It’s not about pricing power. It’s about exclusive rights to TV shows. Here’s why.
Where start-ups go to die
It’s the economic netherworld between trial deployments and the big-time. It’s also where lots of promising companies stall out. Here’s how a new unit within the Colorado-based R&D facility CableLabs hopes to save some lives, and possibly change the world. From The Broadband Library.
Okay, see it’s “gig” like a job, but also like, y’know, the Internet & stuff
I guess when you have to explain a headline maybe it’s not a great headline. But you be the judge. Here’s my Q&A with a smart technology guy from the Midwestern U.S. video/Internet provider MidCo. From The Broadband Library.
A cable TV legend takes the stage
Julian Brodsky is the larger-than-life financier who co-founded Comcast. Here he is interviewed by yours truly from the stage at The Cable Center for the reborn “Mavericks” series.
Rock locally, grow globally
Proudly presenting my ColoradoBIZ profile of Mike Fries, a cable industry globetrotter extraordinaire who spends the occasional evening belting out Bon Jovi songs for charity. 
Breaker, breaker: How cable hopes to get in on the next big thing in wireless
They call it “Citizens Broadband Radio Service.” But the kinship with the iconic CB radio medium of the 1970s stops there. Here’s how the cable industry hopes to make hay with a powerful new set of frequencies. From The Broadband Library.
Bob Metcalfe lays down the law
The entertaining, energetic inventor of Ethernet tells all. Here’s my Q&A from The Broadband Library.
If they build it, will kids come?
The Field of Dreams analogy is irresistible for a Goliath of a ballpark complex planned for northern Colorado. Here’s a look behind the scenes at the economics of youth sports, and how developers can profit from bringing kids to the field. From ColoradoBIZ.
Wave-ing goodbye to an industry maverick
Wave Broadband, one of the more innovative of independent cable companies, is getting acquired. Here’s an interview I did not so long ago with Wave’s Steve Friedman about the outside-the-lines strategy that ended up making this smallish regional company worth $2.4 billion. From The Cable Center’s series of oral histories. 
Why video likes to stay at home
The cable industry calls video’s migration to smartphones and tablets “TV Everywhere.” But the data behind the phenomenon tells a different story: TV still gets watched at home more than anywhere else, even over hand-held screens. Here’s what’s going on out there in TV land. Published by The Broadband Library.