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Broadband Daily covers news and developments in all sectors and channels of the broadband business. It delivers cutting-edge information to an elite audience of top decision makers in the cable, telco, satellite, wireless, content and technology businesses along with key trade and business press reporters. Our subscribers come from the top ranks of the broadband businesses and include CEOs, CTOs, Chief Marketing Officers and other tier-one decision makers. Typical coverage includes:

Strategies and competitive tactics being used by top broadband players

Developing technologies such as VoIP, WiFi, Video-on-demand, interactive TV

Pertinent regulatory issues, new product releases, content trends

Earnings reports & quarterly growth reports on all major industry players

This site is updated daily by a seasoned team of industry experts, who add new material as it is released. It was developed and is maintained by Pike & Fischer in partnership with Contegra Systems, Inc. (www.contegrasystems.com)

Content & Coverage

Broadband Daily paid subscribers enjoy access to the following information:

	News & Analysis Daily updates and perspectives on cable, DSL and wireless broadband services, including details on new technologies and applications and our own analyses of market trends.
	Financial Analysis Broadband Daily subscribers enjoy access to detailed analysis of the top U.S. broadband companies. Details include the financial and competitive performance of the companies that dominate the broadband and multichannel-video space, including cable operators, regional Bell companies and satellite TV companies. Updated quarterly, subscribers receive automatic access to both new and archival versions of these reports in PDF format. Companies covered include: BellSouth, Comcast, Charter, Cox, Cablevision, Direct TV, EchoStar, Insight, MediaComm, Qwest, Time Warner and Verizon These reports tightly encapsulate the key developments for each company, including top-line current and historical financial performance data. Data points are provided in both table and chart format and include revenue, expenses, operating margins, cash flow, capex and comparative ratios, as well as operating statistics, including high-speed subscriber counts and service availability data.
	Cross-Industry Comparisons Broadband Daily subscribers enjoy free access to in-depth reports and analyses of competition between companies vying to provide advanced voice, video and data services to residential customers. Updated quarterly, subscribers receive automatic access to both new and archival versions of these reports in PDF format. Reports include: Cable Cross-Industry Comparison: Detailed comparison of the nation's top cable operators, with key data points represented by a variety of charts. Each quarter this report compares Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Cable and others on such metrics as subscriber growth, homes passed, high-speed data market penetration, cable telephony penetration and average revenue per unit. RBOC v. DSL Cross-Industry Comparison: Detailed comparison of the regional Bell operating companys' DSL business, with key data points represented by a variety of charts and tables. Each quarter this report compares SBC, Verizon, BellSouth and Qwest on such metrics as DSL subscriber growth, DSL market penetration and total broadband customers. DBS Cross-Comparison: Detailed comparison of satellite television providers. Each quarter this report compares DirecTV and EchoStar on such data points as subscriber growth, subscriber-acquisition costs, revenue per unit and churn. DSL v. Cable Modems: Detailed comparison of the cable and telephone industries in the delivery of broadband services. Each quarter, this report features a variety of charts and tables to illustrate key data points, including the latest figures on DSL v. cable modem subscriber counts and market penetration for each industry. Cable v. DBS: Detailed comparison and analysis of the cable industry's performance against the direct-broadcast-satellite industry. Each quarter, this report features a variety of charts and tables to illustrate key data points, including the latest figures on such metrics as subscriber additions and average revenue per unit.

Searching

	Quick Search Use this tool to quickly search the entire Broadband Daily news archive by keyword or phrase. Quick Search will find your search term as it appears in any part of a news story.
	Advanced Search Use this powerful tool to search the entire Broadband Daily news archive or to narrow your search to include only those documents relevant to your research. This tool allows you to search the full text of all news stories or to focus your searching on specific fields, such as Date or Headline.
	Search Within These Results Use this feature from Results List or Expanded View to narrow your search results. To search within a subset of your results, check the box next to only those documents you would like to search. Then, click the selected Documents radio button before running your search.
	Search Within This Document When in View Full Text mode, use this feature to hone in on a specific word or phrase within the document you are viewing. Your new search terms will be highlighted.
	Modify Search From any browse format, use this feature to change your original search parameters.

Using Connectors

The Basics
Searches may consist of a group of words or phrases linked by connectors such as and and or that indicate the relationship between them.

Examples:	apple and pear	« Both words must be present
	apple or pear	« Either word can be present
	apple w/5 pear	« Apple must occur within 5 words of pear
	apple not w/5 pear	« Apple must not occur within 5 words of pear
	apple and not pear	« Only apple must be present

If using more than one connector, use parentheses to indicate precisely what you want to search for. For example, apple and pear or orange could mean (apple and pear) or orange, or it could mean apple and (pear or orange). Noise words, such as if and the, are ignored in searches, but hyphens are not (e-mail will produce results only for e-mail, not email). Use the OR Connector for multiple spellings (e-mail or email).

AND Connector
Use the AND connector to connect two expressions, both of which must be found in any document retrieved. For example:

apple pie and poached pear would retrieve any document that contained both phrases.

(apple or banana) and (pear w/5 grape) would retrieve any document that (1) contained either apple OR banana, AND (2) contained pear within 5 words of grape.

OR Connector
Use the OR connector to connect two expressions, at least one of which must be found in any document retrieved. For example:

apple pie or poached pear would retrieve any document that contained apple pie, poached pear, or both.

W/N Connector
Use the W/N connector to specify that one word or phrase must occur within N words of the other. For example, apple w/5 pear would retrieve any document that contained apple within 5 words of pear. Here are more examples:

(apple or pear) w/5 banana

(apple w/5 banana) w/10 pear

NOT and NOT W/N
Use NOT in front of any search expression to reverse its meaning. This allows you to exclude documents from a search. Example:

apple and not pear

NOT standing alone can be the start of a search request. For example, not pear would retrieve all documents that did not contain pear.

The NOT W/ ("not within") operator allows you to search for a word or phrase not in association with another word or phrase. Example:

apple not w/20 pear

Using Wildcards ( * and ?)
A search word can contain the wildcard characters * and ?. A ? in a word matches any single character, and a * matches any number of characters. The wildcard characters can be in any position in a word.

Examples:	appl*	« would match apple, application, etc.
	cipl	« would match principle, participle, etc.
	appl?	« would match apply and apple but not apples
	ap*ed	« would match applied, approved, etc

Note that use of the * wildcard character near the beginning of a word may slow search performance.

Using Stemming
You may use the ~ character to extend or stem your search to cover grammatical variations on a word.

Examples:		test~	« would also find testing
		apply~	« would also find applying, applies, and apply

Browsing

There are four ways to browse search results. Move from one browse mode to another by clicking on the appropriate links.

	Results List Displays your documents in a list. Basic information for each document is provided -- such as Headline, Date, and Score. Information displayed will vary based upon the content searched. From this view you may Sort results by clicking on the or links. You may also view the full text of any document by clicking on View Full Text or refine your search further using the Search Within These Results feature.
	Expanded View Displays your documents in an expanded list, with each of the first 5 instances of your search term surrounded by a small amount of text. Use this view to quickly determine whether your results are applicable to your research topic. From here you can Sort results by using the or links. You may also view the full text of any document by clicking on View Full Text or refine your search further using the Search Within These Results feature.
	Full Document View Displays your document in full text in a separate window. From here you may search within the document, email the document to a colleague or view your search terms.
	View Search Terms Displays your document in a modified full text view - with 500 words around each highlighted search term.

Printing & Downloading

	Printing Your Results You may print the results of your research at any time by first clicking on the Printer Format button. This feature, which is available from all Browsing formats listed above, removes unnecessary navigation bars and graphics from your screen. You may then use your browser's print tools to print your results.
	Printing PDFs To print the full text of documents that are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF, click the printer icon located in the Adobe Acrobat toolbar while viewing the full text of the PDF.
	Printing Online Guides The Site Map and Help Page on this site can be printed and used as handy desktop reference tools. To do so, first click the Printer Format button to eliminate unnecessary navigation bars and graphics.
	Downloading To save a document to your computer, click Printer Format, then File, then Save As. You may then name the file and select where to save it to your local computer.
	Determining Number of Printed Pages To determine the length of a particular document prior to emailing or printing same, click Printer Format, then File, then Print Preview. The page count in the upper right hand corner of the browser window will indicate the number of pages in the document.

Email to a Colleague

To email a list of documents to a colleague or client, click the checkboxes next to the documents you want to deliver. Then, click on the Email to a Colleague link. To email the full text of a document, click Email a Colleague from View Full Text mode. Complete the address and personal message form and click Send.

Frequently Asked Questions

	Q: My organization would like to try Broadband Daily before subscribing. Do you offer free trials? A: Yes. Free 2-week trials are available. Trial subscribers receive each email issue of Broadband Daily during the trial period as well as access to the Broadband Daily news archive on this web site. Sign up today using our Free Trial form.
	Q: What is included in my annual paid subscription to Broadband Daily? A: Paid subscribers enjoy email receipt of each daily issue and access to the Broadband Daily archive on this site. In addition, paid subscribers gain access to Broadband Daily's Financial Analysis Reports and Cross-Industry Analysis - available on this site in PDF format.
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	Q: How often is this site updated? A: Broadband Daily News & Analysis is updated each business day as activity occurs. Financial Analysis and Cross-Industry Analysis reports are updated quarterly.
	Q: How can I access archival issues of Broadband Daily emails? A: Upon publication, articles published in Broadband Daily emails are added to the Broadband Daily web archive. To retrieve previous issues, simply go to Advanced Search and search by date to retrieve all articles published that day.

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