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12/14/2011
ACA: Encryption of Basic Tier is Good, But Give Flexibility to Small Operators
The American Cable Association (ACA) filed more comments this week pertaining to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposals to allow all-digital cable systems to encrypt the basic tier voluntarily. ACA is concerned that various consumer-centric safeguards under FCC consideration would come with high and disproportionate costs and would make encryption, which will help operators monitor for […]
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12/14/2011
Conference Focuses on End Users' Ethernet Experience
The Ethernet Alliance will hold a Technology Exploration Forum (TEF) February 16, 2012 at Silicon Valley’s Techmart conference center, featuring a cross-section of business, industry, and technology leaders who will speak on a range of topics, including data centers, networking, the Internet, power issues, and the future of Ethernet. The conference “The End Users Speak!” […]
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12/14/2011
FCC Adopts Rules to Implement CALM Act
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that implements the 2010 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM), in which Congress gave the commission, for the first time, authority to address the problem of excessive commercial loudness. The rules adopted require that commercials have the same average volume as the programs they accompany. […]
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12/14/2011
Could WiGig Spec Be The Home-Networking Magic Bullet?
The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance just issued a call for developer involvement in crafting what it brags will be the world’s first unified multi-gigabit wireless docking specification. Assuming WiGig is successful in creating its spec, what will emerge is the last key piece of a technology that could eliminate two things: the need for wired […]
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12/13/2011
Harmonic Supports European Shopping Network
Germany’s HSE24 (Home Shopping Europe) has transitioned its multiple home shopping networks onto a Harmonic production storage and playout platform. A Harmonic Spectrum media server system provides continuous playout for the four broadcast channels within the HSE24 network, and a Harmonic MediaGrid active storage system serves as post-production storage for recorded on-air content and supports […]
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12/13/2011
Tampa Bay Advertising Interconnect is Operator Agnostic
Bright House Media Strategies, the advertising division of Bright House Networks, has signed agreements with Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Spotlight and Viamedia/Knology that will help make it more convenient for regional and national spot television advertisers to place ads in the Tampa/St. Petersburg market. The Tampa Bay Interconnect (TBI) will reach 100 percent of wired television […]