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October 9, 2012 Sign up for free: Subscribe | Website | Jobs | Mobile Refer FierceCable to a Colleague This week's sponsor is SeaChange International. Today's Top Stories 1. Comcast names Hank Fore regional SVP for California 2. Cable One scores HBO Go, Max Go 3. SeaChange claims victory in patent dispute with Arris 4. Time Warner Cable, Cisco, Edgeware veterans join ad insertion firm This Technology 5. IPTV players applying competitive heat to Bright House in Central Florida Also Noted: IBM Spotlight On... Keeping an eye on CLECs at COMPTEL Fall 2012 DirecTV signs carriage deal with CBS Corp.; Harmonic launches NSG Pro and much more... Follow @FierceCable on Twitter! News From the Fierce Network: 1. China Telecom, Unicom boost IPTV; Canal Plus signs deal with Warner Bros. 2. Genesis Technical says it can deliver 400 Mbps over existing copper 3. U.S. makes it official, opposes revised Internet regulations This week's sponsor is EXFO. Webinar: Carrier Ethernet woes? 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Comcast names Hank Fore regional SVP for California By Steve Donohue Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) said Tuesday that it promoted Henry "Hank" Fore to regional SVP for California. Fore, who had been regional SVP of Comcast's Oregon/ Southwest Washington region, succeeds Curt Henninger. The MSO said Heninger accepted a position at its corporate headquarters in Philadelphia. Fore (Image source: PRNewsFoto / Comcast) Based in Livermore, Fore will oversee 5,500 employees and cable systems that count more than 2.2 million customers in the Bay Area and Central California. He reports to Steve White, president of Comcast's West Division. Before running Comcast's Oregon/ Southwest Washington region, Fore had been based in Oakland as area VP of Comcast's East Bay Area from 2005 to 2009. "I am ecstatic to return to California and lead one of Comcast's most important regions," Fore said in a statement. "I look forward to working with the many outstanding Comcast employees in California to provide excellent service and innovative products to our customers." A former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Fore is a West Point graduate. He was a regional SVP at Lucent Technologies before joining Comcast. He has also held technology positions at Times Mirror and International Network Services. For more: - see the release Related articles: Comcast names Wlodkowski VP of accessibility, will deploy voice recognition technology products Cox customer service veteran Edmunds joins Comcast Comcast hires former Cisco executive Singh for strategic planning post Comcast promotes Amy Lynch to VP of Southwest Bay area Comcast names Valentín VP of talent acquisition Comcast names Kiriacoulacos EVP of procurement Read more about: Comcast back to top This week's sponsors are Ciena and Fujitsu. eBook: Looking Beyond 100G Driven by a never-ending appetite for bandwidth from businesses and consumers, service providers are in the process of upgrading their backbone and core networks. This eBook discusses the strategies, emerging standards, and technological advancements beyond 100G. Click here to download today. 2. Cable One scores HBO Go, Max Go By Steve Donohue Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Cable One struck a licensing deal with Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO subsidiary that will allow it to offer its subscribers access to the HBO Go and Max Go mobile applications and TV Everywhere websites. The Phoenix, Ariz.-based MSO is one of the smallest providers to get access to the popular mobile apps, which are available on Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone and iPad, and smartphones and tablets that run Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operating system. In March, Cable One signed Synacor to build it a TV Everywhere portal. Adding HBO Go to its portfolio could help Cable One compete against AT&T's (NYSE: T) U-verse TV and other rival providers that are able to offer subscribers access to HBO's original programming library on the Web and mobile devices. The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) owns Cable One, which is the 10th largest U.S. cable operator, counting about 612,729 subscribers in Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and 13 other states. For more: - see the release Related articles: Cable One to launch TV Everywhere site; Synacor builds portal Time Warner Cable to support HBO on Roku, Xbox and Samsung TVs Cable One loses high-speed data, video subscribers in Q2 2012 Cable One gains 916 basic video subscribers in Q1 2012 Read more about: TV Everywhere back to top 3. SeaChange claims victory in patent dispute with Arris By Steve Donohue Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Video-on-demand technology vendor SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) said Tuesday that a U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled in its favor in a patent dispute with Arris (Nasdaq: ARRS) that dates back to 2001. In 2001, n-Cube, a VOD company that was later acquired by C-COR and Arris, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against SeaChange related to a VOD patent. SeaChange lost the case in 2002, and said it redesigned its video system to avoid infringing on the n-Cube patent which is now owned by Arris. While Arris later argued that the SeaChange workaround violated an injunction that was filed against it in the case, SeaChange said Tuesday that the court said Arris failed to prove that its new design infringed on the patent owned by Arris. "We are pleased the Court has recognized that SeaChange took appropriate steps after the 2001 litigation with n-Cube, and that SeaChange has at all times complied with the Court's Order," SeaChange general counsel David McEvoy said in a statement. For more: - see the SeaChange release Related articles: SeaChange, Tellabs to target ads on iPad based on web viewing habits SeaChange buys interactive TV firm Flashlight Engineering Cable overbuilder launches WOW! Ultra TV, using Arris Moxi Gateway BlackArrow names Michael Pohl chairman Read more about: Arris back to top 4. Time Warner Cable, Cisco, Edgeware veterans join ad insertion firm This Technology By Steve Donohue Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Dynamic ad-insertion technology vendor This Technology Inc. said it opened a Denver office that will be staffed by former Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) executive Bryan Santangelo, former Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) executive John Mick and Edgeware and BigBand veteran Sean Rooney. Mick, who was a software architect and lead developer for the Cisco Personalization and Advertising Transaction Hub product team, was named VP of engineering. Rooney, a veteran of EdgeWare, BigBand Networks, Motorola and Broadbus technologies, was named VP of sales. Santangelo, who helped design advanced advertising products at Time Warner Cable as a principal architect for its Advanced Technology Group, was named VP of software architecture. This Technology competes against Blackrrow, SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) and other firms pitching dynamic ad insertion technology that cable MSOs can use to sell advertisers targeted ads that can be placed in free video-on-demand programming from cable and broadcast networks. The company hasn't yet announced any cable MSO customers. For more: - see the release Related articles: Multi-screen technology floods The Cable Show Verizon launches telescopic VOD channel for Hellmann's Mayonnaise Concurrent adds dynamic ad insertion capabilities to MediaHawk VX server Rogers rolls dynamic VOD ad insertion with SeaChange gear CableLabs shines spotlight on VOD advertising potential BlackArrow: Major MSO will deliver personalized VOD ads Read more about: Time Warner Cable, Cisco back to top 5. IPTV players applying competitive heat to Bright House in Central Florida By Jim Barthold Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn Bright House Networks is apparently feeling the competitive heat coming from increasingly aggressive IPTV players AT&T (NYSE: T) U-verse and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) Prism TV in the Central Florida marketplace. While Bright House spokesman Donald Forbes told the Orlando Sentinel that it would be "inaccurate to make the premise that Bright House Networks is losing subscribers," no one is denying that AT&T and CenturyLink are trying hard to change that through an aggressive marketing campaign and more Internet-related capabilities offered through their TV service. Figuring out who has how many subscribers in the region is difficult, since none of the involved parties would release customer numbers. CenturyLink spokeswoman Lisa Willis did admit Orlando is "one of Prism TV's largest and fastest growing markets in the U.S." Making things even tougher for Bright House is the fact that both telco players only compete with the cable operator, not each other. Bright House hasn't sat back while IPTV players attempt to invade their markets. The MSO has added more high definition channels and "other improvements," the newspaper said, including the NFL Network. Still, the interlopers are providing enough to attract customers away from the MSO. "I got tired of the cable prices and wanted something different, which is why I switched to Prism TV," Elena Martinez-Ferrer, 34, told the newspaper. "I wanted a little more for my buck, like Facebook, apps and better navigation." "I really like playing games and find that's what I do most so it's easier for me to just do everything through my Xbox," AT&T U-verse customer Victor Llanes said. "I like having the ability to use less boxes on my TV." Those online characteristics are part of the speed equation that is pulling customers away from the MSO and toward the IPTV players. Among other things, the newspaper said, channel changing is faster on IPTV services because the telcos use fiber instead of coaxial cable. "Changing channels on Prism TV is lightning fast," the newspaper story said. "There's virtually no lag from one channel to the other. U-verse has a slight delay, but it's nothing compared with the temporary black screen shown between channels on Bright House Networks." For more: - the Orlando Sentinel ran this story Related articles: Bright House Networks adds $2 monthly modem fee CenturyLink turns on IPTV channel in Orlando Read more about: AT&T U-Verse, Bright House Networks back to top Also Noted Webcast: The Benefits of Moving from Open Source to WebSphere Application Server: Forrester Research Discusses its New Total Economic Impact Study Join us for this complimentary webcast and learn details from a new independent report that shows the total economic impact of migrating from an open source solution to IBM WebSphere Application Server -- including a 44% return on investment (ROI) producing a net value of over $1 million. Register today! SPOTLIGHT ON... Keeping an eye on CLECs at COMPTEL Fall 2012 Image source: COMPTEL) With cable operators like Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), Cox and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) moving to capture a piece of telcos' voice customers through their own business services offerings, the doings of the competitive telecom industry are catching their interest. Regional and nationwide CLECs, wholesalers and vendors are meeting in Dallas this week at COMPTEL Fall 2012. Sean Buckley, Senior Editor of FierceTelecom, is on hand covering the conference. Visit this page for updates from the show and continuing coverage. Read more... Cable industry news from across the web: > DirecTV said it struck a long-term carriage deal with CBS Corp. that includes retransmission-consent for CBS owned-and-operated stations and carriage of premium network Showtime, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel. News release > Harmonic launched a Converted Cable Access Platform (CCAP) product called NSG Pro. News release > Sky Italia deployed a product from HyperTV and Civolution that allows viewers to access social gaming content that is synchronized to TV programming. News release > Motorola Mobility said it is working with TVC Communications to offer its Carrier Ethernet portfolio to service providers. News release > AT&T is teaming up with IBM to pitch enterprise customers a "network-enabled" cloud service that relies on private networks rather than the public Internet. News release And finally … Elemental Technologies said Media Prima in Malaysia deployed its Elemental Live product to deliver programming to viewers using the Web and mobile devices. News release Webinars * Post listing: Click here. * General ad info: Click here. > Mobile Acceleration for the Mobile Revolution - Tuesday, November 13th, 2pm ET / 11am PT A revolution is underway in how companies interact with audiences online. 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