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11/02/2011
Rogers Trials New Flexible TV Packageâ¬
Rogers Communications has launched a form of a la carte TV: the Digital Starter Pack. ?? "Customers have told us they want to build their own TV packages and only want to pay for the channels they watch," said John Boynton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Rogers, in a statement. "This trial […]
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11/01/2011
Why Cable Should Care About CDNs
By Linda Hardesty, Associate Editor This month’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo features two workshops dealing with content delivery networks (CDNs), and there's a good chance the topic will come up during the
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11/01/2011
An Energy Policy For Cable Operators: Import More Revenue
Operators are busy developing services and architectures aligned with trends in consumer expectations, online activities and social-networking behaviors. At the heart of these initiatives is the creation of converged experiences that integrate the consumer’s most valued media – premium video content – with the Web, device, social and app-enabled activity now part of their everyday […]
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11/01/2011
Susan Adams: A Doer Who Gets Things Done
"I’ve never really selected a position for the title or money," says Susan Adams, senior vice president/Engineering & Technical Operations at Comcast – Northeast Division in Manchester, N.H. "I pursued career options that were the right fit for my skills and interests and good for the business. I’ve always wanted to have fun and be […]
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11/01/2011
Suddenlink's Terry Cordova Goes For It All
Suddenlink’s CTO Terry Cordova recently was named to the 2011 class of Cable TV Pioneers by The Cable Center, and he currently is serving as Program Committee chair for this month’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta. Cordova has been at the forefront of cable’s product-and-service innovation, and he has worked tirelessly to make sure his […]
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11/01/2011
Going Green Makes A Good Investment
Facing a perfect storm of rising power costs, increasing demand for bandwidth and the resultant strain on existing facilities, the cable industry is looking for ways to reduce energy consumption and to increase access to alternative sources. Specifically, according to Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) statistics, in 2010, the cable industry paid some $1 […]