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On the Hill

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Count on Disney to chime in every time someone suggests big programmers tie their must-have channels to less desirable nets. After Sen Herb Kohl (D-WI) made the assertion in a letter this week that sought...

Expo Notebook

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Cox has equipped more than 6K techs and dispatchers with TOA 's Web-based customer appointment management software, which can narrow customer wait windows to 60 minutes. TOA will be the exclusive provider...

Rigas Resentencing

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Former father and son Adelphia execs John and Tim Rigas had their sentences reduced by 3 years each Wed. Adelphia founder John Rigas ' 15-year term was reduced to 12 years, while Tim's 20-year sentence...

On the Hill

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Sen Herb Kohl (D-WI) wrote FCC chmn Kevin Martin this week, asking him to strengthen program access rules to encourage carriage of independent programming channels. Indie programmers contend that program...

DTV Doings

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about what it's calling a "misleading" converter box ad campaign from OH-based Universal TechTronics . While the ads promote free digital converters, the...

Philly Bound: Let's Get Ready to Expo

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

With SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo underway this week, we chatted up SCTE pres/CEO John Clark about what to look out for in the City of Brotherly Love. Obviously, everyone's talking about HD, tru2way and a...

Milestone

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

After achieving membership growth every year...

Expo Notebook

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

In conjunction with its 25th anniversary, SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo is going green. The amount of physical paper at Expo has been reduced by 2.3mln pages from last year to this year, SCTE pres/CEO John Clark...

Dysfunctional FCC Family

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Fun watching the FCC at work this weekend. At midnight Fri, Verizon sent a statement attacking the FCC's vote to grant cable's complaint that the telco is violating the law by using proprietary number...

At the Portals

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The 10 largest incumbent cable operators have deployed 372K CableCARDS in one-way devices, according to the NCTA 's latest periodic report with the FCC . By contrast, since the integration...