RCN Corporation has announced that Lehigh Valley, PA Cable television subscribers will be delivered with 100 high-definition channels in September. RCN has stated that this will be possible because of switching its Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania network to all digital Cable TV programming, starting in September. RCN to begin digital conversion in Allentown and this transition [...]
Viamedia is to continue as the advertising sales representative for FiOS TV in select markets. Verizon FiOS TV and Viamedia have signed a renewal arrangement and this will allow Viamedia to provide advertising sales representation services for Verizon in the two largest U.S. ad markets — New York and Los Angeles — as well as [...]
Comcast has announced that it has installed its advanced fiber-optic network at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel that will enable visitors to access latest 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship News.
Comcast has installed its fiber-optic network at dozens of locations throughout Crooked Stick Golf Club, from the clubhouse to hospitality tents to the media center, [...]
Cox Communications will organize a media career camp on July 30 partnering with An Achievable Dream School. This camp will hold activities to provide youth with information regarding careers in the telecommunications industry, which will include overviews of the marketing, production, and technical operations areas.
An Achievable Dream is a public/private partnership between the business community [...]
Comcast has announced that its online portal Comcast.net has joined with RealGames and Bunchball to deliver games through www.comcast.net/games. This new partnership will provide game enthusiasts with popular online puzzle, arcade and card games such as Solitaire and Scrabble. Comcast High-Speed Internet subscribers can create player profiles, customize avatars, connect with friends, chat, create-your-own trivia [...]
Mark Rosenthal, former CEO of Interpublic Media and President and COO of MTV Networks have been named as new CEO of Current Media. The co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt of Current Media have announced this and stated that Rosenthal will be assigned with the ongoing domestic and international expansion efforts of the company.
Rosenthal will [...]
Cox Communications has appointed Kim Stanley as Vice President of Operations for the Roanoke, Virginia operations. She will report to Mr. Gary McCollum, Cox General Manager and Senior Vice President and responsible for day-to-day management of the Roanoke operation, strategic development of personnel, and financial performance and growth of the operation.
Ms. Stanley was Vice President [...]
VTech Communications has launched two websites http://lpga.vtechphones.com/ and http://music.vtechphones.com/ with exclusive Content to deliver events, concerts and tournaments. VTech has added its own custom-built video player to offer high-quality video content on both these blogs and deliver vlog content, including behind-the-scenes clips, concert footage and more.
‘Inside the Ropes’ blog offers a behind-the-scenes look at life [...]
Cox Business has announced that it has finished fiber network extensions to become one of the largest commercial data centers in the world, which will help its customers to select Cox to deliver reliable network connectivity for their hosted business needs. I/O Data Centers’ Phoenix ONE has more than 530,000 square feet of data center [...]
Time Warner Cable has ordered for more Samsung Electronics’ tru2way-enabled set-top boxes after extending the contract. The cable operator has already procured more than 400,000 Samsung boxes out of two million tru2way-based set-top boxes deployed till date. Time Warner will purchase SMT-H3090 and SMT-H3270 high-definition DVRs from Samsung.
Mike Hayashi, Time Warner Cable executive vice president [...]
