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SkyBOX: May 11, 2008
EVERYBODY Wins!??
It really doesn't make sense but ... unless somebody is seriously fudging their numbers ... it is what it is:  Everybody is reporting FABULOUS (the emphasis from Wall Street) results.

Never mind that housing starts have fallen off the charts ... or that unemployment is up ... or that advertising upfronts are down ... or even that U.S. consumers describe themselves as generally glum.  Net new video subs (basic for cable) are up 275k at DIRECTV, 263k for Verizon's FiOS TV, 148k for AT&T's U-Verse, 46k at Time Warner Cable, 2k each at Cablevision and Mediacom.  So far in the Q1 reporting season, only Comcast has reported a basic sub decline (-57k) but the cable colossus reported a nice bump in revenue generating units. »
 
SkyFILES: May 8, 2008
SkyFILES: Odd Men Out
When it comes to wireless broadband, it appears that DBS services may have been left out in the rain.

This week, Clearwire and Sprint said they would combine their next-generation wireless broadband platforms. There are big names backing the venture, such as Intel and Google as well as cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. »
 
RetailREPORT: May 7, 2008
High-Def Enters The A La Carte Debate
To HD or not to HD? These days that really is the question.

Although buyers are snapping up high-def TVs at a steady clip, many are also sticking with the same SD content (whether it's from their DVD player or their TV provider) instead of upgrading to HD service and Blu-ray.  Why? Because it looks "good enough" and the service isn't worth the extra cost. »
 
MultiMAX: May 5, 2008
Thanks, Hormel
    So I was looking through my junk box in my email client when one caught my eye …
    It was spam announcing that May 3rd was the 30th anniversary of the first incidence of spam.
    Figures.
    This spam had a link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203767.html?hpid=topnews) which carried a copy of that first spam … sent to users of that internet precursor known as Arpanet: »
 
Kable Kid: May 1, 2008
Kable Kid Checks Out CTAM's Apprentice
I wasn't exactly sure what I was getting myself into when I was told I should go to the CTAM Rocky Mountains Cable Apprentice program.  All I knew was some University of Denver (DU) grad students were involved and that it was one of the many cutting edge exciting things that the Rocky Mountain Chapter has started. »
 
 
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