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Analysts said the TW Cable video customer trends were also a bit weaker than Wall Street had expected on average. TW Cables and AT&Ts subscriber updates are among the first during fourth-quarter earnings season for TV distributors, which analysts expect will show a return of pay TV providers to video user growth after two straight quarters of subscriber declines.

TW Cable said it lost 141,000 video subscribers in the final quarter of 2010, fewer than the record 155,000 it had lost in the third quarter. TW Cable COO Rob Marcus said the weak housing market and economy continue to have the biggest impact on subscriber momentum. 

Time Warner Cable TWC posted nice acceleration in revenue growth during the fourth quarter, though margins took a hit on higher programming costs and a number of one-time items. Customer growth came in about as we had expected based on managements comments last quarter, though Internet access growth was on the weak side. This mix shift, coupled with price increases, pushed average revenue per Internet access customer up more than 3% during the quarter, an impressive figure relative to recent experience. Total revenue grew 5.9% year over year, the fastest pace of any quarter during 2010, on a sharp increase in political advertising.

In addition to another 141,000 cable TV subscribers cutting the TWC cord in Q4, the net loss was the third straight quarter in a row of sub losses.The No. 2 cable MSO in the U.S. did see growth outside its bread-and-butter business though: it added 94,000 Internet customers and 72,000 phone customers.

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Theres no shortage of WiFi storage devices these days, but its not often that they collect web video -- which makes HPs new Pocket Playlist at least somewhat worthy of a closer look. Through a PlayLater subscription and PC software, the wireless drive can store video from Hulu, Netflix and other sources for playback when its more convenient. Anyone not keen on trying to snag a local copy of a stream can still share up to 16 movies, 7,600 songs or 10,000 photos to as many as five devices, including Android, iOS and Windows Phone gear. HP ships the Pocket Playlist on February 15th for $129.

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After launching phones with video-chat facility on a 2G network, Intex seems to be on a roll. The company is all set to launch its next offering in the Dual SIM-Video phones genre- IN 2060 V.DO (pronounced as We Do) which is a feature-rich music cum video phone.

The Intex IN 2060 V.DO- a GSM + GSM model, plays all kinds of moor video formats (MP4, 3GP and AVI) with utmost clarity. The hi-definition video fits in well with the QVGA 2.0 inch display screen. The result is an enriching experience for users who treat their handsets as an entertainment gadget and not just a communication device.

Shailendra Jha, Deputy General Manager –Telecom, Intex Technologies (India) Ltd said, " INTEX IN 2060 V.DO has been designed keeping in mind the aspirations of Indian buyers who crave for good display quality, broad video-compatibility along with the sundry utility features in the phone. V.DO literally allows the user to carry along his audio and video entertainment portfolio. It comes easy on the pocket too."

Along with the video playing and recording (it has 1.3 MP camera), other notable features include – an-inbuilt radio so that users could have a clutter-free FM radio experience (listen and record) without requiring ear-phones or antenna, audio player, extendable memory up to 8 GB, auto call record, data protection, web camera, torch light, Bluetooth with A2DP, Hindi keypad, mobile tracker, Black List, etc.

This time, Intex has taken the Black List feature to an altogether new level. Hitherto, the company was offering facility of blocking up to 5 callers in its range of mobile phones. In V.DO a user can block 500 callers – that is as many contacts as present in the phonebook. A fairly long –lasting battery gives you adequate time to enjoy the best of its in-built features.

INTEX IN 2060 V.DO Price: Rs. 2600/-