| Competition in Definition
DirecTV is really banking on HDTV as a strategy for retention, to keep the more than 16 million subscribers it has now, according to analyst Bruce Leichtman. Although it's pricey to upgrade existing subscribers to new HD digital recorders, these are customers who pay their bills and spend a lot for services. DirecTV doesn't want to lose them. "The reality is it's about retention," said Leichtman, president of Leichtman Research Group. "It's not as much about acquisition. It's about keeping your high-end subscribers." Greater Definition Satellite, cable and telephone companies are all trying to claim superiority for their high-definition TV offerings. .
nCircle Enriches Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Program ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- nCircle, the leading provider of agentless security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that it has expanded its nAble MSSP Partner Program to include Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance solutions. The expanded program enables MSSP partners to increase their revenue by offering a number of managed services to help their customers cost-effectively monitor and comply with the industry standard using certified, best-of-breed technology. Using nCircle's certified PCI scanning technology -- one of the first to be certified under the updated PCI standard, version 1.1 -- MSSPs can offer their customers an easy-to-use, fully automated scan service to help meet the quarterly compliance validation requirements of the standard.
January 2008
The last time Pellington was at Sundance was 11 years ago, when he was screening his first film, Going All the Way. Since then, he's made critically acclaimed movies like Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies and a slew of notable music videos. He's also responsible for the 3D concert film on megaband U2, which was another big ticket flick at Sundance this year. Win Rosenfeld 6:40 PM ET | 01-23-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post | trackbacks (0) .
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