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04/23/2012
Berk-Tek To Demo PoE Extender, Easier Cable Deployment
During the BICSI Canadian Conference later this month at the Scotiabank Convention Center, Berk-Tek, a Nexans company, will demonstrate its OneReach Power over Ethernet (PoE) extender system. The company also will present a technical session regarding PoE and its advantages for installing IP devices out to longer distances. The OneReach system is an integrated power […]
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04/23/2012
April FCC Meeting Tackles Cramming, Auctions, USF
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting starting at 11 a.m, on April 27, discussion several issues that will have significant impact on all parts of the communications industry. >> From the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau – Empowering Consumers to Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges ("Cramming") (CG Docket No. […]
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04/23/2012
April FCC Meeting Tackles Cramming, Auctions, USF
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting starting at 11 a.m, on April 27, discussion several issues that will have significant impact on all parts of the communications industry. >> From the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau – Empowering Consumers to Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges ("Cramming") (CG Docket No. […]
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04/23/2012
WIT Award Nomination Window Opens
Nominations now are being accepted for the 2012 “Women in Technology” Award, the prestigious honor jointly presented by Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Communications Technology magazine. The nominations deadline is May 25. Sponsored by Bright House Networks, the award was created in 1995 to acknowledge the achievements […]
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04/23/2012
Microsoft Runs With DASH, But The Race Is Long
MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) picked up steam last week when Microsoft publicly backed the standard. Specifically, the company blogged that, later this year, Windows Azure Media Services and certain client development kits will support MPEG-DASH as part of what it calls an industry-wide effort to "establish reliable video delivery to Internet-connected devices". […]
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04/20/2012
Video Gear, STB Market Info
According to Jeff Heynen, directing analyst/Broadband Access and Video at Infonetics Research, video equipment sales are up, despite the fact that set-top boxes are getting cheaper. “Two of the most interesting trends in the video equipment and set-top box (STB) markets are: pay-TV operators continue to increase their investments in MPEG-4 encoders to reduce bandwidth […]