Cablevision

wireless

Cablevision Launching Wireless Broadband Network

I guess Cablevision was feeling a little left out after the WiMaxMegaZord became official with Comcast and Time on board, because they're planning to drop $350 million on a wireless broadband network for New York. It'll basically be a big Wi-Fi network initially (free for customers), though Cablevision says "ultimately it will be a mobile voice-capable network." Which is the real peg: a quadruple play option with bundled wireless (now just to compete w/ TWC and Comcast, let alone wireless companies). At least hopefully, since a $350 million glorified Wi-Fi network isn't gonna get 'em very far. [Yahoo!]

6:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By matt buchanan
1,137 views, 4 comments

Latest by uberfu: Dude_ We're just going to be bombarded with Wireless everywhere by the time this is all done_ Think about it - 15 Carriers deploying Wireless in every major city - it switch from trying to find a wireless signal to more »

cable

CableLabs Responds to CableCard Screwjob Allegation

The good folks at CableLabs replied to today's piece about CableCard customers getting screwed out of HD channels. To their credit, they did not ask for a correction, because we didn't print anything inaccurate (though they do claim the HD Guru may have). They just wanted us to consider some "clarifications," arguments that go far to highlight the tension (hatred bordering on violence?) that exists between Big Cable and the consumer-electronics companies. The short version: Cable content is always changing, two-way CableCard exists in theory if not at Best Buy, the dongle could work on anything with a USB port and upgradeable firmware, and, oh yeah, you'll probably be buying all-new gear before this thing blows over. Jump for a more spelled out—but still excerpted—version of CableLabs' rebuttal argument: More »

8:45 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,935 views, 21 comments

Latest by MegaZone: @lordargent: No, actually, Wikipedia is wrong - or at least unclear. I will say it again - ALL CableCARDs, those physical PCMCIA-looking things, are two-way. The only difference in the cards are Single-Stream vs. Multi-Stream aka S-Card vs. M-Card. They're more »

cable

CableCard Users Are Getting Screwed Out of HD Channels

Our friend Gary Merson, the HD Guru, has uncovered an issue that may soon piss you off. Cable customers who use the current CableCard to decode signal directly in their TV, a TiVo or Windows Media Center PC may soon start losing HD channels because of a change in technology. To conserve bandwidth, cable carriers are moving from a direct stream of video to "switched digital video," which use two-way digital cable boxes to see what customers need then send it to them. CableCards are only one-way, so they can't make use of any SDV coming down the pipes. What does this mean? Merson says that as of April 15, Cablevision has cut off CableCard access to 15 Voom HD channels, and Time Warner will apparently make similar cuts. More »

12:40 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Wilson Rothman
10,667 views, 58 comments

Latest by bunkacid: Not only are we getting screwed out of HD channels, were still forced into paying for service we can't use, because they don't offer ala' carte services. more »

vod on crack

Cablevision's Crazy New VOD Scheme: Send You the DVD Too

Same-day movies on demand isn't a new offering from cable providers. But Cablevision's new setup is entirely different, and just a little weird. You pay 10 or 16 or 20 bucks (depending on freshness) to watch the flick the same day it hits DVD, and then Cablevision sends the DVD to you in the mail. WTF? More »

2:45 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By matt buchanan
7,181 views, 25 comments

tivo

Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me

Fulfilling a promise they made last November, TiVo and Cablevision are rolling out the first-ever Spanish-language TiVo, for cable customers in Mexico City. Mexico city? Who does a news release based on Mexico City? If this doesn't demonstrate the bizarre relationship TiVo has with cable companies, I don't know what would. The TiVos will have SeasonPass, WishList and the typical DVR functions, but probably not TiVoToGo, remote scheduling or any of the connected stuff. I am happy that the people of Mexico City are finally getting TiVo, but as a Cablevision subscriber in the New York area (Cablevision's home turf), I am pretty pissed that all the carrier offers me is a POS Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD.
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4:45 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,334 views, 15 comments

Latest by Joshl01: Where do u guys get your figures from? Cablevision in Mexico City (with over 550'000 suscribers) is charging $50US for a Series 2 TiVo (connection and equipment) and a $15US monthly service fee, so actually it's way cheaper than in more »

road to hell

500 HD Channels on Cablevision? No More Programming Until CableCard Is Easy!

Reuters today said that Cablevision would have "the capability" to carry over 500 high-definition channels. This would include the 15 channels that Lazarus-like startup Voom HD Networks (now owned by Cablevision) plans to introduce next Tuesday, along with the 20-some HD channels that are allegedly in the lineup now plus, I suppose, 460 more channels of come what may. (Never mind the fact that Cablevision doesn't even carry BBC America, the company itself acknowledges there are not yet 500 channels worth of HD programming.) More »

9:23 AM on Fri Jun 22 2007
By Wilson Rothman
6,915 views, 19 comments

Latest by idl3mind: @idl3mind: By the way, they never showed up on 07/17. They said they were having trouble getting the cards programmed. I dunno if they were giving me the runaround or if they were truly having issues with the new SA more »

home entertainment

Cablevision to Roll Out Network DVR

Strange things afoot at Cablevision. They're apparently working on a DVR without a hard drive—the content is stored remotely on Cablevision servers and then pulled down when needed. Customers "record" by pressing a button, ensuring that the cable company's server's don't get bogged down by simply recording everything that goes over the customer's tuner. More »

10:30 AM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By johnb
503 views, 4 comments

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