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09/12/2012
Inside The Beltway 09/12/12
Tomorrow, the Communications and Technology subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a “Creating Opportunities Through Improved Government Spectrum Efficiency” hearing at 10:15 a.m., to continue to examine how federal agencies and commercial wireless carriers might benefit from more efficient government use of spectrum. Witnesses include Mark Goldstein, GAO; Dr. Preston Marshall, […]
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09/12/2012
Events 09/12/12
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) wants your proposal for a presentation to be given at its SEMI (Smart Energy Management Initiative) Forum 2013, set for April 10. The Call for Papers focuses on three areas: Facilities, Outside Plant and Fleet Operations. For more information on the 300-word abstracts, due Nov. 16, click here…GENBAND […]
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09/12/2012
Laser Light Kicks Off Plans For Sat-Based Optical-Wave OSS
Laser Light Communications LLC was launched yesterday at the World Satellite Finance Forum in Paris, and the new company (a solely held subsidiary of Washington, D.C.-based Pegasus Global Holdings) intends to deploy and operate what it believes will be the world’s first commercial satellite communications constellation based entirely on optical-wave technology. Notes Clifford W. Beek, […]
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09/11/2012
People Watch 09/11/12
Cable veterans Michael S. Willner and Sidney R. Knafel, who co-founded Insight Communications and served respectively as CEO and chairman for some 30 years, will invest in and lead a new media technology venture they call Penthera Partners. Willner will be CEO, and Knafel will serve as vice chairman. The company reportedly has developed a […]
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09/11/2012
This Week At IBC 09/11/12
The MiriMON Cloud product from Mirifice offers all the real-time monitoring features of the standard MiriMON product, but with the additional benefits of a cloud deployment, including subscription-based pricing and advanced content-consumption analytics, helping operators to optimize advertising revenues and to renegotiate their content distribution rights…Cloud-streaming developer Octoshape will combine the user experience components of […]
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09/11/2012
New Stuff 09/11/12
The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT) released the NPM 2.0 Toolkit just in time for National Preparedness Month. The online toolkit provides tips and tools to become better prepared in the event of a major emergency. Click here for more information…Moscow’s SPIRIT DSP that claims 1 billion users in 100+ countries, upgraded its […]