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The BRIDGE Index BRIDGE Movers
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By Percent
22.77 % MBND
7.12 % DOX
6.15 % PLA
 
By Amount
$( 6.73) AAPL
$ 2.05 DOX
$ 1.60 GOOG
 
Kable Kid: July 24, 2008
Kable Kid Hopes Hurricane Dolly Doesn't Hit Houston
Well, one thing is for sure, I don't want a hurricane to hit Houston.  Last night there was a killer thunderstorm that woke me up at about 4 a.m.  It didn't slow for a few hours.  I'm not used to that kind of lightning! The sky would light up and all at once it was dark and BANG it felt like the building was going to start shaking. »
 
RetailREPORT: July 23, 2008
Web TV Gets Real
According to a report released Tuesday by research firm Strategy Analytics, there will be about 186 million web-enabled TV devices (including everything from connected TVs to game consoles to Blu-ray players) in use worldwide by the end of 2008. And by 2014 two thirds of all CE products sold will include built-in internet access. »
 
SkyFILES: July 22, 2008
SkyFILES: The Over-the-Top Conundrum
Netflix now has its set-top box that utilizes a broadband connection to stream the company's "Watch Instantly" movie service.

What should cable companies think about that effort?

Participants on two panels held Tuesday by the Silicon Flatirons group and the Colorado Cable Telecommunications Association said the service from the online movie rental company could be viewed as both "a threat and an opportunity." While the internet-enabled set-top would compete with cable's video offering, the industry can be "opportunistic" about the different tech trends shaping today's communications landscape, panelists said. »
 
MultiMAX: July 22, 2008
Maybe Regulation …
    … wouldn’t be so bad after all.
    After all, it worked for Theodore Vail.
    He really did it right … guaranteed return on investment and, in practice, expenses.
    He opted to be a “common carrier” – that is, an “essential” service.  He got paid nicely for it. »
 
SkyBOX: July 21, 2008
Gunning for Godot
The Sirius/XM saga continues ... and Samuel Beckett would have been proud.  How else could one possibly explain the multilayered, seemingly endless, government-by-the-absurd tragicomedy that is the attempted satellite radio merger? »
 
 
The BRIDGE Data Group
Datapoint:
U.S. TV Household Forecast:
65 Million Minority Viewers by 2050
 
Top Reports:
Video Subscribers
Internet Subscribers
Programmers
 
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