* Energy vet joins NCTA Former CFO of the U.S. Department of Energy Dr. Bruce Carnes has been appointed SVP, finance and administration for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). Reporting to NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow, Carnes will head up the organization’s newly-created Finance and Administration Department. NCTA added that SVP for Industry […]
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Broadband briefs for 12/14/05
* Ritter takes provisioning in-houseRitter Communications has tapped Incognito to automate provisioning after Ritter acquired “several thousand” new high-speed data subs in northeast Arkansas. Ritter decided to bring provisioning in-house by hooking its billing system to Incognito’s Broadband Command Center, a platform that’s designed to automatically configure customer premise equipment. The migration “to our software from their […]
Broadband briefs for 12/13/05
* Carroll to keynote ET ’06Futurist and trends and innovation expert Jim Carroll will keynote the SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies, set for Jan. 10-12 in Tampa, Fla. Carroll, whose client list has included companies such as Daimler Chrysler, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Motorola, will offer his keynote address on Wednesday, Jan. 11 […]
CBS vet joins NCTA
Gail MacKinnon, the former SVP, Washington for CBS Corp., has been appointed SVP, government relations, for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). She will join the organization officially on Jan. 1, 2006. She succeeds Steve Berry, who announced his intentions to leave NCTA by year-end. MacKinnon, who will direct NCTA’s government relations department, will […]
Broadband briefs for 12/12/05
* Liberty closes NTL Ireland deal Liberty Global Inc. said UPC Ireland B.V. has completed its acquisition of NTL Ireland, the largest cable operator in the Republic of Ireland. As of Sept. 30, NTL Ireland served 358,800 video customers and 16,100 high-speed data subs. The deal expands Liberty’s scope in the market, where it already […]
Broadband briefs for 12/09/05
Novis, a telco based in Portugal, will tap Amino Communications’ AmiNET110 set-top for a test of IPTV services in Lisbon and Porto. Novis expects to deploy the service sometime next year, and sprinkle in an electronic program guide and video-on-demand services. The test, which gets off the ground this month, will offer 50 channels, and approach […]
Broadband briefs for 12/08/05
* Eagle hires IPTV GMEagle Broadband has hired Brian Morrow to the newly-created position of general manager, IPTV solutions. In that role, Morrow will spearhead the company’s core IPTVComplete and MediaPro IP set-top product lines. He joins Eagle from Analytical Surveys, a geographic information systems software and services firm, where he served as president and chief operating […]
Broadband briefs for 12/07/05
* Telco co-op rings up General BandwidthGuadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative (GVTC) of Texas will use General Bandwidth’s G6 Universal Media Gateways to deliver VoIP services over the co-op’s hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network. GVTC operates more than 45,000 lines in 11 counties in the central part of the state, and serves about 7,000 customers via its HFC […]
Broadband briefs for 12/06/05
* TV Guide Channel networks with WilTel WilTel Communications has secured a deal to create a managed media network platform for TV Guide Channel. In partnership with its Vyvx subsidiary, WilTel will supply a Managed Ethernet Wide-area Network (EWAN) that will enable TV Guide Channel to connect its Tulsa, Okla., and Hollywood broadcast production facilities. TV Guide […]
Broadband briefs for 12/05/05
* Real plays sweet music on the Web RealNetworks has taken its digital music act to the Web with the launch of Rhapsody.com. In addition to allowing about 1.3 million Rhapsody subs to tap the service’s music library without downloading the traditional PC jukebox application, the new Web Services initiative from Real will enable third-party […]