* Verizon feeds FiOS with Yahoo! Verizon is complementing its fiber-fed FiOS high-speed data service with content from Yahoo! Inc. The telco is offering the resulting service, Verizon Yahoo! for FiOS, in 15 states where it has already installed its fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) platform: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, […]
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Broadband briefs for 1/18/06
* Time Warner looks to C-COR for network health Time Warner Cable is deploying C-COR Inc.’s Network Service Manager (NSM) across the board. Under the new master agreement, Time Warner Cable will begin to deploy C-COR’s platform in all systems starting later this year. The MSO has already deployed it in its Oceanic (Hawaii) and […]
Broadband briefs for 1/17/06
* Verizon teams with home builder Verizon has partnered with a leading home builder in order to grab some early access to potential customers for the telco’s line of “FiOS” services. Under a co-marketing deal, Verizon will hawk its fiber-fed services initially to new Lennar Corp. homes in parts of Texas and central Florida. The agreement […]
SCTE’s Conference on Emerging Technologies 2006
SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies 2006January 10-12, 2006like minds, divergent views, propelling us forward CED's online coverage is sponsored by ComSonics, Inc. et2006 Official Web Site: Click here ET 2006 held at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina700 S. Florida Avenue – Tampa, FL 33602 Join industry leaders at SCTE's Conference on Emerging […]
Broadband briefs for 1/13/06
* Starz gains more IPTV carriageOptical Entertainment Network (OEN) has added 13 Starz and Encore channels to its IPTV lineup. The deal also includes carriage of the hi-def Starz feed and the Starz On Demand service. OEN operates FISION, an emerging video, data and voice service that will be available to about 1.6 million homes in Houston, […]
ET keynoter: Agility key to survival
If you think your customers are a challenge now, wait until 2010, said futurist and ET keynoter Jim Carroll at Wednesday’s opening session. Tomorrow’s customers will be “far more demanding, will expect more from you, will be constantly pushing you, and will have far less loyalty to you as a brand,” Carroll predicted. That’s because […]
Broadband briefs for 1/12/06
* Harmonic opens commercial services gateway Harmonic Inc. has launched the FLXLink iCPE, a commercial services gateway for hotels, schools, small- and mid-sized businesses, and multiple-dwelling units. The platform is compatible with existing Cat5 wiring, can house up to 24 Ethernet ports, and hooks into the company’s FLXLink family of coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) transport […]
Big changes at big Comcast
The nation’s largest MSO is re-organizing its corporate offices to streamline functions within “the silos” of video, voice, and data. Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts confirmed the re-org at a Citibank investor’s conference in Phoenix on Monday. Here’s how the tech-facing aspects of the maneuvers shake out: * John Schanz, a former AOL executive, reports to […]
Adelphia picks RGB for simulcast
Adelphia Communications will use simulcast gear made by San Mateo, Calif.-based RGB Networks for part of its digital simulcast efforts, RGB said Tuesday. Specifically, Adelphia will use RGB’s “Simulcast Edge Processor” to handle integrated decoding, modulation and upconverting of the simulcast lineup. Adelphia said it expects about six markets will be “engineering ready” for simulcast […]
Broadband briefs for 1/11/06
* Akamai beats Vongo’s digital drumAkamai Technologies has won a contract to supply the underlying video delivery platform for Vongo, a recently launched Web-based premium video service from Starz Entertainment Group (SEG). SEG is powering the broadband content platform via the Akamai Media Delivery service and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Media technologies. Launched last week, Vongo offers […]