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What Last Week’s Political Debate Says About TV Viewership and Digital Coverage

While last week’s Republican prime-time debate on Fox is now old news, the fact that it was the most-watched nonsports event in cable-television history says something about politics and TV-viewership – namely that political debates still hold a very important place on television and in the political process. According to Nielsen, 24 million viewers watched the debate, which is more
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Behind The Numbers: Growth in the Internet of Things

The Internet isn’t merely developing, it’s exploding, and the numbers prove it. Take a look at our graphic below — it shows the advancing surge of connected devices using the Internet. Today, there are more connected devices than there are human beings on the planet. This expansion isn’t just from cell phones, tablets and computers – it’s thanks to toothbrushes,
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The Internet of Things Isn't a Buzzword

Today, technology that was once unimaginable is not only real, but it fits into our pockets. Devices like smartphones, tablets, and smart watches have made our ability to connect to the Internet and to each other incredibly easy. This is in large part due to growth in broadband networks and the near-ubiquity of Wi-Fi, but it's also an effect of
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How to Launch and Grow a New Cable Network

New cable networks don’t pop into existence at random. There’s a process. Cable gives birth to new networks in a variety of interesting ways. There’s the buyout technique, in which one network purchases an existing channel and launches in its place. That’s what happened when Al Jazeera America assumed Current TV’s spot on the channel lineup in 2013. There are
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Adobe Offers a Peek into the Future of TV Everywhere

I recently talked with Horia Galatanu, senior product manager for Adobe, to learn more about Adobe’s role in TV Everywhere, how the TV Everywhere model is evolving, and where the future of the business is going. Read on for a few highlights from the interview. FD: What do you do for Adobe in regards to your contribution towards TV Everywhere?
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How Comcast’s Partnership is Helping to Close the Digital Divide in Connecticut

These days, it’s hard to imagine life without the Internet. If you need to know how far away Pluto is from Earth, you “Google” it. If you’re at the hot new restaurant in town, you Instagram a photo of your dinner. If you need to deposit a birthday check from Grandma, you use your bank’s mobile app. But there are
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New Set-Top Boxes Delivering Energy Savings and Reducing Tons of CO2 Emissions

In today’s hyper competitive pay TV marketplace, cable, satellite and telco TV providers are in a constant state of innovation, working hard for their spot in the connected home. These companies know that consumers are constantly connected and to remain a welcome part of entertainment centers, devices need to be energy efficient. That’s why, in the first two years of
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Update on Small Internet Equipment Energy Efficiency Commitment

The Steering Committee for the new voluntary agreement announced in June to improve the energy efficiency of Internet modems, routers and other residential broadband equipment has conducted its first meeting and taken important first steps to implement the agreement. The agreement sets rigorous requirements that will improve the energy efficiency of small network equipment (SNE) by 10 to 20 percent
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Why We Support CISA

Yesterday, along with 46 other trade associations, NCTA signed and submitted a letter to Congress urging support of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), also known as CISA. As the Protecting America’s Cyber Networks Coalition, our fellow trade associations and we are dedicated to both securing the personal information of individuals and our nation’s critical infrastructure and protecting the
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Cable in Europe: Where It Is Now, Where It’s Going

I recently chatted with Caroline van Weede, Managing Director of Cable Europe, a trade association that connects leading cable operators and national cable associations within the European Union. Van Weede explained some of the fundamental differences between the cable industries in Europe and the U.S. FD: Can you tell me a little bit about the make-up of Cable Europe? CvW:
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