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High def, low drama: Gates back as Comcast OKs guide rollout.(Bill Gates joins other executives at trade show)
CHICAGO -- The reappearance of Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates at last week's National Show added a welcome dose of drama to an otherwise calm convention. He helped draw crowds to the opening general session, j ...
Tags: Bill Gates, cable, Comcast Corp., IP, Microsoft Corp., middleware, software giant, video
Research articles 2003-06-16
Cable faces tough set of access adversaries.
At the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the slogan hanging from the front porch might as well read: "There they go again." A few years back, before it bought its way into cable ownership, America Online Inc. pres ...
Tags: broadband, cable, FCC, software giant
Research articles 2003-03-17
Two giants launch video service: Verizon teams with Microsoft to enter TV business midyear.(Technology)
As the line between phone companies and cable companies blurs, Verizon is the latest telco to get into the TV game. Teaming up with Microsoft, the world's largest software company, Verizon is transforming itself into a TV-delivery powerhouse. ...
Tags: cable, IP television, Microsoft Corp., software, software giant, team, telecommunications company, TV, Verizon Communications Inc., video, video service
Research articles 2005-02-07
What Microsoft wants with Comcast Corp.
It looks like convergence all over again, but this time between data communications and cable, not telcos and cable. Microsoft Corp.'s decision last week to plow $1 billion into Comcast Corp. gave overnight validation and a financial boost to almo It looks like...
Tags: Brian Roberts, broadband, cable, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., PC, software giant
Research articles 1997-06-16
Road Runner Signs Deal with IPO-Bound HSA.
Just weeks before its initial public offering of stock, Littleton, Colo.-based high-speed Internet-service provider High Speed Access Corp. has signed a major deal with data-over-cable service Road Runner that could put it in front of millions of a Just weeks before its initial public...
Tags: cable, software giant
Research articles 1999-05-31
Microsoft Makes Nice in D.C. (Broadcasting and Cable)
The software giant tackles TV issues--gently The software giant tackles TV issues--gently
Tags: broadcasting, cable, Microsoft Corp., software giant
Research articles 2004-12-13
Microsoft Wants Yahoo for $44.6B (Broadcasting and Cable)
In a move to better compete against Google, software giant Microsoft made a cash-and-stock bid for Internet portal Yahoo on Feb. 1 that valued the company at $31 per share, or $44.6 billion. That represents a 62% premium over the company's closing p In a...
Tags: broadcasting, cable, company, Microsoft Corp., software giant, Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2008-02-04

Additional Resources

BackWeb Teams With Cable And Wireless.(Brief Article)
BackWeb Technology NASDAQ listed a leading provider of push for e-business solutions, announced the company will team with the global telecommunication giant Cable and Wireless NYSE listed and offer BackWeb's popular push software to its top glob BackWeb Technology NASDAQ listed a leading provider of push...
Tags: Cable and Wireless Plc., team
Research articles 2000-03-01
Microsoft gears up for interactive competition: software giant lines up partners in battle against Oracle. (interactive television)
Even if interactive television is a long way from arriving in the homes of millions of Americans, Microsoft is aggressively positioning itself to be the global software leader for this nascent marketplace. Cable and telco network operators are Even...
Tags: interactive TV, Microsoft Corp., network, Oracle Corp., software, TV
Research articles 1994-11-07
Microsoft unleashes a tiger; software for scalable media servers has cable, telco, other applications. (Telemedia Week)
Software for scalable media servers has cable, telco, other applications Microsoft has let the cat out of the bag. The Seattle-based computer giant introduced Tiger, a sealable media server designed not only for cable and telco networks, but ...
Tags: cable, Microsoft Corp., network, server, software, telecommunications company
Research articles 1994-05-23
TCI, Microsoft boot up new cable channel. (Tele-Communications Inc.) (Brief Article)
Cable network would be aimed at home computer crowd Top multiple system cable operator Tele-Communications Inc. and computer software giant Microsoft plan to develop a new cable network aimed at home computer users. It will be the third such ...
Tags: cable, computer, home PC, Microsoft Corp., network, TCI
Research articles 1994-03-14
Microsoft, Oracle in high-speed chase: cable stands to benefit as computer giants vie for set-tops.
Cable stands to benefit as computer giants vie for set-tops Microsoft's eagerness to ally itself with cable's move toward digital TV and data has prompted the software giant to backpedal on two key issues that had annoyed operators: insistenc ...
Tags: benefit, cable, computer, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., set-top, software, TV
Research articles 1997-09-15
Yahoo's Fate and the Future of News
The battle for control of Yahoo is being analyzed from all angles but one. What will it mean to the media business if Microsoft gobbles up Yahoo, as many analysts believe it will? In their war of wars over search-driven online advertising, Google and Microsoft-Yahoo could end...
Tags: Salon, Financial, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Channel Management, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Weir, Engineering, Yahoo News, Difference
Blog posts 2008-02-15
Microsoft and Publicis sign digital ad pact
Microsoft is looking to develop new digital ad formats and attempt to tap into the digital TV ad market in tandem with Publicis' digital arm, VivaKi. The search deal the pair have signed is the latest move by the software giant to boost its advertising revenue, and will also...
Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Andrew McDonald
Articles 2009-06-28
Comcast Boots Microsoft.(drops TV Foundation Edition program guide from set-top boxes)
By Todd Spangler Guide Drop a Blow To Software Giant's Cable-TV Gambit Two and half years ago, Comcast was Microsoft's marquee customer among cable-system operators. In November 2004, Comcast became the...
Tags: Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., set-top, set-top box, TV
Research articles 2007-05-21
AT&T BroadJumps Into Self-Provisioning.(AT and T Broadband to use installation software from BroadJump Inc.)(Brief Article)
BroadJump Inc. said cable giant AT&T Broadband has agreed to deploy its "Virtual Truck Installer" provisioning software in six markets, following a six-month evaluation by the MSO. After completing a trial in Steubenville, Ohio, BroadJump Inc. said cable...
Tags: AT&T Broadband, AT&T Corp., cable, provisioning, software
Research articles 2000-11-20
Alcatel, Oracle Team on DSL-Based ITV.(Thirdspace Living Ltd. backed by Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite S.A., Oracle Corp.)(Brief Article)
Hoping to tackle a broadband realm dominated by satellite and cable broadband providers, telecommunications-equipment vendor Alcatel Alsthom and Internet software giant Oracle Corp. will meld minds, technologies and bank accounts to back Thirdspace Hoping to tackle a broadband realm dominated by satellite and cable...
Tags: Alcatel, DSL, iTV, Oracle Corp., team
Research articles 2000-10-30
Gates: Microsoft content strategy reliant on speed. (Bill Gates; Microsoft Corp.)
BOSTON - Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive Internet content strategy relies heavily on the availability of high-speed data networks and cable modems, and according to Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of the software giant, those two elements will fall into pl BOSTON - Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive Internet content...
Tags: Bill Gates, cable, Microsoft Corp., modem, strategy
Research articles 1996-07-22
Apple iMac Review: 27-Inch and Less Chin [Apple]
In the 10+ years since the iMac was born as Apple's simple computer, it's become visibly less of a computer and more of a display. And what a screen this new iMac has. This 1998 ad with Jeff Goldblum narrating explains there are two physical steps to setting up an...
Tags: Apple iMac
News items 2009-10-23
Scripps Snaps Up Travel Channel In $1B Deal
After a months-long auction process that included some of the biggest names in cable programming, Scripps Networks Interactive has emerged as the winner for the Travel Channel, agreeing to pay about $1 billion for a 65% interest in the network. Travel Channel parent Cox Communications first put the network on...
Tags: cable, Network, News Corp., Graphics, E.W. Scripps Co., Cox Communications Inc., Parks Associates
News items 2009-11-06
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