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02/28/2012
In Barcelona: Nuestro Nuevo Nombre Es Mosaik Solutions
Network mapper American Roamer chose this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to bid adios to its current moniker, rebranding to Mosaik Solutions to “better reflect the company’s position as the leading source for coverage solutions for the global network ecosystem.” ? Mosaik Solutions’ mobile network coverage catalog in the world includes all common mobile […]
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02/28/2012
Channel Playout Gear Available In Three Flavors
Harmonic’s ChannelPort integrated channel playout device for Spectrum media server systems combines channel branding and master control switching with clip playout. According to the company, the modular device enables broadcasters, content owners, and service providers to “speed the cost-effective deployment of new television channels through a simple incremental upgrade to their existing Spectrum architecture.” Support […]
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02/28/2012
Programmers, New Group Partner For Multiscreen Security
Project Phenix is the working title of an initiative that, when implemented, will give consumers “an easier and faster way to organize, store and move their HD digital movies and TV shows across multiple devices,” according to its backers: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, SanDisk and Western Digital. In addition […]
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02/28/2012
Technology Challengers Duke It Out In Canada
Five companies — Alcatel-Lucent, Aurora Networks, Metaswitch Networks, NDS and RGB Networks — will demonstrate their approaches to provide cablecos and content providers with new solutions for managing and delivering content and services across multiple devices as they compete in the annual Technology Challenge next month at the SCTE Canadian Summit 2012 in Toronto. The […]
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02/27/2012
Cable’s Weather Report: Clouds Are Moving In
As the shift to the cloud continues, the cable industry is joining the natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization and service-oriented architecture, continuing the transformation of the traditional TV into a connected technology platform. In today’s struggling economy, businesses are realizing they can profit from virtualization. Cable operators are finding the cloud cannot […]
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02/27/2012
Entropic Sweetens The Pot, Wins Trident Asset
The bidding process is over, with connected-home provider Entropic Communications winning the right to purchase Trident Microsystems’ set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) assets for $65 million, $10 million more than it originally bid. The purchase now is subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and a court order authorizing […]