All Articles Tagged Cable

Grant Clauser | 02/23 09:43 AM, 7 Comments

Comcast just announced that it will offer a video streaming service, called Xfinity Streampix, to Xfinity subscribers. Depending on your cable/internet package, the price for the service could be $5 a month or free (depending on how stuffed your subscriber package is). So far the early news looks like it’s just for TV programming, but movies may be included or added eventually. Several news reports have been positioning this announcement as a shot across the bow to Netflix. I’m not so sure about that. It seems at one level more… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 02/22 08:35 AM, 0 Comments

Ethereal has launched its new website aimed at extending the reach of Ethereal products to a broad audience of audio and video enthusiasts. In support of the flagship HDMI solutions and Power Products, the website delivers a multimedia experience, showcasing product through videos, illustrations and an expanded photo gallery. Customers can create a user account to track product purchasing and receive support, while unique dealer accounts provide access to training and marketing information for distributors. Ethereal.com comes complete with social networking integration and a link to subscribe to the Ethereal… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 02/09 08:55 AM, 4 Comments

The cable companies are pathetic, and the FCC is too if it accepts a proposition from MSOs to encrypt basic cable channels. Currently, cable companies must offer the most basic stations – usually broadcast channels – to its customers free of charge, without requiring a set-top box, i.e., without encrypting the signals in such a way that a proprietary box from the cable company is needed. Now the cable companies (MSOs or MVPDs) are lobbying the government via an FCC proposed rule-making for permission to encrypt the signals and thereby… View this story