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Dems Get MOVE On Streaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 28th, 2008

Every major site and TV network is live streaming the Democratic National Convention, explains Paid Content. They include MSNBC.com, ABCnews.com ( on Yahoo News), CNN.com, CBSnews.com, FoxNews.com and Cspan.

But the most awesome (I have probably never used that word in seven years of this site) online video feed is on the official Democratic Convention site, [...]

HD Channel Size War

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Dish Network and DirecTV are battling amongst themselves to promote the most HDTV channels, as well as outflank cable competitors like Comcast and Time Warner Cable.
Dish Network is beating DirecTV and cable competitors to the punch, reports Light Reading. They have begun to roll out standard-def and high-def service in the eastern half of [...]

Telephony Reviews City/State Fiber Nets

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 27th, 2008

Carol Wilson of Telephony Magazine has an in-depth review of municipal broadband in the United States. She says that despite some high-profile failures, the deep-seated need for broadband is keeping municipalities on the fiber-to-the-home-track.

These projects are being fueled by the falling cost of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) technology and the growing experience in deploying [...]

Satellite Radio: Terrestrial Receivers or Not?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 26th, 2008

When the FCC approved the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio this summer, it ducked the Ibiquity mandate question, explains Ars Technica. Ibiquity, otherwise known as HD Radio, is used by terrestrial broadcasters. A mandate to include terrestrial digital radio tuners would help promote local broadcasters (at the expense of satellite broadcasters).
The FCC [...]

Qwest Runs DNC Fiber

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 25th, 2008

After more than a year of careful planning to accommodate the Democratic National Convention at Denver’s Pepsi Center, Qwest Communications found itself scrambling at the last minute to also wire up Invesco Field at Mile High, when Barack Obama’s campaign decided he would make his acceptance speech there, reports Telephony Magazine.

Invesco Field, home of the [...]

Olympics: Monday Morning Analysis

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 25th, 2008

In 1995, when the media rights to the Beijing Games were awarded, NBC could not have imagined millions of live video streams of sporting events, but the company ensured it would own all video rights to the events, protecting its content no matter what technologies emerged.

NBCOlympics.com served up more than 1.2 billion pages and 72 [...]

Yahoo Nettop

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 20th, 2008

Intel has introduced the Intel Media Processor CE 3100, the first in a new family of purpose-built System on Chips (SoCs) for Consumer Electronics devices. The CE 3100 has been developed for Internet-connected consumer electronics (CE) products such as optical media players, connected CE devices, advanced cable set top boxes and digital TVs.

Intel and [...]

FiOS: Too Risky?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 20th, 2008

Four years ago, Verizon Communications embarked on an ambitious and expensive plan to run fiber optic cables past 19 million homes, roughly half its territory, reports the NY Times.

When it was announced, Verizon’s $23 billion planned investment in the service, called FiOS, was met by a chorus of skeptics, both on Wall Street and among [...]

Bloggers Get HQ at Political Conventions

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 19th, 2008

Google will help set up a two-story, 8,000 square-foot headquarters for hundreds of bloggers descending on the Democratic convention in Denver next week, reports the Wall Street Journal. It will offer similar services at the Republican convention in September, as new media gain influence in politics.

Google stands to gain exposure and goodwill from 500 or [...]

Mobile Data: Replacing Landline Broadband?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 19th, 2008

Nielsen Mobile reports that there were more than 13 million wireless data card users in the US as of Q2 2008. Recent adoption has been strong, with more than half (55 percent) of these devices acquired in the past 12 months.
The latest research from YouGov has revealed that one in every eight Mobile Broadband [...]