Gary Arlen

Despite embracing tech, doubts remain

LAS VEGAS: The annual Circus of Extraordinary Superlatives (CES) delivered greater-than-ever Chaos, Ebullience and Surprises (CES) this year.

Increasingly, the outlook calls for programs and projects that extend well beyond TWC's "core" videocasts

Cable's heavies remain on board for final gloves-off gathering

Techies of every ilk will head to Vegas in January

The TV industry has been invaded -- "overwhelmed," some contend -- by hordes of interlopers who want to overhaul the way television is sent and seen.

Smaller NCTA show focuses on extra revenue streams

3D, mobile DTV, Web video, green tech top draws

Tec-Expo to focus on competitive fiber environment, 'smart engineering,' going green

3D, Mobile, IPTV proliferate

Industry gears up to battle spectrum reallocation proposal

The DTV transition is a “high anxiety topic” that keeps cable engineers “up at night,” according to John Clark, president of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers.

After countless exhortations to re-think "mass" media in a "class" media environment, broadcasters are finding their place in online video, and making money in the process.

Tech highlights include mobile DTV, 3D, OLED

Station group integrates broadcast, online.

The implications of the HD DVD format demise go well beyond the role of distributing shrink-wrapped high-definition movies.

This year's E3 blast in Los Angeles in mid-May offered conclusive proof of why the videogame industry can claim its revenues of about $12 billion are "bigger than Hollywood."

Telcos challenge cable on franchise regulations

This month marks the second anniversary of the digital cable TV plug-and-play pact between cable operators and consumer electronics makers.

Consumers are fickle, and electronics shoppers are poster children for that problem your mom warned you about: "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach."