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1. Mediacom adding channels Digital switch freed up space on bandwidth Lee Hermiston Iowa City Press-Citizen With the transition from analog to digital broadcasting complete, Mediacom has announced changes to its digital and high-definition lineups.
http://www.press- citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090708/NEWS01/907080325&s=d&page=4#pluckco mments
2. Mediacom’s new program featuring local leaders discussing their area of interest as mentioned at the last ICTC meeting.
http://www.connections22.com/newsleaders_v.php?vid=301
3. Sinclair Broadcast Group nearing bankruptcy
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/14/753544/-Sinclair-Broadcast-Group-nearing- bankruptcy
4. Analyst Calls Sinclair Bankruptcy Threat "Posturing" Wells Fargo's Ryvicker Says Broadcaster Using Dire Scenario to Push Note Holder Negotiations
http://www.multichannel.com/article/315391- Analyst_Calls_Sinclair_Bankruptcy_Threat_Posturing_.php
5. Two U.S. agencies tasked with distributing about US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans over the next 15 months have released an official list of funding rules, imposing net-neutrality clauses on grant applicants.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070109-us-agencies-require-net- neutrality.html?hpg1=bn
6. The attorney general of West Virginia has sued Comcast, alleging that the cable operator violates state antitrust and consumer-protection laws by forcing subscribers to lease set-top boxes.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/307529- West_Virginia_Attorney_General_Sues_Comcast_Over_Set_Tops.php
7. Comcast Media Center is pushing its video-on-demand package to smaller cable operators, offering the VOD In a Box turnkey service with 3,300 hours of programming for as low as 31 cents per subscriber per month for a system with 2,500 digital customers when bundled with the linear HITS Quantum service.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/307613- Comcast_Media_Center_Offers_Small_Ops_VOD_For_31_Cents_Monthly_Per_Sub_Fee.php
8. Cover Story: Failure To Lift Off VOD Posts Solid Growth, But It's No 'Killer App' by George Winslow -- Multichannel News, July 11, 2009
Even as cable operators firmly embrace video-on-demand as a business, recent research shows that the platform still falls short of expectations.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/print/314874-Cover_Story_Failure_To_Lift_Off.php
9. “Cable Cooking Up New Network Management System After Cablelabs has 'brainstorm' on how to tackle P2P, limited capacity After taking heat from some Attorneys General and the FCC for throttling upstream P2P traffic for all users regardless of congestion, Comcast earlier this year deployed a new network management system. As we explored in detail last fall, the new system de-prioritizes high consumption customers if the local node is congested and that one user is a major reason why.”
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cable-Cooking-Up-New-Network-Management-System- 103087
10. Cable-TV network operator Comcast has launched a high-speed 4G wireless service in Portland over Clearwire's WiMAX infrastructure. Comcast expects the WiMAX service to go nationwide, but analysts say it's not competitive. The Clearwire WiMAX network Comcast is using only has two markets, and its 4G service is similar to 3G offerings.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13200CZBFKCC&page=2
