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Analyze This:
SNL Kagan reports 4G hybrid fiber-wireless in-building services provider
Wave2Wave Communications will go public trading as WAV on the NYSE Amex.
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Rules & Regs:
Level 3 is ratcheting up its demand for “zero cost” peering appealing to the
FCC for conditions on the
Comcast deal and walking away from technological discussions. The internet infrastructure company wants "unfettered access" as a condition of the deal approval.
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Retrans & Renewals:
Time Warner Cable v. Sinclair seems to be all about
CW and
MyNetworkTV. --- Other negotiations are continuing as stations stay dark.
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Tech:
Suddenlink will launch
TiVo Premiere DVR in Lubbock and Midland, TX. --- Patent games by
Microsoft,
Oracle,
EMC and
Apple? Read the details from
appleinsider.com here.
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Folks:
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) is new Chair of the
House Communications Subcte.
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Online: Brazil wants a UN working group to set internet controls; China, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa seem to agree.
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In the Courts:
Carl Icahn lost his bid for
Lionsgate in court, not in the voting, says
NY Times.
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Heads-Up: The “2
Motorolas” begin trading today; companies don’t really split until 01/04/11. --- A
University of Maryland study on the likelihood of believing misinformation finds “
FOX News viewers are much more likely than others to believe false information about American politics" ... click
here. --- “
The Daily” iPad “newspaper” from
News Corp is rumored for a 01/17/11 launch.
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Programming:
Comcast’s Florida East Coast Region has added
Simillitas (Little Seeds), a channel dedicated to preserving Spanish for preschoolers.
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Mobile:
Sprint will live stream
ESPN telecasts of 30 college bowl games.
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Spectrum: Is
MetroPCS after
TerreStar spectrum?•
