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03/22/2012
Canadian Content Heavy-Hitters Set To Merge
In its efforts to acquire Montréal-based Astral Media Inc. and its specialty and pay-TV channels, radio stations, digital media properties and out-of-home advertising platforms in Québec and across the rest of Canada, BCE Inc. (Bell) is purchasing Astral’s issued and outstanding shares for some $2.8 billion. "Bringing together two respected and longstanding Montréal brands, Bell’s […]
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03/22/2012
Survey Sez: WLANs Are Hot With Enterprises
"Sales data for 2011 enterprise networking equipment are in, and the results are very clear: Enterprises are racing to upgrade their infrastructure to support the wave of wireless devices hitting their networks," says Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst/Enterprise Networks and Video at Infonetics Research. He continues, "While the bulk of expenditures still goes toward wired Ethernet […]
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03/22/2012
HBO Vet Joins Synacor’s TV Everywhere Practice
Michael Bishara is joining authentication provider Synacor Inc. as vice president & general manager/TV Everywhere.? Bishara comes to Synacor from HBO Broadband/Digital Group where, as senior vice president, he was responsible for the overall strategy, development and rollout of broadband products, including HBO GO. ??Notes Ron Frankel, Synacor’s CEO, "With more than 30 million households […]
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03/22/2012
NEC Feathers NetCracker’s Nest
Earlier today, NEC Corp. said it will spend $449 million to buy Convergys Corporation’s Information Management (IM) business, including its Smart Revenue Solutions that serve the communications, cable, satellite, broadband, utilities and logistics markets. When the deal closes sometime near the end of 2Q12, the acquisition will become part of NEC subsidiary NetCracker Technology Corp. […]
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03/21/2012
FCC Kicks Off Exclusive Contract Review
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) initiating a review of the exclusive contract prohibition of the program-access rules was opened yesterday (FCC 12-30) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The prohibition, which expires Oct. 5, was adopted some 20 years ago to promote competition in the video distribution market, “generally bans cable operators from entering […]
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03/21/2012
Lab Simulator Emulates Fiber Networks
A compact fiber-optic network simulator that reportedly can be customized to exactly emulate a physical network in the laboratory, with high reliability and repeatability, is available from N.C.-based M2 Optics Inc. The Fiber Lab 3200 is a 19-inch, rack-mounted, optical-fiber management package M2 Optics says can be customized with virtually any fiber type or mix, […]