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Today's Top Stories
1. Time Warner Cable launches 75 Mbps broadband service in Dallas
2. Nielsen report finds cable operators lost 2.7 million households between Q3 2011, Q3 2012
3. Comcast spending $150 million for 8 percent stake in Arris
4. Rogers to buy Mountain Cablevision and spectrum from Shaw Communications
5. CNET acknowledges Dish Network's Hopper won 'Best of CES' award before CBS interceded Also Noted: Akamai
Spotlight On... China requiring fiber connections for new homes
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2. TV Everywhere: Bouygues Telecom works with Intel, Jinni
3. 3 former Nortel execs acquitted of fraud charges
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* General ad info: Click here | Today's Top News 1. Time Warner Cable launches 75 Mbps broadband service in Dallas
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has launched a 75 Mbps high-speed Internet service in Dallas, where it is charging subscribers $90 monthly for the new tier. The rollout of the "Ultimate 75 Mbps" tier, which was first reported Tuesday by DSL Reports, comes about two months after Time Warner Cable COO Rob Marcus said the MSO would increase its broadband speeds on its standard Internet tiers by 50 percent on cable systems nationwide. AT&T (NYSE: T), which markets its U-verse TV and Internet service in Dallas, announced in November that it would eventually increase its download speeds to 75 Mbps. Time Warner Cable's speed upgrade could help it stave off competition from the telco. For more:
- DSL Reports has this story Related articles:
Time Warner Cable to increase broadband speeds by 50 percent
AT&T to expand U-verse to 33M homes, increase broadband speeds to 75 Mbps Read more about: Time Warner Cable
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2. Nielsen report finds cable operators lost 2.7 million households between Q3 2011, Q3 2012
The number of wired cable homes dropped by more than 2.7 million between the third quarter of 2011 and the third quarter of 2012, Nielsen said Monday.  Nielsen disclosed the cable household counts in its latest Cross-Platform Report, which showed that AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and other telcos added about 1.18 million cable homes between the third quarter of 2011 and the third quarter of 2012, growing the number of pay TV homes from telcos to 9.55 million. DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) and Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) picked up about 124,000 homes during the same period, with the companies counting 34.8 million homes combined at the end of the third quarter, Nielsen said.
More consumers are relying on over-the-air antennas to watch TV, with Nielsen reporting there were 11.12 million broadcast-only homes at the end of the third quarter. The number of broadcast-only homes increased by 67,000 compared to the third quarter of 2011, Nielsen said. Nielsen also reported that the number of broadcast-only homes that subscribe to broadband Internet service increased by 153,000 to 5.26 million between the third quarter of 2011 and the third quarter of 2012. The numbers indicate that more consumers are choosing to cut subscription video programming packages and rely on broadband Internet access to download or stream video. For more: - see the Nielsen Cross-Platform report (.pdf)
- see this Nielsen blog post Related articles:
Nielsen sees growing impact of time-shifted TV viewing
Cord-cutting trend? Nielsen reports increase in broadcast-only homes that subscribe to broadband
AT&T leads pay TV providers in Q4 subscriber growth Read more about: Verizon
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3. Comcast spending $150 million for 8 percent stake in Arris
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) said Monday that it agreed to spend $150 million to buy 7.85 percent stake in cable technology vendor Arris (Nasdaq: ARRS). The move comes less than one month after Arris struck a deal to buy Motorola Mobility's set-top business from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) for $2.35 billion. Arris said the Comcast investment will allow it to increase the amount of cash it will pay Google by $150 million and that it will reduce the amount of stock issued to Google for the Motorola Mobility assets. Google and Comcast will each own about 7.85 percent of Arris stock, the company added. Comcast has a history of buying or investing in technology vendors whose products it deploys and cable networks that are carried on its systems. The MSO, which acquired NBCUniversal last year, also owns stake in TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO), video-on-demand advertising technology provider BlackArrow, home automation vendor iControl, targeted advertising technology provider Visible World and home networking technology supplier Entropic Communications. Arris announced last week that it had developed a home video gateway that could be used to deliver Comcast's Xfinity X1 service. Comcast hasn't yet said when it may deploy the Arris gateways. "We believe this investment by one of our largest customers is a strong indication of customer support for the Motorola Home acquisition and its potential to accelerate innovation to the benefit of the industry and consumers," Arris CEO Bob Stanzione said in a prepared statement. Arris stock jumped Tuesday morning on news of the Comcast investment, with its shares trading at $15.89, up 55 cents, or 3.6 percent, at 10:30 a.m. ET. Comcast stock was trading at $39.08, up 16 cents, or 0.41 percent. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
Arris builds Gateway for Comcast's Xfinity X1 service
Arris to buy Motorola Mobility home division for $2.35B from Google
Comcast, Rogers invest $15M in HD video conferencing provider Tely Labs
Comcast invests $6.1 million in shopping app
Comcast eyes multiplatform investments Read more about: Comcast
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4. Rogers to buy Mountain Cablevision and spectrum from Shaw Communications
Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI) struck a $700 million deal to buy Mountain Cabevision from fellow Canadian MSO Shaw Communications, along with wireless spectrum and interest in cable network TVtropolis. Toronto-based Rogers will pick up about 40,000 cable subscribers in Hamilton, Ontario, through the cable system acquisition. About 130 Mountain Cablevision employees will also join the company. Rogers, which also markets wireless phone and Internet service to subscribers, has an option to buy unused spectrum from Shaw that covers 188 million MHz POPs. If the deal is approved by regulators, it could help Rogers meet increased demand for mobile Internet services in Western Canada, the company said. "We're investing in spectrum to ensure our customers continue to enjoy the incredibly fast speeds and throughput they crave, while ensuring our continued network leadership," Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed said in a prepared statement. "We're also strengthening our cable portfolio by acquiring a valuable cable business which complements our existing Ontario cable system allowing us to deliver even more value for our customers and shareholders," he added. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
BlackArrow rolls advanced ads with Rogers
Rogers markets new Cisco 'NextBox 2.0' DVR, sells bundles with usage-based broadband pricing
Shaw streams movies to satellite TV homes Read more about: Shaw Communications
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5. CNET acknowledges Dish Network's Hopper won 'Best of CES' award before CBS interceded
CNET acknowledged Monday that it planned to award Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) its "Best of CES" award before it was ordered by parent CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) to drop Dish from the program because of a lawsuit the broadcaster is waging against Dish related to Hopper's ad-skipping capabilities. While CNET announced last week that it had pulled Hopper from its awards program because of CBS's litigation with Dish, it didn't disclose at the time that its staffers had actually voted to give Dish the "Best in Show" award. But after The Verge reported Monday that CNET planned to give Dish its top honor and CNET reporter Greg Sandoval announced via Twitter that he was resigning, CNET detailed the activities that prompted it to drop Dish from the program. CNET staffers voted Wednesday night to give the top honor to Dish but were ordered by CBS to remove Hopper from the awards program, Lindsey Turrentine, the editor-in-chief of CNET Reviews, wrote in an article posted Monday afternoon. CNET wanted to release a report last week that explained it had voted to give the award to Dish, but it was ordered by management at CBS Interactive to stick to a statement drafted by CBS Corp., Turrentine said. "We were in an impossible situation as journalists. The conflict of interest was real--a legal case can impact the bottom line of our company and introduce the possibility of bias--but the circumstances demanded more transparency and not hurried policy," Turrentine added. CBS is one of several broadcasters that filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dish last year aimed at forcing it to deactivate AutoHop, a feature on the Hopper that, when activated by subscribers, removes all commercials from primetime programming on CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. Dish criticized CNET's move to drop it from the awards program in a statement it issued on Thursday. "We are saddened that CNET's staff is being denied its editorial independence because of CBS' heavy-handed tactics," Dish said in the statement. CBS said in a statement Monday afternoon that its move block CNET from giving an award to Dish was an "isolated incident," and it insisted that CNET "maintains 100 percent editorial independence." For more:
- CNET has this story
- The Verge has this story Related articles:
Dish Network rips CBS for pulling Hopper from CNET's 'Best of CES' Awards
CBS threatens to pull stations from Dish over Hopper dispute
Dish Network adds Sling capabilities to Hopper DVR Read more about: CNET, Dish Network
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SPOTLIGHT ON... China requiring fiber connections for new homes The Chinese government is requiring that all new homes built in areas where fiber networks are available have a fiber-based broadband connection. According to a mandate issued by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the fiber-to-the-home networks will be built in an open access fashion where residents will be able to choose what service provider and products they want to buy. China Telecom, China Unicom and other telcos are aggressively rolling out FTTH networks. FierceTelecom has more on the FTTH mandate. Read more Cable industry news from across the Web: > Hughes Network Systems said it won an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide satellite broadband services for 50 of the agency's RadNet radiation system monitors. News release > DirecTV said it closed its public offering of $750 million in bonds. News release > Matthew Zinn, TiVo's SVP, general counsel, secretary and chief privacy officer, won the "Deal Maker of the Year Award" from The Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel. News release > Liberty Global said it increased its stake in Belgium's Telenet to 58 percent. News release IPTV News > Arris hasn't even finally purchased the Motorola Home business unit from Google and already it's selling off a chunk to Comcast, of all companies. Article Telecom News > An Ontario Superior Court on Monday dismissed charges of fraud against three former senior executives at telecom equipment supplier Nortel. Story And finally... Arts network Ovation, which was dropped in December by Time Warner Cable, said it posted a 35 percent increase in total-day household ratings in 2012. News release > Globalstar's New "Wi-Fi" Super Highway - Tuesday, January 22nd, 11:00am EST/8:00 am PST This webinar will discuss the innovative technology, public benefits, and regulatory outlook of providing a new 22 MHz channel under the existing 802.11 IEEE standard. Join to learn technical aspects of TLPS deployment and the outlook for near-term relief from the FCC. Register Now! > Capitalizing SON – How to Implement SON for LTE to reduce OPEX and Increase Revenue - Tuesday, January 29th, 11am ET / 8am PT LTE is the fastest growing communication technology of all time. In this webinar our experts will discuss how Network Equipment Manufacturers can leverage the concept of Self Organizing Networks (SON) to not only manage highly complex LTE networks but also reduce operational expenditures and enhance customer satisfaction. Register Today!
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