Search results for:
*
-
05/01/2003
Editor's Letter: The How-To of Advanced HFC
My grandfather, an engineer and author of college textbooks, wasn’t fond of the editorial process necessary to put his books together. "They change things just to change them," he said of his publishers. And this was from a man who had no qualms about tinkering with his brand new rider mower for hours to shave […]
-
05/01/2003
Marketplace
High-Def Set-Top Pioneer Electronics has begun shipping its Voyager 3510HD digital set-top box to Time Warner Cable. With the Voyager 3510HD, cable customers will have the ability to view high-definition programs in all 16 ATSC formats supported by the cable industry including 720p, 1080i, as well as 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios. The set-top also […]
-
05/01/2003
Insight Operator of the Year
Remember the New Economy? And its ideal of a flexible, flat, networked, customer-focused and fast company? Meet Insight Communications and its technical team, Communications Technology's Operator of the Year '03.
-
05/01/2003
How to Plan and Manage a Rollout
As services like HDTV clamor for ever-scarcer bandwidth, much attention is being directed toward switched broadcast services.
-
05/01/2003
Trials, Deployments Yield Knowledge You Can Use Now
VoIP may not be rolling at breakneck speed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from real-world trials and deployments that have occurred. Here are some tips from the VoIP-initiated for prepping for your own IP telephony future. "Wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New […]
-
04/21/2003
ADULT SUBSCRIPTION NETS ARE NO EASY SELL
BY ANDREA FIGLER Playboy Television Network’s president wants the cable industry to view his network as a premium channel just like Home Box Office and Showtime Networks, not just as a pay-per-view service. “It is a mission for us,” says Jim English, “to get into a cable operator and out to the public.” Easier said […]