched a trial Wi-Fi service in conjunction with Cablevision in New [...]
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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 feel [...]
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With a backlog of CES content to post, I thought I’d start with some new details and exclusive pics of the Motorola-created au Box launched by Japan’s KDDI last November. The idea behind the KDDI au service is to make content transferable between au set-tops and au mobile phones. The last information I had suggested [...]
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Some days leave little time for blogging. Since this is one of them, here are some other blog posts and articles worth reading:
Portland Gets WiMAX Service – GigaOM
AT&T’s U-Verse Signs Up 1 Million Households – Ars Technica
Cable Ops Agree to Short Digital Migration Freeze – Multichannel News
ITU Issues Home Networking Standard – Telco IPTV Views
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After what seemed like a lot of hurry up and wait, suddenly DOCSIS 3.0 services are popping up everywhere. Comcast has sped up deployments to make its goal of having DOCSIS 3.0 rolled out across 20% of its footprint by the end of this year. The latest market additions include the Baltimore metro area and [...]
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Multichannel News reports that the Senate passed a bill today to keep some analog stations on the air for 30 days beyond the fixed February 17th transition date. The idea is to provide a “nightlight” period before complete analog darkness that allows stations to broadcast public safety announcements and information about the DTV transition. While [...]
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After many ups and downs – including one Sprint/Clearwire joint venture derailed, a delayed launch, and new investment from cablecos, Intel and Google – the Sprint Xohm service went live today in Baltimore.
The timing conveniently puts us right in the lead-up to WiMAX World, which means many of the announcements coming out of [...]
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