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In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Anja Ettel und Holger Zschäpitz über Trumps neuen Finanzminister und die Folgen für die Börse, die Tech-Rotation und was diese Woche sonst noch wichtig wird. Außerdem geht es um SAP, Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, Bechtle, Kion Group, Grenke, Jungheinrich, SGL Carbon, Bilfinger, Cancom, Sixt, Wacker Chemie, DHL, E.on, Takkt, Ionos, Secunet, Vossloh, Gesco, Warner Bros Discovery, Comcast Corp, Paramount Global, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Vistra, Talen Energy, Vertiv Holdings, Flutter Entertainment, Kellanova, Smartsheet, Expedia, Booking, Carvana, Ansys, Discover Financial, EQT, Paypal, AppLovin, Core Scientific, Tesla, Upstart, MSCI, JD.com, Hilton Worldwide, iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (WKN: A3ERHE) und US Global Jets ETF (WKN: A14ZEZ). Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Ab sofort gibt es noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter.[ Hier bei WELT.](https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html.) [Hier] (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zxjyJpTMunyYCY6F7vHK1?si=8f6cTnkEQnmSrlMU8Vo6uQ) findest Du die Samstagsfolgen Klassiker-Playlist auf Spotify! Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien) Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

An der Wall Street konnten sich die Kurse im Handelsverlauf deutlich stabilisieren. Insgesamt präsentierten sich die Märkte aber auch zur Wochenmitte orientierungslos.Die Aktien im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum legten am Donnerstag überwiegend zu, da die Anleger eine Reihe von Wirtschaftsdaten verdauten.Heute erwarten wir aus den USA die Auftragseingänge langlebiger Güter, das Bruttoinlandsprodukt und Nicht militärische Investitionsgüter Aufträge ohne Flugzeuge. Aus Deutschland werden keine wichtigen Wirtschaftsdaten erwartet.Geschäftszahlen kommen heute von Alaska Air Group, American Airlines,  Archer Daniels Midland, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Banco de Sabadell, Christian Dior, Comcast Corp., Diageo, Dow, Eastman Chemical Company, Essity, Fuji Electric, Harris, Intel, KLA Tencor, Kone, KPS, LVMH, Marsh & McLennan, MasterCard, Matsui Securities, MCCormick, MeVis, Nitto Dokia, Northrop Grumnman, Nucor, NVR, Petroleum, ResMed, Robert Half, Rockwell Automation, SAP, Sartorius, SGS, Sherwin-Williams, Southwest Airlines, Visa, Volvo und Xcel Energy.Die Futures bewegen sich im grünen Bereich Der Dax ist 0,34 % im Plus. Der Dow Jones ist 0,13 % im Plus und der S&P 500 ist 0,3 % im Plus. Der Technologielastige Nasdaq ist 0,61 % im Plus.Support the show

Amazon.com Inc. ama acumular superlativos cuando resume su evento anual de compras Prime Day. Este año no fue diferente, con su comunicado de prensa pregonando "los mejores días de la historia", una actividad "récord" y resultados "increíbles". Pero un análisis cuidadoso del lanzamiento de 2021, junto con las circunstancias peculiares que rodearon el evento de este año, podría indicar que el negocio puede no ser tan optimista como parece. Las acciones de ViacomCBS Inc. y Roku Inc. incrementaron con la especulación de que Comcast Corp. podría hacer una oferta por una de las compañías, extendiendo una serie de acuerdos con la industria de los medios. Descubre eso y más en el episodio de hoy de Hablemos de Mercados con TeFondeo.

In today's episode of compounding lifestyle,#AMCArmy / #AMC100K , Revisiting Stock Picks, And A Few Tips $VIAC $AMC. AMC stock roars amid boost from Reddit, meme stock squeeze. Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, +7.47% rallied 3.3% in premarket trading, putting them on track to stretch their winning streak to seven sessions. That would be the longest win streak for the movie theater operator's stock since the seven days ending July 17. The stock had run up 44.2% over the past six sessions, which was the longest win streak since the six-day streak ended July 31. The so-called "meme" stock has received a boost amid renewed interest by retail investors, as MarketWatch's Thornton McEnery reported. Meanwhile, fellow "meme" stock GameStop Corp. GME, +12.93% fell 0.1% ahead of Monday's open. During AMC's latest win streak, GameStop's stock has slipped 0.7% and the S&P 500 SPX, -0.25% has given up 0.7%. The push for AMC stock today comes along with a new hashtag: #AMC100K. This is yet another short squeeze attempt from investors in AMC Entertainment. The goal is to squeeze out hedge funds and send the price of the stock soaring too, well, $100K.The attempt to send AMC stock soaring today do have it seeing heavy trading in the early morning. As of this writing, more than 38 million shares have changed hands. For perspective, the stock's daily average trading volume is 91.3 million shares. Unfortunately, that heavy movement isn't transferring over to major gains in price. AMC stock is only up about 2.1% Friday morning, which has it trading at roughly $13 per share. Those apes still have a long way to go before they reach #AMC100K. AT&T-Discovery deal puts pressure on streaming video rivals. AT&T Inc's $43 billion deal on Monday to spin out its WarnerMedia business and combine it with Discovery Inc was among the most ambitious yet in the streaming era. Media bankers and analysts said it will not be the last. The agreement adds Discovery's 15 million subscribers to the 64 million subscribers that WarnerMedia's HBO Max has globally. The size of the subscriber base drives revenue and the budget for new content. The bigger scale of the combined company gives it a fighting chance against Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co., which have 207.6 million and 103.6 million subscribers, respectively. But the deal leaves the remaining streaming players -- notably ViacomCBS Inc and Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal -- vulnerable.NBCUniversal could look toward acquiring movie studios MGM or Lionsgate, but those alternatives do not have the scale that a WarnerMedia deal would have had, Rich Greenfield, partner, and analyst at LightShed Partners, wrote on Monday. MGM has been exploring a sale that could value the studio at over $5 billion, Reuters reported earlier this year. $ARKX $XOM $TSLA $AAL $BNGO $MARA $O $CRWD $FB $AAPL $FCEL $MGM $GOOGL $EZGO $SHOP $MTCH $DIS $PDD $ $TWTR $AMZN $EBET $PLTR $BFLY $ENZC $GM $ABNB $BUZZ $PTON $TDOC $DDD $U Bitcoin Ethereum, Stellar Control the Cash balance today and position yourself accordingly. Let's GO!!!!! Research Links: www.Finviz.com www.Nasdaq.com Learn more about options: https://tinyurl.com/Compounding-Lifestyle Music-Footprints-Playglenthomas Voice Mail link, show us some love, call in to ask questions: https://anchor.fm/compounding-lifestyle/message (copy/paste the URL) Robinhood link: https://join.robinhood.com/arristw DISCLAIMER: These Podcasts are for educational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any sort of security or investment. Consult with a professional financial advisor before making any financial decisions. Do your research and due diligence --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/compounding-lifestyle/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/compounding-lifestyle/support

In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Chris Bevilacqua, co-founder and chief executive of sports betting startup Simplebet. Eric and Chris also discuss the warning issued by Comcast Corp. chairman and chief executive Brian Roberts regarding the company's future sports rights, and recent transactions involving sports marketing outfit Playfly Sports and mobile commerce company VenueNext.

Markets roar higher due to options trading in the back ground, potential for more stimulus, good to see the green again. This is how the 11 stock market sectors are doing in 2020 compared against 2019 (% as of September 28, 2020): 11. Energy, -48.56% Companies in the energy sector explore, produce, refine, and market fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal. Every company associated with the above, whether selling equipment to explore natural gas or refine oil, is also considered part of the energy sector. For example, companies include Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Halliburton Co. (HAL) 10. Financials, -15.59% Companies in the financial sector deal with money, whether that be banking, capital markets, consumer finance, financial services, insurance, mortgages, or thrifts. When the finance sector collapses, others usually follow. This is one reason why the government bailed out several banks during the 2008 financial crisis (and why they’ve done so several times in the past). For example, companies include Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Visa (V), and PayPal Holdings (PYPL). 9. Real Estate, -11.42% Companies in the real estate sector include equity real estate investment trusts, and real estate management and development. One of the fastest-growing sectors in recent decades is real estate. With gains of around 97% since 2007. For example, companies include Redfin Corp. (RDFN), American Tower Corp. (AMT), and Simon Property Group (SPG). CHECK OUT: 5 low-risk investment opportunities right now. 8. Utilities, -8.97% Companies in the utility sector include electric utilities, gas utilities, renewable electricity producers, and water utilities. This highly regulated sector means the government keeps profit in check. Ensuring massive monopolies don’t charge ridiculous amounts for provinces that aren’t near water or power-plants. For example, companies include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), and Exelon Corp. (EXC). 7. Industrials, -0.69% Companies in the industrial sector include aerospace, defense, air freight, airlines, building products, commercial services, construction, engineering, industrial conglomerates, machinery, marine industries, road, rail, and transportation infrastructure. The industrial sector includes many iconic blue-chip U.S. companies and an ideal place to do due diligence for long-term stock investments. For example, companies include Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), General Electric Co. (GE), and Caterpillar (CAT). 6. Consumer Staples, +4.07% Companies in the consumer staples sector include beverages, food retail, food products, household products, personal products, and tobacco. Due to the fact people always need products like toilet paper, soap, shampoo, etc., companies classed as offering consumer staples can make good long-term investments. That’s if they’re a popular and trusted brand or premises. So always do your due diligence. For example, companies include Coca-Cola Co. (KO), Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), and Walmart (WMT) 5. Materials, +8.63% Companies in the materials sector include chemicals, construction, containers, packaging, metals, mining, and forest products (paper). If the company turns raw materials into useful components, whether processed or natural, it is likely part of the materials’ stock market sector. For example, companies include Vale S.A. (VALE), Ecolab (ECL), and Rio Tinto (RIO). 4. Health Care, +14.45% Companies in the health care sector include biotechnology, equipment, supplies, providers, technology, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals. Health care falls into two categories, the application of services, technology, and medicine, or the creation of services, technology, and medicine. Like a few other sectors, health care is growing faster than the national economy. For example, companies include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and Pfizer (PFE). CHECK OUT: 10 stocks to watch if you’re on a budget of $10 or less. 3. Communication services, +14.73% Companies in the communication services sector include telecommunications, entertainment, interactive media, media, and wireless telecommunications. This sector is defined as media companies that also facilitate communication. It had to be defined as such as major companies that offered communication unified to provide internet, TV, mobile, and now even develop content for platforms. For example, companies include Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Walt Disney Co. (DIS), and Verizon Communications (VZ). 2. Consumer Discretionary, +26.02% Companies in the consumer discretionary sector include communication equipment, electronic equipment, components, IT services, semiconductors, software, technology hardware, including storage and peripherals. Also known as the consumer cyclical sector, it encompasses everything that isn’t a day-to-day consumer necessity. For example, companies include Carnival Corp. (CCL), Grubhub (GRUB), and Lululemon Athletica (LULU). 1. Information Technology, +43.32% Companies in the information technology sector include automobile components and services, distributors, consumer services, hotels, restaurants, leisure, household durables, internet marketing, direct marketing, multiline and specialty retail, plus textiles, apparel, and luxury goods. Geographically dominated by Silicon Valley, the information technology sector is the #1 stock market sector so far this century. For example, companies include Apple (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Intel Corp. (INTC). 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Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ian Bassin, former associated White House counsel from 2009-11 and co-founder of Protect Democracy for a look at the pain points, tensions, and glimmers of hope in how this constitutional democracy is handling the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19.  In the Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern on why Justice Elena Kagan is voting with the conservatives, the unanimous decision in Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American Media and what it means for future civil-rights cases, and the crisis unfolding in the immigration courts. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ian Bassin, former associated White House counsel from 2009-11 and co-founder of Protect Democracy for a look at the pain points, tensions, and glimmers of hope in how this constitutional democracy is handling the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19.  In the Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern on why Justice Elena Kagan is voting with the conservatives, the unanimous decision in Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American Media and what it means for future civil-rights cases, and the crisis unfolding in the immigration courts. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media might seem like a simple David and Goliath story of a Black entrepreneur fighting white-owned corporate power. But the implications of the pending SCOTUS ruling reach further than many realize.

QUESTION PRESENTED: Entertainment Studios Networks ("ESN") owns several television networks that it sought to have carried on Comcast's cable system. Comcast and ESN met multiple times to discuss a potential deal, but Comcast ultimately declined to carry ESN's networks. ESN's response was to sue Comcast, claiming that Comcast's decision was based on an outlandish racist conspiracy between Comcast, the NAACP, and other civilrights groups and leaders to disadvantage wholly African American-owned networks in violation of 42U.S.C. § 1981. The district court dismissed ESN's complaint three times, but the Ninth Circuit reversed. The court first ruled that Section 1981 does not require but-for causation, thereby exacerbating a conflict with the decisions of five other courts of appeals. It then held that ESN's claim was plausible despite the alternative explanations for Comcast's conduct on the face of the complaint, and the complaint's failure to allege facts showing that the other companies with which Comcast contracted were similarly situated to ESN. The questions presented are: Does a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 fail in the absence of but-for causation? Can a plaintiff state a plausible claim for relief if the complaint does not allege facts tending to exclude obvious alternative explanations for the challenged conduct and does not allege facts to support all elements of the claim? Argument Transcript: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/18-1171_ljgm.pdf --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scotus/support

Comcast Corp. v. National Ass. of African American-Owned Media | 11/13/19 | Docket #: 18-1171

A case in which the Court held that a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 requires that the plaintiff show that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff's injury.

A case in which the Court held that a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 requires that the plaintiff show that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff's injury.

A case in which the Court held that a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 requires that the plaintiff show that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff's injury.

As always, we start this week with an episode that recaps the last 5 days of market trading in the US, the jostling of positions on the leaderboard of Next Top Trader, and a review of our portfolios. With Ren maintaining his lead over Bryce, we look at both of the portfolio's performances and discuss what our strategy is going to be for the last week of the competition. Alec is sitting pretty, so Bryce needs to pull a rabbit out of a hat if he's to have any chance of getting ahead. We discuss why Walt Disney and Comcast Corp both had great weeks, and review another solid week of growth on the NASDAQ that has taken it to new all-time highs. Last week Ren put a trade on for a 3x leveraged inverse-financials ETF, expecting that the big banks would report underwhelming results, however, this wasn't the case... Tune in for all the latest. There's only one week of Australia's Next Top Trader to go and the competition is tight at the top. This time next week, we will have a winner! Stay tuned. How to Get Involved in Equity Mates: • Equity Mates Website • Ask Us Anything Page • Thought Starters • Equity Mates Facebook Page • Facebook Discussion Group • Instagram • Equity Mates Twitter • Email (contact@equitymates.com)

Trading Block: Earnings! Netflix, ATM straddle - $15.30, approx. 7.5% Tuesday - IBM Wednesday -Alcoa Thursday - Verizon, PayPal, Etrade Friday - Honeywell, P&G Odd Block: Size upside love in Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), size roll in Alerian MLP (AMLP) and funky ratio vertical/stupid in Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX). Mail Block: Options question of the week Earnings Season is almost upon us! What's your favorite way to trade earnings using #Options? Sell Strad./Fly/Condor Buy Strad./Fly/Condor Sell Puts/Put Spreads Buy Calls/ Call Spreads Listener questions and comments: Comment from PeterPan @pierhk - ATM straddle...Buy with ATR>2 Comment from Trader J Rae @traderjrae -Usually a collar or protective put. Everything else held over earnings is a gamble, not a trade. Another options question of the week: Earnings Season is here! Which name do you plan to trade most actively this cycle? Tesla - $TSLA Amazon - $AMZN Apple - $AAPL Alphabet - $GOOGL Comment from Trade With Bulls LLC - $INTC Still more questions: Question from McGillIMontreal: Had a question regarding $GIL and two large 3K 30 strike puts on 10/9 with earnings 11/2. Can you guys explain any rationale around that? Question from Ascentaa - What can happen to the current options being held of KITE which is acquired by GILD and is being delisted Around the Block: GS tomorrow before the bell, ATM straddle - $6.10, approx. 2.5%.

Trading Block: Earnings! Netflix, ATM straddle - $15.30, approx. 7.5% Tuesday - IBM Wednesday - Alcoa Thursday - Verizon, PayPal, Etrade Friday - Honeywell, P&G Odd Block: Size upside love in Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), size roll in Alerian MLP (AMLP) and funky ratio vertical/stupid in Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX). Mail Block: Options question of the week Earnings Season is almost upon us! What's your favorite way to trade earnings using #Options? Sell Strad./Fly/Condor Buy Strad./Fly/Condor Sell Puts/Put Spreads Buy Calls/ Call Spreads Listener questions and comments: Comment from PeterPan @pierhk - ATM straddle...Buy with ATR>2 Comment from Trader J Rae @traderjrae - Usually a collar or protective put. Everything else held over earnings is a gamble, not a trade. Another options question of the week: Earnings Season is here! Which name do you plan to trade most actively this cycle? Tesla - $TSLA Amazon - $AMZN Apple - $AAPL Alphabet - $GOOGL Comment from Trade With Bulls LLC - $INTC Still more questions: Question from McGillIMontreal: Had a question regarding $GIL and two large 3K 30 strike puts on 10/9 with earnings 11/2. Can you guys explain any rationale around that? Question from Ascentaa - What can happen to the current options being held of KITE which is acquired by GILD and is being delisted Around the Block: GS tomorrow before the bell, ATM straddle - $6.10, approx. 2.5%.

This podcast features three titans of the media and cable industry as they discuss their careers and key business milestones: John Malone, chairman, Liberty Media, Liberty Global, Liberty Broadband and Liberty Interactive; Julian Brodsky, retired vice chairman and co-founder, Comcast Corp.; and Ted Turner, chairman, Turner Enterprises and founder of CNN.

Eric Zinterhofer, chairman of Charter Communications Inc. and co-founder of Searchlight Capital Partners, says Charter management was caught by surprise by Comcast Corp.'s behind-the-scenes attempt to usurp its $80 billion deal for Time Warner Cable. ``Blindsided is probably an understatement,'' he says. Zinterhofer reflects on Charter's journey from bankruptcy to potential cable giant and discusses why he left Apollo Management for Searchlight with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman and Kiel Porter. Plus, Bloomberg M&A reporter Ed Hammond chats about the likelihood of a merger between Honeywell International and United Technologies.

Guest:     Television entrepreneur Byron Allen joins us to discuss the $20-billion racial discrimination lawsuit against cable giants Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable.   Plus breaking news, scores, updates and Aurn news, sports, hollywood live and money matters    Join L.A. Batchelor  for all the great discussions. Listen at beginning at a special time-7pm EST at www.blogtalkradio.com/la-batchelor or listen on your phone at 646-929-0130. If you miss the show you can listen to the Podcast at www.thebatchelorpad.vpweb.com   All shows can be heard at: blogtalkradio.com/la-batchelor Follow us at padnation@facebook and pad4truth@twitter      

Options Oddities 116: CMCSA, FNF, BAC   Unusual Activity for February 2, 2015:   Giant put trade in Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) Puts trade in Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Straddle buy in BankAmerica Corp. (BAC)

Comcast Corp. v. Behrend | 11/05/12 | Docket #: 11-864

Intro Mike: On November 6, 2006, BroadLogic Network Technologies, a San Jose chip manufacturer, announced The World's First Massively Parallel, Multi-Channel Video Processor, a terapixel-speed video processing chip that will allow cable providers to recover bandwidth that can then be used to deliver more high definition channels, video on demand and high bandwidth data services without major network upgrades.   Mike: Gordon, before we discuss the Boradlogic product, can you give us an idea of how current cable delivery systems work?   Traditional cable delivery systems work by allocating 6MHz of analog bandwidth for each channel. Most cable providers offer approximately 80 channels that consume (6 MHz/channel x 80 channels) 480 MHz of bandwidth. Typical cable networks provide only 750 MHz of bandwidth and with 480 MHz used for video, there is not much left for other services.   Let's think about this a little bit more - one channel consumes 6 MHz of bandwidth but it takes 480 MHz of bandwidth to deliver that single channel to your TV while "wasting" (480 MHz - 6 Mhz) 474 MHz of bandwidth. Not very efficient even if you have a few TV's going in your house watching different channels at the same time.  In summary and according to an article at Light Reading and linked in the show notes:   Each analog channel consumes 6 MHz of capacity (or roughly 1/125th of the total capacity of an upgraded cable plant). Re-claiming that channel slot frees up enough capacity to launch 2 more channels in HDTV (each of which consumes about 2.4 MHz), or ten more digital Standard Definition (SD) channels (each of which consumes about 0.6 MHz), another ten QAMs, each capable of delivering an additional VOD stream, or more broadband [Internet] capacity.   Many of the hundreds of digital broadcast TV channels a cable operator delivers are not being watched at any given time. It is a network inefficiency that can be remedied by simply switching off those channels that are not being watched. By reclaiming much of this analog spectrum, splitting fiber nodes, and employing switched broadcast video (SBV) techniques, there is lots of room for cable to expand service offerings, including HDTV and VOD.   SBV has attracted major interest to this point and involves the delivery of all 80 or so channels in digital format � it works but requires every attached TV in the house to be connected through a set-top box with each box having its own remote controller - we have 6 connected TVs in my home now so 6 boxes plus 6 more controllers - expensive and we have enough time keeping track of a single remote.   Light Reading says Comcast Corp. has an aggressive plan to cut the average number of analog channels it carries in half over the next five years, from 70 to 35. That means moving some three dozen basic cable networks from analog to digital-only carriage. This is where things get interesting: Until digital penetration reaches 100% being left off the analog tier means reduced distribution. And that means lower affiliate fees, and lower advertising revenue. It's gonna be slow because subscribers will not want to pay for the extra boxes, will not have room for them on their shelves, etc. This means the programmers will fight this tooth and nail. Ironically, it is SBV that may well help prove their case is built on a house of cards. Cable TV programming networks sell themselves to advertisers based on their total distribution footprint - say 40, 60, or 80 million homes. The metric is bogus, as only a small fraction of homes are viewing it. With SBV, MSOs will have all the statistical details on who is watching, and eventually, so will advertisers. Mike: So last week along comes Broadlogic, what does this product do?   According to Broadlogic website:   The BL80000 TeraPIX chip is capable of decoding dozens of digital video streams and generating a full analog and digital service tier, including an 80-plus analog channel lineup, that any number of cable-ready devices (TVs, DVRs, PCs with tuner cards, etc.) can view, plus up to 160SD or 50HD programs.   The TeraPIX processor powers a new type of Residential Gateway, installed outside or just inside a residence, which allows the network to be all-digital, while subscribers continue to receive the cable-ready analog video, digital video, high speed data and voice services they crave. Conventional set-top boxes output one channel at a time and thus feed only one TV. Cable MSOs can use this technology to take their networks all digital, thus tripling their digital capacity at a time when rising content and competitive requirements demand it.   Mike: It sounds like the Broadlogic chip may be a much more cost effective solution - can you give more detail?   More according to Broadlogic website:   The BroadLogic TeraPIX video processor works by decoding bandwidth-conserving digital video signals delivered by a cable operator, and generating 80-plus high-quality channels of television. Cable operators get their extra bandwidth, and consumers get the channel lineups they're used to without having to get more set-tops, run more coax, or lose more remotes.   The TeraPIX processor enables solutions that support virtually all existing analog and digital consumer devices. For example, if a subscriber has a DVR set-top from their cable operator, the digital signals are passed through TeraPIX to the DVR. The price of an individual chip is around $300 when purchased in bulk (1000 or greater numbers)  and cable companies are saying this could be a cost effective way to increase network bandwidth. The technology is moving at such an incredible pace and it is easy to see more bandwidth and more applications and, from an academic perspective, the ability to provide more and more quality IP delivered content to our students at a distance. Very exciting stuff and - what's next?? Mike: Let's change the subject a bit - I know you took a train ride last week and performed an interesting "experiment". Can you fill us in with some details?   On Tuesday I had an excellent visit with the Borough of Manhattan Community College Video Arts and Technology Program (http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/speech/VAT/VAT.html ) faculty and administrators. BMCC has an NSF project grant titled "Creatiing Career Pathways for Women and Minorities in Digital Video Technology" , an exciting project with an HDTV focus. We're looking forward to lots of good results from the VAT group at BMCC. Instead of driving I took the AMTRAK train down to New York City from Springfield, MA. I had my notebook computer with me and on the way home, as I was doing some work, I decided to let NetStumbler ( http://netstumbler.com/ ) run in the background. NetStumbler is a Windows application that allows you to detect 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g Wireless Local Area Network Access Points (WLAN AP's). In addition to Netstumbler, there is MacStumbler for Macintosh computers, and Kismet for machines running Linux. Many people use Netstumbler for wardriving that involves driving a car around with a wireless enabled laptop or PDA and logging wireless Wi-Fi networks. According to the Netstumbler website wardriving was first started in the San Francisco area by the Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG) and is similar to using a scanner for radio. Many wardrivers will use GPS devices to find the exact location of the network found and log it on a website. In fact, if you have a GPS device attached to your computer Netstumbler will automatically log the latitude and longitude settings for future reference. There are several active databases on the web that maintain lists of open hotspots - one of them is maintained and accessed via the Netstumbler site. In the train I started up Netstumbler on my PC at the New Rochelle, NY stop and just let it run until I got to Springfield, MA with some interesting results. Netstumbler logs, among other things, the access point MAC address, SSID and whether or not the AP is running any kind of encryption. An un-encryped access point is one that is wide open for access. Between New Rochelle and Springfield I logged 1441 access points, many unencryped and wide open for public access. SSIDs were sometimes very descriptive and I found open access points from at least one large insurance company, one law firm and the 36th floor conference room of an unknown company. I also got a kick out of some of the creative SSID names people are using. Hundreds of the access points still had the Vendor SSID with linksys, NETGEAR and default [note: SSID default is commonly used by no-name routers sold by the big box retailers] popping up on my screen as we rocked along the tracks at 60 mph. Hundreds were setup for open access - I could not actually log in to any because we were moving to fast but I'm convinced I could walk the tracks from New Rochelle to Springfield and maintain free wireless access by piggy-backing on these networks. I don't want to get into a debate on what's legal and what is not - my concern is seeing so many open access points with many likely connected directly into corporate networks. I thought we had this security problem licked but it appears many are still buying these things and just plugging them in. Anyone want to carry a load of batteries? References: Netstumbler Website: http://www.netstumbler.com BROADLOGIC UNCLOAKS CABLE�S SECRET WEAPON; Nov 6, 2006; http://broadlogic.com/11062006press.htm Light Reading: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=106730