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01/05/2012
JDSU Acquisition Could Mitigate LTE Outage Woes
Ever had your smartphone go dead on you? This could happen more and more as new Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks cut over worldwide. To keep ahead of expected problems, test-equipment giant JDSU is adding Dyaptive Systems, a Vancouver, B.C.-based provider of capacity test solutions for 2G, 3G and 4G wireless networks, to its acquisition portfolio. […]
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01/05/2012
Shopping For 3D Content?
Need 3D video on demand? Later this spring, Canada-based SENSIO Technologies Inc. will offer 3DGO!, allowing U.S. consumers access to 3D titles in the SENSIO Hi-Fi 3D format, including studio titles and documentaries. Here’s how it will work: After installing the application on a connected 3D TV, users select the transactional 3DGO! service to access […]
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01/05/2012
Why Pay-TV Providers Need To Access New Formats
Recent research says the rampant adoption of new viewing formats, including video on demand (VoD), and viewing on tablets and smartphones, by consumers will cause a much as $22 billion (30 percent) of the U.S. pay-TV advertising market to shift to new formats by 2016. Western Europe will see similar shifts, while the rest of […]
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01/04/2012
After AT&T/T-Mobile, What's Next For Wireless?
For the record, I was supportive of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, and was surprised at the intensity with which the government opposed it. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blocked the merger because they believed the wireless market would no longer be sufficiently competitive and would lose an important source of […]
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01/04/2012
Survey Sez: Accessibility Drives Content Demand
The proliferation of devices is increasing access to content, which recent data suggest is driving more consumption. Deloitte’s sixth-edition State of the Media Democracy survey reveals the introduction of new platforms has led to increases in the consumption of movies and other content. Deloitte’s survey assesses media consumption preferences of nearly 2,000 consumers, ages 14 to […]
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01/04/2012
Who's Buying Trident's STB/SoC Tech?
At the request of the seller, connected-home-entertainment maven Entropic Communications Inc. has submitted a $55 million offer for “certain assets” belonging to Trident Microsystems’ set-top box (STB) system on a chip (SoC) business in connection with Trident’s Jan. 4 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. If successful, Entropic would end up owning Trident’s complete STB product portfolio, […]