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tru2way – Bringing Advanced TV to Consumers
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DTV Industry Handbook
Cable & Broadcast Industry Coordination Reference Handbook for the Broadcast DTV Transition
The Cable Industry along with television broadcasters are committed to helping consumers make the switch to DTV as smooth as possible. This Reference Handbook has been created for engineers and technicians in the cable industry to aid in the coordination between industries for the DTV Transition.
2008 Industry Overview
Cable means INNOVATION. Read NCTA's Annual Overview and find out how far the Cable Industry has brought us over the past 60 years.

 


Statistic of the Week

As of June 2008, approximately 59% of U.S. households had broadband service [56% of those households are cable broadband customers].

10 years ago -- only 39% of households had a computer, 0.3% had broadband service, and less than 22% used dial-up Internet service..

Source: NCTA estimates and U.S. Census Bureau data

Analysis and Commentary

9/30/2008
The FCC Should Not Defy Congress and Launch a Rulemaking Extending Must Carry Rights to Additional Low Power Television StationsTalking Points7/24/2008
Increasing Pole Attachment Rates Will Discourage Broadband Deployment and Raise Broadband PricesTalking PointsMore Publications >

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10/07/08 Paul Rodriguez
More on Time Warner and LIN TV
Following up on yesterday’s post about retransmission consent negotiations...

10/06/08 Michael Turk
More Media Inaccuracies About A La Carte
We can only repeat ourselves on a la carte so many times...

10/06/08 Paul Rodriguez
LIN TV and the impact of retransmission consent
If you live in one of certain key markets...

Media Center

9/29/2008
Statement of NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow Regarding the Approval by Congress of the Broadband Data Improvement ActStatement9/18/2008
25th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Dinner Raises More Than $1.7 Million for Cable Diversity ProgramsMedia Release9/16/2008
Kyle McSlarrow Testifies Before the House Committee on Energy and CommerceMedia ReleaseMedia Center >