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What it is: Toshiba’s newest cable modem, introduced in January 2001, includes a USB interface in addition to the standard ethernet connectivity. That means cable installers no longer need to open a user’s computer to install an ethernet card. Instead,…
Title: Director, residential networking products, Intel.Background: Mr. Bonder has spent five years at Intel working in home networking and 20 years total in the software industry handling marketing and product management.Home networking: Mr. Bonder oversees AnyPoint Home Networks, which allows…
Title: Senior vice president of strategy and development for Cox Communications.Background: Before joining Cox in 1990, Mr. Clement was a financial analyst for Merrill Lynch. He assumed his current position at Cox in August 2000.Compare and contrast: “Last year it…
Super-fast broadband Internet connections are on the verge of spawning a quiet revolution in our living rooms. Broadband technology will likely penetrate 40 million homes by the end of 2005. In this new world of super-fast connections, time spent online…
“Monday Night Football, that’s the ticket. All you have to do is watch pro football one time on HDTV and you get it. Then you understand why people would want to pay extra for a high-definition TV.” So said Michael…
LAURA DUNPHY, Special to Electronic Media Text: Interactivity, e-commerce, hundreds of digital cable channels and Internet access through television sets are no longer simply futuristic concepts. Thanks to increasing broadband access, cable customers can experience those features today. That’s why…
Advertising & AgenciesMel Harrison to vice president, business development, Taffetdesign, from vice president, business development, Pittard Sullivan.Mary Tyrell, a recent graduate of Syracuse University, has become an assistant media planner at MayoSeitz Media.BroadcastingAdrienne Cleere to vice president, strategic partnerships, Public…
Jeffrey Reiss, who helped found Showtime, Lifetime Television and pay-per-view Request TV, has a new brainstorm. He’s in the midst of creating a six- to 10-channel special-interest network he hopes to see distributed in at least 25 million to 30…
The world’s first 24-hour television network dedicated to women’s sports is scheduled to make its debut this fall in Canada. Owned by Toronto-based Netstar Communications, the Women’s Television Sports Network will launch Sept. 7 with an eight-hour wheel of programming…
Sit around with a bunch of cable TV veterans and ask them to tell stories about the wild times and crazy guys who pioneered the cable programming business, and Lee Masters’ name will invariably come up. Gerry Laybourne, for one,…