April 30, 2008 - Broadband, cost cuts spur profit at Embarq

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April 30, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Broadband, cost cuts spur profit at Embarq Embarq reported a 33% rise in profit for the first quarter, helped in large part by growth in its broadband Internet business and cost-cutting measures. The telecom provider reported a gain of 63,000 high-speed Internet customers to end the quarter with 1.34 million subscribers. The New York Times/Reuters (4/30) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (4/30) Grade A Prime Mid-Band Ethernet services deliver 10x the bandwidth at 1/10th the cost– your new Cash Cow for growing your top-line. Let Hatteras show you how to convert your copper lines to high-bandwidth, profitable Ethernet services. 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The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (4/30) Time Warner to spin off Time Warner Cable Not surprisingly, Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has decided to sell off the conglomerate's stake in Time Warner Cable. "A complete structural separation of Time Warner Cable, under the right circumstances, is in the best interests of both companies' shareholders," he said. Bloomberg (4/30) USTelecom Spotlight Verizon's Denny Strigl to address NXTcomm08 on June 18 Verizon Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl will provide a keynote address at NXTcomm08 on June 18. NXTcomm replaces SUPERCOMM as the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data and will come to the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 16 to 19, co-locating with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace. For more information, go to www.NXTcommShow.com. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  U-verse goes interactive in Texas Customers of AT&T's U-verse TV service in San Antonio will be able to upload photos to the flickr.com Web site and watch them on their sets as part of the company's addition of more interactive features. The new options also allow subscribers to create a customized menu option to receive weather, sports and stock reports, check the local business phone directory on their TVs and play games from Yahoo! American City Business Journals/San Antonio (4/29) AT&T rolls U-verse into Atlanta: AT&T is expanding the availability of its U-verse TV service in the Southeast by adding availability in Atlanta. RedOrbit (4/29) Verizon's FiOS taking local channels digital in Mass. In another step toward moving to an all-digital network, Verizon Communications said its FiOS TV unit would eliminate the analog feed from off-air broadcast channels in Massachusetts as of May 12, but will provide a set-top box to customers at no charge that will allow them to receive their local broadcast signals. Verizon has promised the FCC that it will drop all of its analog channels by the Feb. 17, 2009, digital-TV transition. Multichannel News (4/29) CinemaNow takes movie orders via cell phone CinemaNow is adding a purchase feature to its mobile Web site that will enable customers to hear about a new movie, purchase it on their mobile device and then watch it at home on their PC or TV. "It definitely makes discovery a little more social when you can talk about the movie and do the purchase while you're there," said David Cook, CinemaNow's chief operating officer. 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NXP Semiconductors is snapping up the Broadband Media Processing business in a deal valued at up to $145 million in cash and contingency fees, the companies said Monday. Forbes/Associated Press (4/29) , Multichannel News (4/29)   NXTcomm08 is coming... Advertise in the USTelecom dailyLead while subscribers set their sights on Las Vegas. With 49,000 highly engaged subscribers, USTelecom dailyLead offers the perfect opportunity to reach telecom industry decision-makers. To learn more, click here or contact Amy Abbey at (202) 737-5500 ext. 250.   ADVERTISEMENT   IP Download  Chip makers, Panasonic unite to spur home-media networks A trio of leading chip makers have allied with Panasonic to work toward introducing products that will speed installation and use of home-media networks. 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