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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Mediacom rolls out Gigasphere in Delaware, Maryland and Michigan

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Mediacom has now rolled out DOCSIS 3.1-powered 1-gigabyte services to 85% of its 22-state footprint, with customers in Michigan, Delaware and Maryland the latest to see deployment of the cable operators “Gigasphere” platform.  http://ift.tt/2xYzm3u Daniel Frankel


Schurz to acquire Minnesota’s Hiawatha Broadband

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Schurz Communications has announced the acquisition of Winona, Minnesota-based Hiawatha Broadband Communications for an undisclosed sum.  http://ift.tt/2xnNdkA Daniel Frankel


Story Insists Advertisers Would Shun O.J. TV Interview

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Is anything on TV advertiser poison anymore? A story this week on “The Hollywood Reporter” Web site suggests advertisers will not support TV shows featuring new interviews with O.J. Simpson. http://ift.tt/2gjCYDl


Adelphia revisited: A decade on, Wired recounts the deal that spawned today’s consolidated cable industry

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With Comcast trying to use its sizable market power to leverage a better franchise agreement in Vermont, Wired offers a retrospective on the deal that turned both Comcast and Charter Communications into the industry monoliths they are today.  http://ift.tt/2yu8kBU Daniel Frankel


Altice touts Disney deal details, ends up going full monty on ESPN

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After loudly declaring that ESPN is Disney’s overpriced “dark secret,” Altice USA has licensed every ESPN under the sun for its 2.4 million Optimum customers in the Northeast. http://ift.tt/2fPNEcf Daniel Frankel