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Layer3 TV: A Stealthy Cable Innovator to Watch
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- Published on 22 May 2014
While the mega-mergers of Comcast-TWC and AT&T DirecTV slog slowly toward possible approval, upstarts such as Layer3 TV plan to quickly drive innovation and new service offerings to draw attention – and business - from the eye-rolling, video-hungry consumer masses.
Comcast Testing New Features for Cable Boxes
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- Published on 15 May 2014
Comcast is investigating bringing advanced search, program guide and Video-on-Demand (VoD) to low-end boxes that are typically provided with entry-level cable packages and for additional TVs in a residence, via software upgrade.
Giving the ‘Gift’ of Home Security & Automation – for Mother’s Day
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- Published on 08 May 2014
Forget overpriced flowers, talking greeting cards and family dinners out and give AT&T’s Digital Lifestyle home management service for the mom who has everything and has trouble securing and managing it all – as the carrier is running a special promotion that saves new subscribers $200.
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TWC & the L.A. Dodgers – Fan Stress, OTT Opportunity
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- Published on 01 May 2014
What happens when a pay-TV provider uses live sports content to build its bottom line by playing hardball in licensing the must-see TV broadcasts to competing providers? Ask fans of the L.A. Dodgers baseball team who currently must switch to Time Warner Cable’s service to see the team’s games live.
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‘OTTnado’ –Streaming TV’s Breakout Year-in-Progress
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- Published on 24 April 2014
While hardly as scary as a shark storm, strong winds of change are sweeping through the over-the-top (OTT) TV services space. That's because several pay-TV providers appear to be adopting an "if-you-can't-beat-them-join-'em" strategy that harnesses huge growth in high-speed Internet subscribers – growth that blows away any gains in new TV subscriptions.
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The Real Future of TV? Ask a Teen Today.
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- Published on 17 April 2014
The continually pondered future of TV will be determined largely by a sea of teenage "cord-nevers" who are taking hands-on training classes in video production, broadcasting & digital media in high school and in organizations like the Girl Scouts, not by their parents, grandparents and media conglomerate CEOs.