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04/20/2012
Spirent Fast-Tracks Mu Buyout
Spirent Communications plc just inked a definitive agreement to purchase privately held, Calif.-based Mu Dynamics Inc. for $40 million in cash. The deal could close on or about April 23. To address the fast-growing opportunity for cloud-based applications, Mu developed what it claims is the industry’s first solution that emulates real application traffic while generating […]
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04/20/2012
Specs Added To Qi Wireless Charging Standard
The latest addition to the international Qi wireless power and charging standard is a transmitter design that uses magnetic resonance technology that increases the distance devices powered to as much as 5 watts can be charged while remaining fully Qi-compatible. This transmission distance is suitable for charging through most tables and countertops. According to the […]
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04/20/2012
Upgraded App Flows Content To Laptops
Optimum App for Laptop, Cablevision’s latest update of its 1-million-downloaded Optimum App, allows Cablevision’s iO TV digital cable customers to watch all their subscription content live on any Mac or PC laptop computer in the home. Optimum App for Laptop offers the following features: >> Live TV – Delivers subscribed channels to Mac and PC […]
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04/20/2012
mDialog Offers Content Providers New Security Options
mDialog, a Canadian provider of video-stream management for addressable TV commercials on Internet connected devices, says its Smart Stream Video Platform has been integrated with AuthenTec’s DRM Fusion Server and DRM Fusion Agent. The mDialog Smart Stream Video Platform allows broadcasters and service providers to use their existing ad ops workflow to monetize premium video […]
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04/19/2012
So, What About Those QAMs?
Discussions on a new “converged access platform” have been taking place since at least 2009 (if not earlier). It started with the introduction of the Next Generation Access Architecture (NGAA) model that soon developed into the Converged Multisystem Access Platform (CMAP) architecture, which then merged with the idea of a Converged Edge Services Router (CESAR) […]
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04/19/2012
Harmonic Bolsters Transcoding Offers
Harmonic Inc.’s next generation of its Agile Compression Engine (ACE) now is on display at the NAB Show. The device incorporates the company’s H.264 video-compression technology “to deliver a new level of transcoding density with exceptional video quality for multiscreen applications,” Harmonic says. The ProStream 1000 with ACE reportedly is capable of transcoding as many […]