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03/07/2012
Hospitality TV With Ads Goes Commercial
Based on its launch of the TiVUS HD IPTV system with ad insertion in a downtown Philadelphia room hotel, Omaha-based TiVUS Inc. now says it will offer its Free-to-Guest (FTG) HD digital programming “as a discrete product to the hospitality industry.” "A first in the hotel industry, TiVUS’ digital programming includes all premium, HD and […]
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03/07/2012
HP Adds Mezzanine Adapter To Fibre Channel Fold
HP picked QLogic Corp. as a provider of 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity for the new HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) server line. The Calif.-based QLogic developed a Fibre Channel mezzanine adapter, the HP BLc QMH2572, for HP ProLiant Gen8 blade servers. HP Gen8 servers and the BLc QMH2572 adapter jointly enable higher compute densities for […]
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03/07/2012
Hughes Sat Offering Gets VNOs Off The Ground
Virtual network operators (VNOs) and service providers that want to sell high-bandwidth Internet and private network access to customers without having to pay high upfront costs may want to take a look at Hughes High QoS Service, a new offering from satellite provider Hughes Network Systems. The Hughes High QoS Service is a turnkey, bundled […]
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03/07/2012
Bridge System Accesses QoS Data Remotely
At IP&TV World Forum 2012 in London (March 20-22), Bridge Technologies will debut its turnkey system for monitoring OTT and TV Everywhere services to multiple devices, including smartphones and tablets. The company’s microAnalytics System allows operators to remotely access real-time service quality data from set-top boxes, connected TVs, iPads, iPhones and other mobile devices. Comments […]
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03/07/2012
Give The Lady A Raise!
Customer experience. Those words are the mantra of 2012. You can’t read an industry news story without seeing some reference to “customer experience” and how it is the make-or-break issue when subscribers consider switching carriers. I’d rather go through a root canal without Novocain than deal with customer-service reps on the phone. The IVRs are […]
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03/06/2012
ACA: Proof Local Broadcasters Collude On Retrans Fees?
The American Cable Association (ACA) says it has “new evidence” showing that competing broadcasters are teaming to lessen competition in local markets by coordinating retransmission consent negotiations. As such, the group is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “to tighten its local TV station ownership limits to better achieve the FCC’s public interest goal of […]