Cable Television

A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system. The headend facility is normally unstaffed and surrounded by some type of security fencing and is typically a building or large shed housing electronic equipment…

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Dept With a few exceptions (hearing aids, collectibles) as technology evolves, prices for these services drop. Unless you re the cable and broadband industries, cozily ensconced in a bubble of regulatory capture. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks prices for broad categories of goods and services…

Photo illustration by Slate, images by iStock. With the announcement of Sling TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, it’s become clear: The era of cord cutting is here to stay. The new service will provide consumers who’d rather not pay for cable TV with live streaming of ESPN, TNT, TBS, CNN…

In this example, video content is transmitted from various sources to a cable service provider s headend. Each headend represents a facility that supports access controllers, VOD controllers, and other equipment. The access controller controls and grants access to video services for the set-top box in…

Everybody wants to hang out in your living room. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon — they all want to be there. Some already are. All of them are already on your other screens — the tiny one in your pocket, the medium-sized one in your bag, the big one on your desktop. But the biggest prize, the huge…

Al Jazeera’s is giving up on its attempt to crack the U.S. TV news market, less than three years after its much-publicized debut in America. The Qatar-based company announced Wednesday that it will shut down cable channel Al Jazeera America and its digital operations in April, squeezed by declining oil…

Flex TV is a no-contract, prepaid satellite television service from DISH Network. You own the equipment and you can turn the service on/off without any early termination penalty. You must be a first time DISH Network subscriber or a former subscriber that left DISH Network in good standing more than…

Q&A with John Fetto, Senior Analyst, Marketing & Research Earlier this year, Experian Marketing Services released our Cross-Device Video Analysis. The analysis has generated such strong and sustained interest from marketers and the media, we wanted to explore the subject further. The…

For years, I ve begged and pleaded with the powers that be for major American sports to be untethered from cable television and released into the world of real internet streaming options. Then the dominoes finally, albeit extremely slowly, began to drop. Even as some leagues wasted opportunities to expand…

Cable TV Hong Kong, also known as CTVHK and Hong Kong Cable, is a television network in Hong Kong owned and operated by i-CABLE Communications Limited. Prior to 31 October 1998, it was known as Wharf Cable Television. It is the 1st analogue cable television broadcaster of Hong Kong s 2nd subscription-based…

Walmart will start exclusively selling the $99 Boxee TV in more than 3, stores from tomorrow, according to Bloomberg . The Boxee TV is a DVR that offers access to basic cable or terrestrial TV services as well as web services like Netflix, Vudu, and Pandora. Perhaps its main selling point, however…

Contour Contour is available to residential customers with Cox Contour TV Preferred and Internet Preferred or higher TV/Internet service. Digital receiver/remote and Cox approved modem required. The Contour TV Package includes the Contour guide with personal show recommendations, access to over a dozen…

WSJ The WSJ’s Martin Peers, now living the cord-cutter’s impossible dream Martin Peers is the WSJ’s Media and Marketing Editor Life as a cord-cutter, without a pay television subscription, isn’t as much of a fringe activity as it might seem. Lots of TV shows are available for purchase on iTunes, often…

November 12, 2008 There are adults today who have never known a world without cell phones, color television or ATMs. These are people who have had cable television all of their lives (not to mention Internet access, DVRs, DVDs, and so on for a shorter period of time). This actually presents significant…