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Article: The Dark Side of Network DVRs.(Cablevision Systems Corp.'s plans digital video recorder service)(Brief article)
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- Multichannel News
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- April 3, 2006
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By Staff
Banc of America Securities cable analyst Doug Shapiro warned last week that Cablevision Systems Corp.'s plan for a network digital video recorder could be bad news for broadcast and cable programmers.
Cablevision announced plans on March 27 to test a network DVR -- a service that would be housed within its own servers and allow customers to record and play back shows -- in about 1,000 homes.
In a research report the following day, Shapiro wrote that while the digital video recorder threat has so far has been overblown, a network version could accelerate the proliferation of DVR functionality -- every digital cable subscriber could ...