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BigBand Embeds IPTV Into Cable Modems, DRM Partners Include Texas Instruments, Netgear and Widevine Multichannel News
BigBand Networks said it has integrated its IPTV-delivery technology for cable operators with several modem, silicon and digital rights management partners, including Texas Instruments and Netgear.
The company's vIP PASS solution delivers IP-based video directly to DOCSIS devices on the customer premises side -- bypassing a cable modem termination system -- using a pr..... Digital Rapids Targets IP-Video Delivery System Handles HD, Standard-Def and Digital Video Multichannel News
The growth in Internet-protocol video delivery and the
increased popularity of tapeless workflows has been boosting demand for Digital
Rapids' MediaMesh distribution system for delivery of high-definition, standard-definition
and digital cinema content over IP networks and satellite.
Two major U.S.
broadcasters have implemented MediaMesh since it was launched earlier ..... OnScreen Media Summit: Rogers To Launch 'TV Everywhere' In November Canadian cable operator to offer 2.3 million subs content from 15 networks Broadcasting & Cable
Rogers Communications, Canada’s largest cable operator, will launch an online on-demand service with 15 network partners on Nov. 17, Senior VP David Purdy said on a panel at the B&C/Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit here Wednesday.The Rogers On-Demand Online service, to be available for no additional charge to the operator’s 2.3 million cable subscribers, will in..... 3-D Blu-ray Spec Expected by Year-End Trade Group Sets 'Aggressive' Target Date Multichannel News
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is expected to complete a
specification for the delivery of 3-D content into the home via Blu-ray discs
by the end of the year, a top official said.
That word came from the chairman of the BDA's U.S.
promotion committee, Andy Parsons, senior vice president of product development
and corporate communications at Pioneer Electronics (USA..... News 8 Austin to Launch HD in 2010 Time Warner Cable-Owned Service Plots Three-Year Transition Multichannel News
Time Warner Cable's News 8 channel in Austin
is well on its way to the launch of an HD feed in later part of 2010.
As part of a three-year transition to HD, the news channel
has already installed a 144-frame UTAH-400 routing switcher and SC-4 control
from Utah Scientific and a Kahuna switcher from Snell & Wilcox, and has
purchased field cameras from Panasonic...... RegrArticle Title:845100 RegrArticle Deckhead:845100 Multichannel News
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OnScreen Media Summit: Scanzoni Sees 'Moderate Contractions' In 2010 Group M CIO Says Ad Decreases Differ Across Platforms Multichannel News
While a full-scale recovery in ad spending across media platforms isn't likely to come soon-at least not in the first few months of 2010-the situation isn't as dire as some of the industry's most recent reports would lead one to believe, according to Group M Chief Investment Officer Rino Scanzoni.
"There isn't a positive story," Scanzoni said during a on..... OnScreen Summit: Marketing, Media Execs Urgent on Cross-Content Measurement Growing penetration on multiple screens for content necessitates quick solutions Broadcasting & Cable
The growing penetration of multiple screens for content consumption has posed sticky problems for marketing and media executives. And while Nielsen last week revealed plans to install Internet meters with TV meters across its measurement panel within the next year, observers say that it cannot come quickly enough and may not go far enough.“We have to be able to measure [content]..... Pro-Net Neutrality Senators Rally Around Genachowski's Proposal Sen. Dorgan, ten other senators write chairman, laud codification Broadcasting & Cable
Network neutrality supporter Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and some leading senators are the latest in a list of legislators rallying around FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's network neutrality proposal. Dorgan, joined by 10 other Democratic senators (actually nine plus independent Bernie Sanders) wrote Genachowski that they were pleased he was launching the proposed rulemak..... OnScreen Media Summit: Meyer Urges Industry To Value Its Content Warner Bros. CEO wants business to develop new business model, and fast Broadcasting & CableRELATED:Barry Meyer: Stripping 'Jay Leno Show' In Primetime Not Good For Network Image
OnScreen Media Summit Coverage
Promoting the value of content and developing compelling
offerings for consumers is the key to helping the industry from tossing money
and premium content down the drain, according to Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO
Barry..... OnScreen Media Summit: Scanzoni Sees 'Moderate Contractions' in 2010 Group M CIO says ad decreases differ across platforms Broadcasting & Cable
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While a full-scale recovery in ad spending across media platforms isn’t likely to come soon—at least not in the first few months of 2010—the situation isn’t as dire as some of the industry’s most recent reports would lead one to believe, according to Group M Chief Investment Officer Rino Scanzoni.“There i..... Seidenberg: Apps Vs. Pipes Is Dumb and 'Zero Sum' Verizon CEO says FCC regs could be burdensome on 'main growth engine' of industry Broadcasting & Cable
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg bristled at dividing the world into dumb pipes and smart apps, as he says proponents of network neutrality have done, warning that "pitting network providers and applications developers against each other is a zero-sum game." "It fundamentally misreads how innovation happens in a dynamic and collaborative industry," he told an audience at a broadband c..... OnScreen Media Summit: Reif Cohen Likes Comcast NBCU Deal Merrill Lynch Media Analyst Remains Bullish On Cable Multichannel News
Bank of America Merrill Lynch media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen said Comcast's potential deal to acquire a majority interest in NBC Universal could create "incredible" value for the MSO, but added that a failed deal could hit the stock hard.
Published reports indicate that Comcast would acquire a 51% interest in NBCU, for about $6 billion in cash and the inclusion of it..... RegrArticle Title:835251 RegrArticle Deckhead:835251 Multichannel News
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Web Series 'Children's Hospital' Jumping To Adult Swim Channel snags comedy after Comedy Central talks fall through Broadcasting & Cable
Children’s Hospital, the web series that ran on TheWB.com, is the latest program to jump to the more traditional confines of television, according to Warner Bros.’ CEO Barry Meyer.Meyer says the comedy, which stars former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, in a send-up of the hospital genre, will run on Turner’s Adult Swim in 2010.Adult Swim shares ..... Seidenberg: Apps Vs. Pipes Is Dumb And 'Zero Sum' Multichannel News
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg bristled at dividing the world into dumb pipes and smart aps, as he says proponents of network neutrality have done, warning that "pitting network providers and applications developers against each other in a zero-sum game."
"It fundamentally misreads how innovation happens in a dynamic and collaborative industry," he told an audience at a broadband c..... OnScreen Media Summit: Cox Continues Focus On My Primetime VOD Platform Cox programming exec Bob Wilson says cable operator would be 'fast-follower' to TV Everywhere Broadcasting & Cable
For Bob Wilson, senior vice president of programming Cox Communications, television is still about the small screen, rather than the computer screen.
Citing statistics indicating that 98% of viewing still takes place on TV, Wilson said Cox will continue to invest its attention and resources on "TV Anytime," rather than "TV Everywhere" models that are consuming much of the i..... OnScreen Media Summit: Reif Cohen Likes Comcast-NBCU Deal Bank of America-Merrill Lynch media analyst says potential deal could create "incredible" value for cable giant Broadcasting & Cable
New York - Bank of America Merrill
Lynch media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen called Comcast's potential deal
to acquire a majority interest in NBC Universal could create
"incredible" value for the MSO, but added that a failed deal could hit
the stock hard.
Published reports indicate that Comcast would acquire a 51% interest
in NBCU, for about $6 billion in cash and the in..... The CW Picks Up 'Vampire Diaries' For Full Season ???Melrose Place' picked up for five additional episodes Broadcasting & Cable
The CW has given a full season order to its strongest fall show,
Vampire Diaries
. The
show posted record debut ratings for the network
in September and has performed well ever since, averaging a 1.8 and 3.9 million viewers last week.
The move, which was expected, brings Diaries back for a full 22-e..... OnScreen Summit: Reif Cohen Likes Comcast NBCU Deal Merrill Lynch Media Analyst Remains Bullish On Cable Multichannel News
Bank of America Merrill Lynch media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen called Comcast's potential deal to acquire a majority interest in NBC Universal could create "incredible" value for the MSO, but added that a failed deal could hit the stock hard.
Published reports indicate that Comcast would acquire a 51% interest in NBCU, for about $6 billion in cash and the inclusion of .....
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