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Pay TV Goes Global: China on the Verge

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Oct. 31, 2012

Chinese consumers are poised for a major change in the way they watch TV.

As it stands, dozens of operators duke it out by region with a patchwork of competing services—cable, Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), satellite and passive optical networking (PON), to name a few. A fragmented market is the norm in the country of more than a billion people, bit that’s changing as TV offerings are set to converge around broadband technologies.

As the world’s most-populous nation with a …

President Obama to Accelerate Broadband Deployment with Executive Order

 By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jun. 13, 2012

The White House is about to give Americans a big Broadband boost.

President Obama will sign an Executive Order this week that will accelerate the deployment of broadband networks nationwide and create a new public-private partnership, called US Ignite, to develop applications that will run on those new networks.

The Executive Order, which was announced by the White House today, makes “broadband construction along Federal roadways and properties up to 90 percent cheaper and more efficient,” which will make it easier for …

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