Comcast Brands New NBCU Streaming Service ‘Peacock,’ Announces Launch Slate
Platform will debut in April with unspecified price point
Technology
CableLabs Expands the Tent with ‘Outward-Facing’ Event
Under the direction of former Hewlett Packard technologist Phil McKinney since 2012, CableLabs has broadened its mission to not only develop next-generation broadband network technologies, but enhance the overall vision of how these advances could change the way we live, love, eat and work in the near-term future.
Charter Plays Catch-Up with Managed WiFi
New open source-based application is reportedly in employee trials
Verizon Fiber Gives NBA a Video Assist
Telco inks deal to provide 1080p link to league’s arenas
Comcast Backs Harmonic’s CableOS With $175M Deal
For the fast-changing cable access technology business, it was not an easy first quarter.
SCTE Books Tech Writer David Pogue for Cable-Tec Expo
Trade org hopes ‘NYT’ columnist adds a little star power in New Orleans this fall
CableLabs Publishes Specifications for Low Latency DOCSIS
Software upgrade to DOCSIS 3.1 equipment enables the kind of sub-1-millisecond latency needed for virtual reality
Cable Tech Market Gets Disrupted
Access gear sales fall by 38% as operators mull over virtualization
TiVo Claims Another Favorable ITC Ruling Against Comcast
Tech vendor’s stock spikes 9% in after-hours trading, but cable company says it lost nothing
Google Cuts Huawei Off From Android
Move comes as Trump Administration continues its unilateral war against Chinese tech company
Mediacom Jumps Into CBRS Fray
Midsized cable op launches spectrum band’s latest commercial test
Roku Solidifies No. 1 Position in OTT Streaming
Roku's wild ride on Wall Street angled up sharply last week
FuboTV Poaches Ad Sales Exec Flatley From Sling TV
In new role, he’ll lead fuboTV’s ad sales efforts
TiVo Goes Back to ITC Playbook in Latest Comcast Patent Attack
Attempting to keep the legal pressure on, tech vendor returns to the venue with which it has had its greatest success
TiVo Adds Patent Suit Against Comcast in California
Latest Rovi Corp. action comes as Comcast litigator is named one of California’s top IP lawyers
Blazing the High-Tech Trail
2019’s award winners help the TV industry capitalize on massive changes
TiVo Turns to Adobe to Modernize e-Commerce Biz
Online retail business looks to make ‘20 years of code’ more current
Digital Original Slate Swelled to 319 on 2018
Netflix accounted for 139 of those new originals
Apple's Big Original TV Model Follows Not-So-Original Playbook
Basically copying Amazon’s plan for video distribution, Silicon Valley’s top dog will expand access to Apple TV app while delivering a la carte subscription services and originals within it
Frequency Debuts Cloud-Based ‘Studio’ Platform on Liberty’s Horizon 4 Service
New suite of cloud software services and tools power both traditional and OTT video offerings
Digital Dynamos Driving TV’s Future
B&C’s Digital All-Stars are in the vanguard of video’s crossplatform push
AT&T Gets Serious About Sunsetting Satellites
Osprey set-top will help telco replace the home dish with a broadband hookup
How TiVo ‘Maps’ Viewers Across Platforms
The idea behind TiVo’s just-announced partnership with 4INFO
Streaming Service Tubi Adds 'The Bachelor' Franchises
'The Bachelor,' 'The Bachelorette,' 'Bachelor in Paradise' start streaming April 1