Charter Communications announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to a proposed exchange offer of up to $309 million of its convertible senior notes. Charter, the third-largest cable operator in the United States, said the exchange offer is to extend its debt maturities. The convertible senior 5.875 percent notes […]
EarthLink cuts 900 jobs
On Tuesday EarthLink said it was cutting 900 jobs, roughly half of its workforce, in an effort to save between $25 million and $35 million this year. EarthLink said it will close offices in Orlando, Fla.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and San Francisco. The company also said it would “substantially reduce its presence” in the Atlanta and […]
Service Electric Cablevision picks Harmonic’s edge QAM for VOD service
Service Electric Cablevision is using Harmonic’s edge QAM for its video-on-demand deployment in Pennsylvania. Service Electric Cablevision, one of the first cable operators in the United States, is deploying Harmonic’s Narrowcast Services Gateway (NSG) edge QAM with privacy mode encryption for its VOD service. Harmonic’s privacy mode encryption is used to insure the VOD assets are protected. “Harmonic […]
Optimum Lightpath adds broadcast video transport to Ethernet portfolio
Optimum Lightpath, a business telecommunications unit of Cablevision, added broadcast video transport (BVT) over Metro Ethernet to its portfolio of business services. The service addresses the needs of the media sectors, including production facilities, broadcasters, television stations, content distributors and enterprises that have high-resolution broadcast quality video requirements. The service supports compressed, uncompressed, analog, digital, and […]
NCTA proposes ‘Tuning Resolver’ to aid CE devices with switched channels
On Friday the National Cable & Telecommunications Association sent a 76-page filing to the Federal Communications Commission that outlined three solutions for two-way cable services and devices. While saying the OpenCable Platform, which was formerly known as the OpenCable Application Platform or OCAP, was still the best way for consumer electronics companies and cable operators to offer two-way services, […]
CableLabs strikes deal for DTCP-IP content protection
On Thursday, CableLabs said it had given its approval to the DTCP-IP technology for protection of cable content using Internet Protocol for unidirectional and bidirectional digital cable offerings. CableLabs made the announcement in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros and the Digital Transmission Licensing Administration (DTLA). Using DTCP (Digital Transmission Copy Protection)-protected […]
C-COR’s shares slide after earnings report
C-COR announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 results today, which caused its shares to slide during late morning trading. C-COR’s stock closed at 14.14 a share yesterday, but was trading at 11.17 late this morning. C-COR, which makes hardware and software products for cable operators, said it expects sales of as much as $74 […]
TiVo’s lower-priced HD DVR hits retail stores
TiVo’s lower end HD DVR made its debut in retail outlets on Wednesday. The $299 TiVo HD DVR was announced last month and it sports some of the same features that are found in TiVo’s high-end $799 Series3 DVR. The new HD DVRs are available at retail outlets such as Best Buy and Circuit City. TiVo said the new […]
Cox picks BigBand for first switched digital video deployment
Cox Communications has joined the switched digital party by rolling out the technology with BigBand Networks in its Northern Virginia system. Cox is now the third feather in BigBand’s switched digital video (SDV) hat after previous deployments with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. Time Warner Cable plans on having SDV in place in over half of its divisions by the end […]
WOW! taps Nortel Networks for optical cable network build-out
WOW! is teaming with Nortel Networks to build its next-generation network, which will include optical and Ethernet upgrades. The upgrade will aid WOW! in the delivery of its triple play services, particularly VOD. The optical and Ethernet upgrades will give WOW! customers access to a larger library of VOD titles at speeds faster than the current service can […]