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04/12/2012
Toolset Provides ITU-Based Video Quality Testing
With the help of an algorithm recently recommended by the ITU-T, the Q-Master2 toolset from Silicon Valley-based QoE Systems measures video quality using a single metric: the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) that gauges video quality as perceived by an actual viewer. The Q-Master2 uses predetermined video clips for testing while also enabling the use of […]
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04/12/2012
Charter Ad Options Now Include Viewer Interactivity
Charter Communications will deploy FourthWall Media’s Ad Widgets interactive solutions to approximately 800,000 digital households in five markets, “providing the capability for interactive advertising and laying the groundwork for additional interactive capabilities for consumers,” the operator says. Ad Widgets is an end-to-end interactive-TV advertising solution built on CableLabs’ EBIF and SaFI standards, and tailored to […]
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04/12/2012
Growing The Cable Industry: Thought Leaders Outline Next-Gen Plans
Cable industry executives flocked to The Cable Center in Denver recently for a day of briefings by analysts and senior executives both from multiple system operators (MSOs) and key industry hardware suppliers. For more than eight hours they heard about everything from the life cycle of the industry’s DOCSIS standard to the revolution in video […]
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04/11/2012
Interface Bridges BTS, DAS
According to CommScope, its “all-in-one” intelligent point of interface – dubbed i-POI – “offers a smarter way to bridge the connection between base transceiver stations (BTS) and the distributed antenna systems (DAS) that enable wireless connectivity in buildings and large venues.”?? The company cites industry estimates that say more than 75 percent of today’s mobile […]
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04/11/2012
Big Apple Businesses Get HD Managed Video
Optimum Lightpath, which provides Ethernet-based solutions for New York City businesses, says its Managed Video service now supports 1.485 GB linear uncompressed HD-SDI over dedicated wavelengths. The update targets media production facilities, broadcasters, television stations, video relay bureaus and content distributors that want to transport video of live events to various local destinations. The service […]
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04/11/2012
New Weapons In BlackArrow’s Quiver
The BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System now includes the Ad Router and a Business Suite of software tools that allow service providers to offer programmers an expanded menu of options to control and manage their ad inventories. Currently in both deployment and trials, the Ad Router and Business Suite comply with SCTE 130 and other […]