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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While some of yesterday’s On Demand Summit was focused on the technical aspects of video on demand, much of it centered on business models and how VOD is being executed today. At times the mood was upbeat, with panelists citing statistics on VOD’s significant growth in recent years and its revenue potential. At other times, [...]
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In recognition of the need to bridge the gap to the Internet, both Comcast and Time Warner Cable have now said they will make select programming available online to TV subscribers in the second half of this year. Comcast’s Karin Gilford promised as much in a recent interview with NewTeeVee about the upcoming “On Demand [...]
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The frenzy over bandwidth caps reached a fevered pitch recently in response to news that Time Warner Cable was expanding trials beyond Beaumont Texas. Consumer outrage sparked responses from operators and the NCTA, as well as various politicians. Ultimately, Time Warner has decided to shelve its plan for metered billing, at least until it’s had [...]
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The Cable Show is now almost two weeks behind us, and it’s time to put this baby to bed. To finish off, I thought I’d link to a few good stories you might have missed from some of the industry’s best trade journalists. Until next year…
From Cable Digital News, The Cable Show ‘09: 5 Takeaways [...]
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Even as tru2way held the spotlight at The Cable Show this year, EBIF was equally present, and perhaps even more top of mind for MSOs. If tru2way is the gold standard, then EBIF is the currency you can use to cash out quickly.
Part of the evidence on site included a number of EBIF applications demoed [...]
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Pretty much everyone agrees that one of the hottest topics out of The Cable Show this year was how to bring cable TV to the Web and vice versa. Depending on how you look at it, online video is both a threat to and an opportunity for traditional pay-TV providers. It has the potential to [...]
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Interactive TV got a bad name back in the nineties when poor execution (and financial meltdowns) took all of the momentum out of the iTV movement. So some people are quite reasonably skeptical when the topic of interactive television comes up today. Fortunately the environment – from technology standards to market competition – has changed [...]
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Wow. From GigaOM and The Wall Street Journal this morning, the Sprint/Clearwire WiMAX joint venture is on, and top cable operators are in on the fun. Comcast is adding more than $1 billion to the venture, Time Warner Cable is putting in $550 million and Bright House Networks is committed for $100 million. That doesn’t [...]
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ISP Planet has a new report out showing that Time Warner Cable is about to surpass Vonage in digital phone/VoIP subscribers to become number two in the market after number-one Comcast. (Years of Vonage hype has not been enough to insulate the company against both patent woes and the might of the cable industry.) With [...]
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