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10/19/2011
Broadcom Chip Achieves 1.25 Gbps for 4G Microwave Backhaul
The transition to 4G networks continues to drive the need for higher capacity and packet traffic in mobile backhaul networks. To meet the demand, Broadcom Corporation has developed the BCM85620 system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed specifically to address the need for higher bandwidth in mobile backhaul. The BCM85620 delivers Gigabit bandwidth and beyond and combines a baseband […]
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10/19/2011
NDS Touts Its Progress in India
NDS says its technology is providing an enhanced TV viewing experience in 20 million homes in the Indian pay-TV market. With an average of five people per household, NDS estimates its technology touches 100 million viewers. Sue Taylor, senior vice president and general manager/NDS Asia Pacific said in a statement: “We entered the Indian pay-TV […]
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10/19/2011
OTT Video: It's Mighty
With already 70 percent of all Internet users viewing over-the-top (OTT) video, its days as a marginal activity are over, says Informa Telecoms & Media. And the research group expects interest in OTT video to continue to grow. By 2015, 2.1 billion people will be watching OTT video, equal to over 80 percent of all […]
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10/19/2011
Free Source Code Offered for Advanced Advertising
CableLabs is encouraging programmers to create new possibilities in interactive television advertising by making the source code and development tools for a new advanced advertising toolset available under a free community license. Vendors and developers are invited to use the tools and to contribute to a technical community that supports new possibilities in interactive television […]
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10/18/2011
Getting Up to Speed on WOW
After spending the better part of 2011 transitioning from analog to digital video in all of its markets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, Denver-based WideOpenWest (WOW), which provides high-speed Internet, cable TV and voice, finally has completed that project and has updated its plant to support DOCSIS 3.0. "I’m happy to report the work […]
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10/18/2011
Harmonic Video Processing Powers Mediaroom-Based IPTV Service
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) of Walterboro, S.C., has selected the Harmonic ProStream 1000 with ACE high-density, real-time transcoder to power HD and SD video for its 290-channel IPTV service, based on the Microsoft Mediaroom platform. The ProStream 1000 provides PRTC with Microsoft picture-in-picture (PIP) capability and support for HD and SD, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 […]