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Biography for Jim Barthold
Jim Barthold, editor of FierceIPTV, has been around the telecommunications space since advanced engineers used two tin cans and a string to communicate. A longtime freelance writer, he has worked over the years with General Instrument Corp. in public relations, Cable World, Telephony Magazine, Telecommunications Magazine, Communications Technology Magazine, CED Magazine and a few other publications that have nothing to do with cable TV, as well as a short stint as a senior analyst with NPD Connected Intelligence. An avid golfer, Barthold follows the advice of the professional staff at Running Deer Golf Club and keeps his day job. He can be reached at jbarthold@fiercemarkets.com and found on LinkedIn.
Articles by Jim Barthold
Cable players look to tap user enthusiasm for convergence
CHICAGO - Cable operators, and of course the vendors who feed them with equipment, are hoping to catch up and corral the new user fascination with nonlinear (e.g., IP) video. This, in turn, creates a
TiVo debuts boxed set for cable operators at The Cable Show
CHICAGO - Apparently deciding that it's better to try to join cable than fight it, TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) is using this week's Cable Show to debut two set-top options and an enhanced iPad app that
Broadcom, S3 Group bring order to the multi-screen chaos
CHICAGO - Silicon vendor Broadcom and systems integration vendor S3 Group are taking divergent routes to essentially the same goal: eliminating some of the clutter that happens when cable operators
Like Chicken Man, TV is everywhere, it's everywhere!
CHICAGO - The idea of showing a television program on a TV screen is so yesterday. Multiple vendors will be dedicating their booth space this week to show that TV, like the old radio character
Appeals Court says cable operators have to share programming
Once again, cable operators have been told to share their exclusive sports rights with other service providers. This time a Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals, in a 3-0 decision, said that
The Cable Show: It's deja vu all over again
They're forces of nature: Every year the swallows return to Capistrano; the vultures return to Gettysburg; the jellyfish return to the New Jersey seashore; and the cable industry returns to The Cable
NCTA to FCC: There's enough competition so rules can be removed
There's enough competition in the marketplace today that the rules and regulations of the 1992 Cable Act are about as relevant as analog television, the NCTA has told the FCC in a supplementary
Massaging the cord-cutting numbers: Maybe it's just 'cord-switching'
People may not necessarily be cutting the cable cord, but they are moving elsewhere for their video entertainment, according to new data from Nielsen Media Research for the Television Bureau of
Brian Roberts to demo Comcast's 'next generation video product' at The Cable Show
Cancel those Thursday morning flights, Cable Show attendees. The mystifying absence of Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) Chairman-CEO Brian Roberts from this year's Cable Show lineup has been solved: He'll be
The price is wrong, ACA tells FCC about programming, retransmission
American Cable Association (ACA) members--generally small independent cable operators--"pay disproportionately higher prices for video content" because TV stations and national cable networks
