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Comcast launches Skype to the TV; wins patent for set-tops that can deliver video calls
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) on Wednesday said it is allowing subscribers in Boston and Seattle to make Skype video calls through the TV, and that it will soon expand its Skype-on-Xfinity service to Read more >>
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Genova returns to Cablevision as EVP of field operations
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) on Wednesday said that it named Jerry Genova EVP of network management and field operations. Genova, who left Cablevision in 2000 after 25 years at the company, will report to Read more >>
Comcast launches Skype to the TV; wins patent for set-tops that can deliver video calls
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) on Wednesday said it is allowing subscribers in Boston and Seattle to make Skype video calls through the TV, and that it will soon expand its Skype-on-Xfinity service to Read more >>
DirecTV accuses Verizon of 'abandoning initiatives that would compete with cable'
Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) decision to abandon its DSL service and plan to market a fixed wireless broadband product with DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) shows the telco is focused on "abandoning initiatives that Read more >>
SeaChange, Tellabs to target ads on iPad based on web viewing habits
SeaChange (Nasdaq: SEAC) on Wednesday said it will team-up with Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) next week at The Cable Show to demonstrate how a cable operator could target ads to subscribers watching live TV Read more >>
Time Warner Cable adds Vutopia movies to TV Everywhere portfolio
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) on Wednesday said it is allowing digital cable subscribers to access several hundred movies online provided by Vutopia, including such titles as Donnie Brasco, Read more >>
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> ShopNBC parent ValueVision saw its net sales drop by 4.9 percent, to $136.5 million, in the first quarter of 2012. News release
> Cable hardware vendor Blonder Tongue posted $510,000 in net sales during the first quarter, up 8.5 percent compared to this time last year. News release
> BuddyTV Guide, a social TV service that has been integrated with AT&T's U-verse TV platform, said it added more than 40,000 zip codes to its channel-guide service. The move will allow users to create personalized channel guides. News release
And finally... ESPN is teaming up with Twitter to pitch media buyers advertising that includes promotions on both Twitter and ESPN's cable networks. Article
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