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12/01/2011
What Is RF? It's Like Magic
The cable industry has, since the very first systems in the late 1940s, embraced and been based on radio frequency (RF) technology. These days, we’ve also embraced the digital world — and a subset of digital technology called Internet protocol (IP) — but RF still is needed in most cable networks to transport digital data […]
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12/01/2011
The Winning Season
When I was much younger – and in the days before “Fashion Police” – I used to love to watch the movie stars walk the red carpet prior to the Academy Awards. Later on in life, it’s been much more interesting to learn who made those clothes, who designed those sets, who did the fancy […]
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12/01/2011
Buckeye CableSystem Named 2011 System of the Year by Communications Technology
Communications Technology magazine today named Buckeye CableSystem, part of Ohio-based Block Communications Inc., as its 2011 System of the Year. Set by Communications Technology’s editorial team, the criteria for the selection of the System of the Year include the following: A continuous push to upgrade and improve technical operations, innovation in testing and development, high […]
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12/01/2011
Dell'Oro: DOCSIS 3.0 CPE Shipments Grow
A new report by Dell’Oro Group shows that penetration of higher functioned cable consumer premise equipment (CPE) including DOCSIS 3.0 enabled devices, as well as those that have embedded wireless LAN, is rapidly increasing as shipments for CPE bearing these features doubled over the year-ago period during the third quarter of 2011. “With costs for […]
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12/01/2011
Visible World Leverages tru2way for Addressable Advertising
Visible World has released a tru2way compliant addressable advertising solution, which enables marketers to target their television commercials to relevant audiences based on customized demographic segmentation data. As U.S. cable operators deploy tru2way-enabled devices across their footprint, it creates a national standardized middleware platform for interactivity and advertising applications. Visible World’s technology integrates into these […]
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12/01/2011
SeaChange Looks for New CEO
SeaChange International appointed board member Raghu Rau as interim CEO, effective immediately. This follows the retirement of the company founder, chairman, and CEO Bill Styslinger. Thomas Olson, former CEO of Katz Media Group and of National Cable Media and a former SeaChange lead director who currently serves on the company’s board of directors, has been […]