Between work, travel, the holidays, the caucuses and primaries, and another project I’ve been trying to launch, I just haven’t had a lot of time to write, but I wanted to share a new endeavor I’ve undertaken.  NCTA (the day job) has launched a new telecom policy blog at CableTechTalk.com.
CableTechTalk will give the industry a [...]

It’s been a bad week to be sick. With so much celebrity embarrassment on parade, not having the energy to trash them is really troubling.
Let’s set the wayback machine for the VMAs last week. This show had it all - award winners trashing the network that hosts the awards, has-been rockers duking [...]

The Cable Show in Vegas last week had some interesting surprises, as these conferences often do.  You never know which panel or exhibitor will have a new perspective, new gadget, or new service that gets you thinking.  One of the surprises for me this year was an art exhibit.  It’s part of an annual competition [...]

I’m back from the annual Cable Show in Vegas where Comcast CEO Brian Roberts rolled out the next generation of broadband technologies.  Demonstrating the new DOCSIS 3.0 standard for broadband over hybrid coax-fiber networks, Roberts moved a 4GB file in just over 3 minutes. 
The DOCSIS 3.0 standard gets its juice from “channel bonding” technology.  The modem [...]

NBC Universal is changing it’s name to “All Game Shows, All The Time” as it prepares to lay off 5% of its staff, shutter offices and consolidate programming, according to this little post from the Wall Street Journal.
The steps, announced today, are part of an overhaul that also affects movie production and other operations at [...]