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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. And 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
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Cybersecurity Achieves a New Milestone

Two weeks ago we highlighted the cable industry’s continuing commitment to cybersecurity. This ongoing work reached a new milestone yesterday with the adoption of the communications sector’s ground-breaking report on Cybersecurity Risk Management and Best Practices by the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). With the participation of over 100 subject matter experts from the cable, wireline, wireless,
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Statement of NCTA Regarding Committee Passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

“NCTA commends the members of the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence for passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754) in a strong bipartisan 14-1 vote. The release and introduction of the bill yesterday marks an important step forward in our collective efforts to improve our nation’s cyber readiness and share critical information on evolving cyber threat indicators. The
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Veep Star Louis-Dreyfus at SXSW: "Cable is the Wild West"

“We try to do things that seem far fetched for Washington,” Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus said yesterday while on a SXSW panel discussing the show’s 4th season (debuting on April 12th on HBO), “but then three months later, it happens.” Louis-Dreyfus’ portrayal of the preposterous upwardly failing (spoiler alert) President Selena Gomez has put another mark on cable’s board for
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Comcast X1 Talking Guide Highlighted at Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference

Last week I attended the 30th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. It’s the premier annual event in the United States that wholly focuses on improving the lives of people who have sensory, cognitive and/or physical disabilities, through the application of technology solutions and techniques. The solutions are sometimes in the form of inventions, such as in the
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Statement of NCTA Regarding Public Release of the FCC Open Internet Order

“Today’s release of the Open Internet order only confirms our fear that the Commission has gone well beyond creating enforceable open Internet rules, and has instead instituted a regulatory regime change for the Internet that will lead to years of litigation, serious collateral consequences for consumers, and ongoing market uncertainty that will slow America’s quest to advance broadband deployment and
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T-Minus Two Months 'Til INTX

We’re less than two months away from the start of the inaugural INTX 2015, May 5 – 7 in Chicago. With hotels filling up, registrations rolling in, and our first announcement of session speakers, we thought it was a great time to round up several announcements and deadlines to keep in mind. Speakers Joining INTX We’ve confirmed several speakers for
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The Promise of Digital Learning

An America’s Promise Alliance report, funded by Cable Impacts, reveals five lessons for all those investing in digital learning. Portions of this blog were adapted from a blog originally posted by America’s Promise “We’re here because our superintendent said we’re going one-to-one with tablets next year,” the technology director of a Midwestern school district told me during a tour of
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AMC NETWORKS’ SAPAN AND SUDDENLINK’S MEDUSKI LEAD LIST OF 2015 VANGUARD WINNERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Josh Sapan, President & CEO, AMC Networks Inc., and Mary Meduski, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Suddenlink Communications, are the 2015 recipients of the cable industry’s top honor, the Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership. The Vanguard Awards are presented annually by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) to individuals who excel in both business
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The Expanding Consolidation of the Consumer Internet

Today the consumer Internet takes up over 50 percent of traffic in North America, coming from just 35 hyper-giant websites. Take a look at the graphic below and you'll see how quickly the Internet has consolidated. And that the top five are pretty unsurprising. [Click to Enlarge]
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