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08/11/2003
A SLEEPY CITY WHERE HOPES RUN HIGH
BY ANTHONY CRUPI If there seems to be little to distinguish Harrisburg, Pa., from most other medium-sized cable markets, it’s probably a function of the area’s statistical “averageness.” Sifting through Scarborough Research data on the capital city is an exercise in near-perfect equilibrium; line by line, the demos paint a picture of a place that […]
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08/11/2003
TV'S GETTING THE ‘QUEER’ MAKEOVER
With Bravo’s Fab Five making TV history, last week’s historic election of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop and June’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay sex, art and life are seeing (queer) eye to eye. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy set another record last week. Episode four on Aug. 5 posted the second-highest numbers […]
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08/01/2003
BACKTALK
Got news, quotes or photos of people in the broadband cable engineering community? Send them to [email protected] for possible inclusion on this page in future issues. Adelphia Beefs Up Engineering Team Adelphia announced the addition of several new executives to its technology and engineering department. They included Tom Buttermore as vice president, data engineering and […]
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08/01/2003
Stream On
Video-on-demand (VOD) is an easy idea. Subscribers get programs when they want, with VCR-like functionality. Of course, it’s a far more tangled engineering reality. But subs don’t care about QAM modulators, video streaming or intelligent asset management. They just want the movie. In a recent issue of one of our sister publications, an article ran […]
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08/01/2003
Fixed Wireless: A Business Services Enabler
Recent developments in fixed wireless technology have opened a much-needed way for cable operators to realize greater returns on investments in the commercial services business, provided they’re able to cut through a blizzard of confusing information to find the right wireless solution for each application. With so much being written about fixed wireless trends and […]