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Biography for Samantha Bookman

Samantha Bookman is the managing editor of FierceMarkets' Wireline Group, encompassing FierceTelecom, FierceVoIP, FierceIPTV, FierceOnlineVideo, and FierceCable. Prior to joining FierceMarkets, she was the Web Editor for Horizon House's two trade publications, Telecommunications and Microwave Journal. When not working to make wireline sexy again, she can be found digging through the comics stacks at Outer Limits, hiking, or practicing martial arts. Based in Boston, Mass., Samantha can be reached at sbookman@fiercemarkets.com. Follow @FierceSamantha on Twitter and find her on LinkedIn.

Articles by Samantha Bookman

KPMG says traditional media companies must change

January 29, 2013 | By

Pay TV operators are in danger of becoming extinct, a new study of pay-TV subscribers worldwide by KPMG suggests.

Keeping an eye on CLECs at COMPTEL Fall 2012

October 9, 2012 | By

With cable operators like Time Warner Cable, Cox and Comcast moving to capture a piece of telcos' voice customers through their own business services offerings, the doings of the competitive telecom industry are catching their interest.

How ubiquitous is TV Everywhere?

September 18, 2012 | By

In today's spotlight, FierceIPTV editor Jim Barthold talks about the change of perspective about TV Everywhere he experienced following the crash of his desktop PC and his search for a no-frills work machine in a multiscreen-mad world.

TiVo, PayPal team up to enable interactive ad products purchases

June 12, 2012 | By

The companies announced that TiVo will integrate PayPal features into the TiVo user interface by the start of the fall 2012 television season.

Aereo gets 1 of 3 claims dismissed in copyright infringement case

May 23, 2012 | By
Startup online video service provider Aereo saw one of the claims brought against it by a group of broadcasters dismissed on Monday by a federal judge, but the company is not yet out of the woods.

No issue on Friday

April 5, 2012 | By
The folks here at Fierce's wireline group will be off on Friday as part of the Easter holiday, so we will not be publishing a newsletter tomorrow. You'll see FierceCable in your inbox on Monday,

Business services go mainstream, and cable is in the running

January 5, 2012 | By
Forget traditional cable service for now: Business services may be where it's at in 2012. That's the conclusion many of the large cable MSOs appear to be drawing, as evidenced by the increased focus

Is online video the light at the end of the tunnel for pay TV?

November 23, 2011 | By
It's no secret that online video is booming, writes Jim O'Neill in a FierceOnlineVideo editorial. But the numbers that services like YouTube are putting up--800 million unique viewers per day--are no

Taking a new approach to wireless backhaul

November 15, 2011 | By
FierceTelecom's Sean Buckley interviews Tower Cloud President and CEO Ron Mudry in today's spotlight. Mudry says the company's hybrid fiber/microwave approach to wireless backhaul is a key

Netflix searches for gold in Latin America market, but faces obstacles

November 7, 2011 | By
Now that the initial uproar following Netflix' (Nasdaq: NFLX) announcement that it intends to launch services in 43 Latin American and Caribbean markets has ebbed, reality is setting in for the
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