Anystream has acquired Cauldron Solutions. Terms of the deal were not offered. The two announced a formal business partnership in September, but decided even tighter integration could be beneficial. Both have products used to schedule, manage, deliver and track media assets across multiple platforms. What Cauldron brought to the party was its On-Demand Workflow Manager, which […]
VOD channel aims to drive business to Lightpath
Cablevision’s business broadband subsidiary Optimum Lightpath has launched a VOD channel dedicated to content that extolls the benefits of Metro Ethernet. The on-demand offering, aimed at attracting more business clientele for Optimum Lightpath’s Metro Ethernet services, will try to reach potential business customers in their homes. Accessible on Cablevision’s iO channel 660, the channel is available […]
French operator gives OpenTV the business
OpenTV announced that YPSO / Numericable, a cable broadband operator in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, has become a customer. YPSO / Numericable will use OpenTV’s middleware, Web browser, PVR2, and Core2 products to support its rollout of digital TV services. The operator is also working with the Kudelski Group, which is supplying other equipment from Nagravision, […]
Cable, wireless subs drive Rogers’ swing to profit
Growth in almost all facets of the cable business and in its wireless business boosted Rogers Communications to increased revenue and profit in Q4. Rogers’ cable unit added 10,700 basic cable subscribers in the quarter, up from an increase of approximately 8,000 in Q4 2005. Digital cable households increased by 69,600 in the quarter to reach […]
Gemstar-TV Guide buys ad opportunities…, er, Web sites
Gemstar-TV Guide International has expanded its portfolio of TV-related Web sites to gain more forums that might attract advertising dollars. The sites the company just purchased are: TVShowsOnDVD.com, TV-now.com, and FansofRealityTV.com, as well as certain assets of eVoke TV. That last operation was a blog that had a personal TV line-up feature. The blog had been […]
Telephia to dial up numbers on telco/VoIP competition
Market research firm Telephia has organized the capability to start accurately tracking, on a monthly basis, residential access line share at the metropolitan market level. Telephia, which began by measuring an initial 10 markets in Q4 2006, said it will roll out its patented Network Signal Polling technology through 75 markets by Q4 2007. The company […]
Sprint/cable venture takes wing with Cox
Cox Communications has added wireless phone service from Sprint to its bundle in Arizona and in San Diego, Calif. Cox has taken several steps to integrate wireless service with the services in the traditional triple play, including enabling subscribers to access their e-mail through their mobile phones. The Cox-Sprint bundle is among the first manifestations of the […]
Plugfest indicates maturing mobile WiMAX
The second public mobile WiMAX Forum PlugFest is now in full swing. This event, another in a series of Plugfests, is an interoperability showcase for the mobile WiMAX standard, which has yet to be officially ratified. Concurrent with the event, Navini announced that EMAX in Lima, Peru, is using its pre-mobile WiMAX products. This Plugfest anticipates […]
Plugfest indicates maturing mobile WiMAX(2)
The second public mobile WiMAX Forum PlugFest is now in full swing. This event, another in a series of Plugfests, is an interoperability showcase for the mobile WiMAX standard, which has yet to be officially ratified. Concurrent with the event, Navini announced that EMAX in Lima, Peru, is using its pre-mobile WiMAX products. This Plugfest anticipates […]
Etex basing IPTV on Occam equipment
Etex Telephone Cooperative, a carrier operating in northeast Texas, has purchased multiple components of Occam Network’s Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system to provide its customers with IPTV, along with voice and data. Etex is planning a mixed copper and fiber triple play deployment, giving its customers a rich offering of advanced services. The carrier is deploying […]