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09/02/2011
Charter Completes Missouri Acquisitions
Charter Communications has completed the acquisition of broadband systems serving approximately 16,000 customers in Missouri from US Cable of Coastal Texas. "Our objective is to provide value to our customers and enhance their experience with Charter," said Charter President of Operations Steven Apodaca in a statement. "This acquisition is aligned with our strategy of strengthening […]
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09/02/2011
Digital Rapids Powers Multiscreen Video for IBC Show
IBC TV News, the official news channel of the IBC conference and exhibition, will again use Digital Rapids’ multi-format encoding systems to transform content for the IBC TV News website and mobile distribution. In addition to on-demand Web and mobile clips, IBC TV News also will feature live streaming of news updates on the Web. […]
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09/02/2011
Time Warner Cable's Research Program Issues 3 Reports
As part of its Research Program on Digital Communications, Time Warner Cable released reports on three topics: the Internet, smart grids and social networks. The reports released today are: Remaking the Internet: Taking Network Architecture to the Next Level, by Richard Bennett, Research Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.? Realizing the Smart Grid Imperative: A […]
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09/02/2011
Starz Cuts Off Netflix
Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht issued the following statement regarding the status of affiliation agreement renewal discussions with Netflix: "Starz Entertainment has ended contract renewal negotiations with Netflix. When the agreement expires on February 28, 2012, Starz will cease to distribute its content on the Netflix streaming platform. This decision is a result of […]
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09/02/2011
Cord Cutting: A Slow But Steady Thing
From the look of it, consumers gradually are shifting from viewing TV from the couch to watching content via online video streaming. Ericsson ConsumerLab just released the results of its study, "TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2011," showing people are spending slightly less time watching scheduled broadcast TV and more time watching online TV. […]
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09/01/2011
Delivering At the Point Of More Return
As upstream services have become more sophisticated, so, too, has the supporting return-path technology. In the plant, return paths based on low-cost Fabry-Perot (FP) lasers proved sufficient for set-top-box (STB) communications. However, laser technology advanced to meet new challenges of DOCSIS. This included higher power, lower noise FP lasers and the introduction of distributed feedback […]