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Featured Articles » Broadband Cable Market Accelerates in Latin America, Says Infonetics » SeaChange International to Demo New System for Cable Providers » Comcast Makes the Move to Acquire MSNBC.com » DirecTV CEO Hints at A La Carte Pricing as Solution to Viacom Dispute » Comcast Adds One More Network to Xfinity TV 'TV Everywhere'   Sponsored By: Super Wi-Fi Summit The Super Wi-Fi Summit will discuss the opportunities, challenges and technical issues surrounding the use of White Spaces for wireless broadband services. The event will cover all aspects of the White Spaces market including, results and next steps for recent technical trials, White Spaces backhaul opportunities, database issues, White Spaces Devices, Spectrum Issues, Standards and more. The event will feature an excellent cross section of speakers from companies closely involved with this new opportunity, including; Spectrum Bridge, Microsoft, Telcordia, Google, 6Harmonics and more.   Top Stories » TiVo to Acquire TRA, Advertisers Stand to Benefit » Cogeco Cable Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Atlantic Broadband   From The Expert Corner July 19, 2012 New Cracks Appear in Video Business Framework By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor There are some new cracks appearing in the traditional U.S. cable TV framework, which has included an informal “agreement not to compete” against other cable operators, as well as growing friction between all leading video distributors and leading programming suppliers, going well beyond the normal contract renegotiations that happen from time to time. In an unusual show of support, in recent days Time Warner Cable Inc., Cox (News - Alert) Communications Inc. and Mediacom Communications Corp. have each publicly backed DirecTV's position in the firm’s negotiations with Viacom (News - Alert) , as each of those companies share a similar concern about the spiraling cost of programming, which is resulting in annual rate increases for consumers that are significantly above the rate of inflation. Time Warner (News - Alert) Cable itself recently issued a warning to television programmers. “We deplore that programmers have once again pulled the plug on television viewers, this time with DirecTV, Dish Networks and Time Warner Cable,” the company said... Read More    Featured Videos Vidtel Details Cloud Video Strategy    Featured Resources » Key to Agility and Business Alignment » Looking beyond bits & bytes » Decisions That Drive Success   Featured Channels » Sports - Olympic Tech » Video World Insider   CableSpotlight.com is Your Source for the Latest Cable News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Cable Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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