New Apple TV: Yea – Comcast Deal: Nay

Get ready for a new Apple TV device, perhaps this one with gesture hand controls from Apple’s fresh acquisition of Prime Sense (the company that brought you the Microsoft Kinect). You can be sure that a new device is in the offing as the media is busy screaming (yet again) headlines that Apple and Comcast […]

New Apple TV: Yea – Comcast Deal: Nay

Changing Landscape of Cable Television

The landscape of cable television continues to change at a dizzying pace. In previous blogs, I have written about both the WWE Network and the striking down of the net neutrality rules. Since then, Comcast has purchased Time Warner Cable and, according to the New York Times, reached a deal with Netflix to deliver its […]

Changing Landscape of Cable Television

The Cable Diaries: An Update – Four Months Later

*Note: this blog post solely reflects the opinions of me and me alone and it does not necessarily reflect the opinions of my co-workers or rAVe [Publications]. This post is not sponsored by DirecTV and it’s certainly not sponsored by TWC. Neither DirecTV or TWC even know who I am. So, I just want to […]

The Cable Diaries: An Update – Four Months Later

Cheer Up! Things Could Be Worse: You Could Work for Time Warner

Last week’s announcement from Time Warner said that it had the largest loss of subscribers (users of Time Warner CableTV) in history in the last quarter, which is not surprising at all. What is surprising is what the company’s blaming the loss on and thus deceiving the investor community. In playing the blame-game, Time Warner […]

Cheer Up! Things Could Be Worse: You Could Work for Time Warner

Time Warner Cable: The Definition of a Non-Value-Added Reseller

Many of you who read rAVe regularly work for what’s typically referred to as a “value-added” reseller. And you live by those words. You may just re-sell AV gear, but the value you add is immense. This includes everything from advice on how a piece of AV gear can solve a work-flow problem to building […]

Time Warner Cable: The Definition of a Non-Value-Added Reseller