Happy Holidays
Add comment December 22, 2009
Future of the Set-Top Box
As the FCC explores a process to determine whether a technical solution can be developed to allow television set-tops to operate on any cable or satellite provider, America’s cable companies have joined in that effort, pledging their support in developing a cross-platform set-top. But at least one satellite company has gone on the record to state their opposition to their set-tops being part of the solution.
Add comment December 18, 2009
Saturday’s Saints-Cowboys Showdown
That game will be on local broadcast TV in Dallas and New Orleans, so our customers in the Dallas TV market will be able to watch it. (While we have customers in many parts of Louisiana, we don’t have any in the New Orleans TV market.)
For everyone else, the game will be on the NFL Network, which we continue to seek an agreement to add to our channel line up. As indicated last month, the NFL Network made us an offer in late September, which we verbally accepted. After exchanging contract drafts, the NFL Network withdrew the offer we had accepted.
It’s all very frustrating, to say the least. Still, we would very much like to add the NFL Network to our line up and we remain open to continued negotiations with them — focusing on the offer we already accepted, or any of the other, multiple attempts we’ve made to reach an agreement with them.
Add comment December 17, 2009
Deceptive Ad Charges Against DirecTV
The state attorney general’s office received more than 50 overnight complaints against DirectTV after Rob McKenna filed a lawsuit against the company for “deceptive and unfair practices.”
That follows hundreds of complaints filed against the satellite television business, which McKenna said Tuesday was a huge number for a company operating in the state.
“These guys are off the charts,” McKenna said in a meeting with reporters. “We’ve had more complaints about them than any other (company) in America this year. So they really do stand out.”
Add comment December 16, 2009
Senior Citizens Increasingly Online
According to Nielsen, the number of seniors — those 65 or over — actively using the Internet increased more than 55% between November 2004 and November 2009, from 11.3 million to 17.5 million. Growth in the number of senior-aged women outpaced that of men by 6 percentage points …
Which sites are most popular with these elder active Internet users? Google Search, Windows Media Player and Facebook, according to the Nielsen survey.
Add comment December 14, 2009
TV Sets (Still) Rule
Nielsen’s latest Three Screen Report, which measures video viewing on televisions, online and via mobile devices, has been released for the third quarter of this year. While the report shows substantial growth for online viewing — up 34.9 percent over last year — 99 percent of all video viewing still occurs via the television screen.
That’s consistent with a Three Screen Report from earlier this year.
Add comment December 11, 2009
Net Neutrality and the First Amendment
If you’re interested in such subjects but, like me, can’t afford a constitutional lawyer, Paul Rodriguez offers a translation.
Add comment December 10, 2009
Suddenlink VP Named Chair of SCTE Committee
Add comment December 9, 2009
Suddenlink Investment Program in Full Swing
This investment program will result in faster Internet speeds in many areas (case in point), more high-definition (HD) channels, and expanded availability of the company’s video-on-demand service.
The work to realize these upgrades is already in full swing.
We probably won’t be able to keep up with all the developments on this blog, so plese watch for local announcements and customer notifications. Different areas may get different services at different times.
Add comment December 8, 2009
Suddenlink Still Among Top Ops for Women in Cable
Add comment December 7, 2009
