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Cablevision Coming to Rural America Through Bresnan Acquisition
6/14/10 at 8:24 AM by Bernie Arnason
Service providers who currently compete with Bresnan Communications should take note -- Cablevision is coming. The Bethpage, New York based cable company announced the purchase of Bresnan Communications in a transaction valued at $1.36 billion. Bresnan is ...
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Cable Companies Partner for Wi-Fi Roaming
4/15/10 at 3:58 PM by Bernie Arnason
The cable industry’s short term wireless strategy is quite clear. Offer as much broadband wireless coverage as possible – in effect extending the home broadband experience to as many locations as possible outside of the home. The technology to achieve that goal is less important, than the ability to provide it.
The ...
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Cable Continues to Look to Wi-Fi for Competitive Advantage
1/26/10 at 10:32 AM by Bernie Arnason
All of the wireless discussion surrounding the cable industry tends to focus on WiMAX initiatives by cable companies through their Clearwire connection. Cox also gets a look thanks to their own wireless efforts, including some recent noise on LTE and 4G. But ...
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Optimum Select Brings Interactivity to Cablevision
9/16/09 at 9:42 PM by Telecompetitor
New Service Leverages Power of Interactive Technology to Help Consumers Get More From Their Television Experience
BETHPAGE, NY, September 16, 2009 -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) announced today the planned launch of Optimum Select, a transformational television viewing experience, which uses the power of interactivity to help consumers get more from their TVs. Optimum Select turns the thirty-second commercial into ...
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Cablevision Offers $200 AmEx Gift Card
6/23/09 at 10:50 AM by Telecompetitor
Cablevision began offering a $200 American Express gift card for new double play subscribers to voice and cable modem services. New subscribers must agree to a twelve month term and a $20 installation fee applies for cable modem installation. The promotion lasts through June 30th 2009. Read More ...
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Cablevision Sees Two Million Wi-Fi Sessions
6/12/09 at 4:16 PM by Telecompetitor
BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 11, 2009 -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced that its Optimum Online customers have accessed the Internet more than two million times for free over Optimum WiFi, and are averaging more than one million minutes online per day. With thousands of new users discovering and using the service every week, Optimum WiFi marked its second ...
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Optimum Lightpath Launches HD-Voice Service
6/5/09 at 12:28 PM by Telecompetitor  Optimum Lightpath, a Cablevision subsidiary, is introducing an HD voice service for mid-sized and large businesses in its home New York metro area market, the company announced on Thursday. The HD-Voice service may shape up to another arrow in Optimum's quiver as it seeks to differentiate its integrated IP-based data, voice and multimedia services in the key New York metro area business market ...
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Verizon Studying Free Wi-Fi for Broadband Subs
5/3/09 at 4:01 PM by Telecompetitor  Verizon may be on the verge of offering free Wi-Fi access to its broadband subscribers. The development would follow AT&T’s lead who with the purchase of Wayport last year, now offers the largest Wi-Fi footprint free of charge to its broadband customers.
A Wi-Fi move by Verizon would also help them meet a competitive challenge in their metro New York market, where Cablevision ...
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Cable Launches 101 Mbps Broadband
4/28/09 at 7:50 AM by Telecompetitor  New York based cable MSO Cablevision will launch a DOCSIS 3.0 powered broadband tier of 101 Mbps to become the fastest broadband offering in North America (for now at least). The service is scheduled to launch in early May to Cablevision’s entire metro New York footprint and will be priced at $99/month. The service will offer a 15 Mbps in upload bandwidth.
The move is a direct shot across the ...
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Cablevision Sounds Like a Broken Record
2/26/09 at 8:49 PM by Telecompetitor  Unfortunately for Verizon, Cablevision sounds like a broken record when reporting earnings and operational results. Despite the fanfare of FiOS and its ‘superior’ network, Cablevision has yet to blink. Verizon passes 1.5 million Cablevision homes with FiOS, yet Cablevision is seeing very little impact. It’s been virtually the same song for the past few quarters. Their 4Q08 numbers are down, like most MSOs, but ...
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