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Add comment November 9, 2009
Beacon Award for WV Program
Last year, the WVCTA — led by Suddenlink, Comcast and Time Warner Cable — partnered with the History™ channel’s “Take a Veteran to School Day” initiative, to bring together veterans and high school students and educators in West Virginia. Twelve events were held throughout the state in the weeks surrounding Veterans Day 2008.
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller launched the project at Robert C. Byrd High School in Clarksburg on November 10, 2008. More than 4,000 students and educators learned about the importance of veterans in their communities; 19 veterans were cataloged for the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project; and over 60 veterans participated in the events.
This year, thirteen West Virginia high schools will participate in the program between today and Nov. 19, and more veterans’ stories will be recorded.
Sponsored by the Association of Cable Communicators (ACC), the national Beacon Awards competition recognizes excellence in communications and public affairs throughout the cable industry and is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year.
Add comment November 9, 2009
Looking for Work?
Add comment November 6, 2009
Promoting Digital Literacy
Teaching children how to use the Internet is about more than showing them how to navigate a computer or web browser; they must also be able to understand where they are going and where they shouldn’t go.
NCTA is the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Suddenlink is a member.
Add comment November 6, 2009
E-Cycling Program Noted in Louisiana
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NFL Network Update
Then, the NFL Network withdrew the offer we had accepted.
A few weeks later, the NFL returned with a new proposal that included unacceptable costs and conditions.
To say we are frustrated would be an understatement. However, we remain open to continued discussions and a new offer from the NFL Network, including the offer that we already accepted or any of the other offers we have previously made to them.
5 comments November 4, 2009
Suddenlink 20 Meg Service Expands
Search this blog for news on prior launches of this service. Future launches will be announced as they are confirmed.
2 comments November 3, 2009
DVR Wins Over Major Detractors
In what may seem a media business version of the Stockholm syndrome, television network executives have fallen in love with a former tormentor: the digital video recorder.
The reason is not simply that more households own DVRs — 33 percent compared with 28 percent at this point in 2008 — helping some marginal shows become hits. It is also that more people seem content to sit through the commercials than networks once thought.
Silicon Alley Insider chimes in on this topic, as well. [H/t Michael Willner.]
Add comment November 2, 2009
Future of U-Verse Questioned
We expect dramatic cutbacks in U-verse CAPEX [capital expenditures] over the next two years. The service has pretty much been a bust. For AT&T, 3Q09 will probably “be identified as the quarter in which the U-verse star started to fade.”
AT&T’s U-verse will not be “getting in stride” or “picking up steam.” There are indications that point to significant pullback on CAPEX for the service in 2010 and 2011. The reason why these are not “hyper growth” times for U-verse is that the main technology used was doomed from the start.
Add comment October 30, 2009
