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Google: Marrying Advocacy with Initiative
Google's entrance into the Broadband ISP arena may have lasting effects within the ISP community.
To Comcast-NBCU CEO’s: Consistency in Message to Regulators a Must
Recent hearings before the House on the proposed merger between Comcast and NBCU drew both accolades and skepticism for regulators on Feb 4, 2010. The skepticism seemed to come from what was perceived as inconsistencies in previous statements by CEO’s Roberts and Zucker from what was being purported in the public meeting. Robert’s Inconsistencies Specifically, ...
Will Comcast’s XFINITY produce an Affinity with Customers?
With some 1900 company name changes last year, one would think these re-branding efforts would pay dividends in market share, customer perception, and employee focus in forging a new direction, both in the short and long term. Does XFINIITY, See (Comcast launches XFINITY), make relevant and pertinent business sense for all stakeholders involved, or can ...
Comcast’s impending Regulatory Hurdle: Simple Motives behind a Dream – NBC-Universal
Since announcement of the Comcast/NBC-Universal merger consummated the deal creating subsequent analysis and conjecture about how the new venture will be structured, with its impact on programming distribution and fears of dominance, and anti-trust issues within the marketplace; Comcast is set to go before regulators to convince a skeptical crowd how this union will benefit ...
Net Neutrality’s Conundrum [The Cable Pipeline]
The Net Neutrality debate has taken on a conundrum like atmosphere where fear and hysteria rule the argument with proposed future abuses by Internet Service Providers.
Comcast Vs FCC: Implications in throttling BitTorrent
Comcast is appealing a ruling before a three-judge appeals court panel concerning the FCC’s sanctions in 2008 of the operator, and whether it has jurisdiction under current Net Neutrality rules to do so, for what has become known throughout the media as past throttling of BitTorrent. (See FCC formally rules Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent was ...
#CES2010: Home Gateways are the Consumers All-in-One Network to Broadband
Now that the broadband experience is reaching a milestone in bridging the gap between digital content and consumers, we all may soon be accessing our Home Gateways to maximize the experience of downloading and viewing relevant content on TV’s, PC’s, Laptop’s, DVR’s, and Mobile Devices. The term Residential Gateway is not new and has been ...
FOX Vs Time Warner Cable: More Revenues for Fox-Higher Rates for Consumers
Two giants in the telecommunications industry battle publicly over Retransmission Consent. Both FOX and Time Warner Cable have let cooler heads prevail in their war over money to be doled out in fees to Fox by extending their negotiations beyond the Dec 31, 2009 deadline. At issue, the Fox owned broadcast networks carried by the ...
Cable Trends: Predicting Stock Value as a Percentage of Division
The revenue landscape is changing for the Cable Industry as migration to different services continues to affect the bottom line and stock prices.
The Cable Pipeline: Top 10 Predictions for 2010
What will 2010 bring for the Cable-Telecom Industry’s? Broadband and Wireless will continue an evolution of defining the way we communicate and make decisions that affect our daily lives in significant ways. Relevant companies will struggle to deal with an ever increasing shift of consumer preferences in their business and home information, communication, and entertainment ...