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Slide Show: The Customer-Satisfaction Struggle

Despite slight increases in customer satisfaction across most industries, it's still a struggle for wireless, wireline and television, which lag behind almost all others. ...More
May 15, 2012
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NBC, Fox Execs Slam DISH Over Commercial-Free DVR Feature

"I think this is an attack on our ecosystem," one top broadcast exec was quoted as saying. ...More
May 15, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Apple Strong, RIM Weak in Customer Satisfaction Index Debuts

The American Customer Satisfaction Index found Sprint to be best among the major carriers in wireless service, while cable companies are licking their wounds over the numbers they registered for television service. ...More
May 15, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Traditional TV Viewing Offers Cable an OTT Opportunity

While 98 percent of us watch five hours of video per day on a good, old-fashioned living room television set, those screens are increasingly Internet-enabled, via a set-top box, connection within the TV or through some other "Input 1" device. Cable take note. ...More
May 4, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in News
NAB Prez Slams Pay-TV, Wireless Operators

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith used his annual NAB State of the Industry address to take telecom operators and wireless companies to task, which he characterized as bogeymen adversaries to traditional local affiliate broadcasters. ...More
April 16, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
Cord-Cutting More Common, But Cable Need Not Fear?

The U.S. only added 112,000 TV subscribers in 2011, a full 160,000 less than in 2010. However, these projections are expected to be the bottom of a lull period and TV subscriptions are expected to rise to 185,000 by 2012. ...More
April 3, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
DirecTV Eyes Super High-Definition Service

Media reports, however, indicate that the commercial launch of Ultra HDTV years could be years away. ...More
March 20, 2012 By Josh Long
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IP&TV World Forum Renamed 'TV Connect'

Organizer Informa Telecoms & Media says the event, now in its eighth year, will be rebranded as TV Connect, to reflect the evolving industry and rapidly converging TV market. ...More
March 20, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
DISH Network Closes Satellite Acquisitions

The Federal Communications Commission recently declined to immediately grant DISH waivers that would enable it to build out a high-speed wireless broadband network. ...More
March 13, 2012 By Josh Long
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thePlatform Eyes Customization: The Next Generation of TV Everywhere

Now is the time to go beyond basic TV Everywhere and start thinking about customization using metadata. For instance, a premium sports subscriber with an affinity toward boxing or mixed martial arts could be provided video collections of specific athletes' bouts online. ...More
March 8, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in News

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