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09/08/2011
thePlatform Wins Liberty Global's Business For Online Video Management
At the IBC conference, Liberty Global, a cable operator in 14 countries, said it has selected thePlatform, an independent subsidiary of Comcast, to provide the back-end video management system across its online video properties. Liberty Global will use thePlatform’s "TV Everywhere" solution to enable subscribers to watch TV content on their computers. thePlatform’s, cloud-based, mpx […]
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09/08/2011
Simplifying MDU Deployments With An All-In-One Fiber Pathway
The introduction of bend-insensitive, single-mode optical fiber addressed many of the routing challenges posed by multi-dwelling-unit (MDU) applications. However, retrofit applications have remained problematic due to structural configuration and aesthetic considerations. The shortcomings of traditional cable installation methods – high costs, aesthetic concerns, multistep installation processes, concrete wall surfaces and craft sensitivity – created opportunities […]
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09/07/2011
Rogers' Home Security/Monitoring Goes Dual Network, Dual Touchscreen
Canada’s Rogers Communications is giving equal weight to home security and newer home-monitoring features when it comes to its new home-monitoring and security platform. Last month, the operator announced the availability of its new system for Internet customers in its cable footprint across Ontario. (For more, see Rogers Enters Home Monitoring Business). Powered both by […]
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09/07/2011
Sandvine Dashboard Shows Real-Time QoE
Sandvine has added a real-time entertainment dashboard to its library of network-analytics dashboards. The new dashboard provides business intelligence that is particularly relevant to streaming audio and video traffic from providers like Netflix, YouTube and Spotify, including measurements regarding the quality of the video experience, the viewing duration and the associated revenue generated by the […]
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09/07/2011
Virgin Media Business Builds Mobile Backhaul Network
Transmode, a supplier of packet-optical networking solutions, has signed an eight-year contract with Virgin Media Business for Ethernet-based mobile backhaul service delivery networks across the U.K. The deployment of Transmode’s optical networking systems will begin later this year with an initial deployment connecting 14 regional aggregation networks that will connect a significant number of base […]
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09/07/2011
Rice's 'Full-Duplex' Technology Could Double Wireless Capacity
Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless carriers to double throughput on their networks without adding a single cell tower. Rice’s new "full-duplex" technology allows wireless devices like cell phones and electronic tablets to both "talk" and "listen" to wireless cell towers on the same frequency – something that requires […]