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Cable World,  April 28, 2003  

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HP'S RAINBOW CONNECTION

Hewlett-Packard is helping Rainbow Holdings get its house in order. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP announced that it is designing a comprehensive digital content management solution for Rainbow, a subsidiary of Cablevision. "We have been selected to conduct a need assessment of Rainbow's capabilities," said Gabriele Di Piazza, HP's worldwide director for rich media solutions. "We will begin to move their departmental solutions to a unified platform, and in so doing, make their content usable across multiple networks."

ARRIS UNBOXES 2.0 MODEM

Arris has introduced a new DOCSIS 2.0-certified cable modem to the U.S. market. The Atlanta-based company last week lifted the curtain on the CM 450A, a unit featuring a bridged 10/100 Base-T Ethernet and USB data interface for simplified home networking. Arris said production of the CM 450A, which uses Microtune tuners, will help to "cover any industry shortfall that may occur as a result of the recent patent infringement judgments against Broadcom's radio frequency (RF) tuners."

BSI TURNS OVER NEW LEAF

Broadband Services Inc. has overhauled its mission statement, opting to focus on asset management. To reach its new goal, BSI has created a platform that integrates its supply chain management system with its data warehousing functionality. "Cable's evolution...has been accompanied by a change in the way financial and operational performance is measured," said Mike Sparkman, founder and EVP of BSI. By turning to BSI, ops can flip inventory "ten times instead of three," Sparkman said, thereby freeing up to "$100 million dollars" in cash flow.

BEANTOWN MAN COULD GET JAIL TIME FOR NASCAR SPAM

A Boston-area NASCAR fan could face a year in federal prison for spamming Fox Entertainment with a half-million e-mails over the network's decision to replace racing with a Red Sox game. Michael Melo's one-man spam spree cost Fox $36,000 in damages, according to court papers. "He's more interested in NASCAR than baseball," Melo's lawyer said. "In Red Sox nation, that's not the majority view, but it's his view."

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