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Could the Internet look more like cable TV?
Digging into the recently announced Time Warner Cable agreement for ESPN, Disney and ABC programming reveals a couple of interesting details. The details, which answer some questions, raise still more interesting questions about the future of...
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Feature: Capitol Hill, the Internet, and Broadband: An Ars Technica Quarterly Report
Introduction The promises Table of Contents I. Internet privacy II. Cyber war and cybersecurity III. Copyright enforcement and security IV. Net neutrality A. Ancillary questions B. 535 wildcards V. Stimulus & the FCC's national broadband plan A. Stimulus B. National planning C. AllVid D. Left Out VI. Mobile wireless broadband oversight A. Early termination fees B ...
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Task force gives Columbia cable television companies poor reviews
COLUMBIA — Columbia's cable television providers are doing a lousy job, but there's nothing the city can do about it, according to a letter to the Columbia City Council from the Cable Television Task Force. The council discussed the July 26 letter from task force member Marty Riback at its Tuesday meeting. The letter came in response to a February request from former Fourth Ward Councilman Jerry ...
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Lack of power could mean end of cable task force
A Columbia city task force that meets infrequently has discovered it has little power to influence the businesses it is intended to watch. The Cable Television Task Force, a seven-member body established in 2003, met June 29 to consider complaints about pricing, service and access to public channels from city residents.
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Rovi Doubles Number of European Content Providers for TotalGuide
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Rovi Corporation today announced at the IBC Conference 2010 in Amsterdam, that it has established new relationships with more than 19 European content providers, growing the number of services eligible to deliver their content through TotalGuide in Europe to more than 34 providers.
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YES: Without clear rules, providers could limit access
You probably take the open Internet for granted. When you go online, you go wherever you want and do whatever you want, anytime. The Internet is the modern town square -- and the beauty of it is there are no gatekeepers, tollbooths or walled gardens getting in the way. All of this openness is made possible by the principle of "network neutrality."
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Business Groups Question Net Neutrality Rules
Three trade groups representing U.S. businesses have called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to back away from plans to create formal network neutrality rules, saying new regulations could hurt innovation and development of broadband to rural areas.
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Verimatrix Secures Groundbreaking DVB-S2 Digital TV Service for the Wananchi Group
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - 09/10/10) - IBC2010 -- Stand #4.B84 -- Verimatrix , the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that the Wananchi Group, Africa's pioneering provider of triple-play (broadband, multichannel cable television and voice telephony), has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority ...
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Motorola Showcases Delivery of Video Everywhere With Multi-Screen Video Solutions at IBC 2010
IBC 2010 -- In the 'Internet Era of TV' more and more video content is becoming available anytime, anywhere enabled by technological network advances coupled with shifting consumer behaviors that are driven by experiences on the Internet. Â At IBC 2010 , Motorola is blending content and context to deliver a new era of home and mobile entertainment.
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TV Trauma
Re: Council Steps into Cable Cost Feud by Brian Rafferty, Aug. 12, 2010. When more people call to complain about cable TV service disruptions than the closing of firehouses and libraries, something is wrong.
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Harmonic Enhances Broadcast Headend Network Management and Monitoring With NMX 6
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - September 10, 2010) - IBC 2010 STAND #1.C61 -- Harmonic Inc. ( NASDAQ : HLIT ) today announced NMX Digital Service ManagerT 6 (NMX 6), an enhanced network management solution that provides a powerful set of tools for monitoring and managing video processing and delivery systems. The new capabilities available with NMX 6 -- including an enhanced GUI ...
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Airband CEO Sees Big Telco Channel Opportunity Following Merger
Airband merged with Sparkplug in mid-August to create the U.S.' largest fixed-wireless service provider vendor serving businesses. Continued investment in channel partners will be one of its next moves, CEO Michael Ruley tells CRN.
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Net Neutrality Advocates Blast Google, Verizon Plan
In a move many see as a blow to network neutrality Google and Verizon have proposed "open Internet" guidelines for how traffic might flow across the Internet. Google - Network neutrality - Verizon - Searching - Search Engines
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Handset makers compete for data-enabled African market
As mobile service providers compete for the data market in Africa, manufacturers are scrambling for deals to supply data-enabled handsets, a move that will likely reduce the cost of mobile devices in the region.
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Google Defends Net Neutrality Plan
Counterarguments address "myths" that Google says are misunderstood about its dual-Internet proposal with Verizon. Google - Verizon - Searching - Search Engines - Companies
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