REDWOOD CITY, Calif., September 25, 2013 – Qwilt today announced that Mediacom Communications Corporation, a major cable network operator in the United States, has deployed Qwilt’s online video delivery solution. “As a major cable operator, we need a cost-effective way…
The trend toward cable operators imposing data caps on their broadband services continues to gain momentum, as a couple of recent developments remind us. As of the beginning of this month, Comcast introduced new caps on its service in Nashville…
Mediacom will soon offer a TV Everywhere platform, powered through Synacor. Slated for launch later this year, Mediacom subscribers will access content from the Mediacom portal or from programmer websites, according to a press release. “It is Mediacom branded, contains a…
We’ve been following cable’s move into the business services market, both SMB and enterprise, for some time now. Larger cable companies are having great success there. That success is trickling down, as smaller tier 2 cable companies are now aggressively…
Mediacom, Iowa’s largest cable MSO, announced they are close to completing an all digital transition for their eastern Iowa properties. The transition will reclaim bandwidth used for analog channels – bandwidth they can then use for more HD programming and…
Current Mediacom Chairman and CEO Rocco B. Commisso wants Mediacom, and it looks like he may get his wish. The rural cable MSO’s board has accepted his offer of $8.75/share for all of the outstanding common stock that Commisso doesn’t…
The move to whole home DVR continues with cable MSO Mediacom the latest video service provider to launch the service. Mediacom announced the competitive feature will initially be launched in its Illinois markets, including “more than 200 Illinois communities located…
Mediacom, the nation’s 7th largest cable MSO, has received an offer to take the company private from its current CEO and founder Rocco B. Commisso. The Middletown, New York based MSO has about 1.3 million subscribers and serves primarily rural…
Mediacom has selected Waterloo, Iowa as its launch market for a new DOCSIS 3.0 (D3) powered 105 Mbps broadband service. “That will make it the fastest Internet service in North America,” Lee Grassley, Mediacom’s senior manager of government relations tells…
Mediacom intends to launch DOCSIS 3.0, or wideband, broadband service in eleven markets by December. Of the eleven markets, nine will have a 50 Mbps tier and two will offer a 100 Mbps tier. Mediacom announced the DOCSIS 3.0 roadmap…
Cable MSOs Mediacom and Suddenlink have inked a co-branding deal with Blockbuster. As a result the two cable companies which serve primarily rural and small markets in the Midwest and South will rebrand their VOD service as Blockbuster. The new…
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