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07/25/2011
HCI, Clearfield Team For Kansas FTTH Venture
Minn.-based Home Communications Inc. (HCI) is a telecommunications trailblazer in Kansas, so when HCI recently launched a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) project — partially?financed with broadband stimulus funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act — the company knew it needed a reliable fiber management partner. To accomplish this, Clearfield Inc., which has worked […]
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07/25/2011
Multi-Screen: It's Crazy Busy Behind the Scenes
The introduction of Apple’s iPad fewer than two years ago was a catalyst that spurred the introduction of video on hundreds of devices. But all that multi-screen video requires multiple versions of the same asset. As such, thePlatform and Comcast are using Elemental Technologies’ video processing to deliver the appropriate asset to different devices. The […]
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07/22/2011
Charter Offers Its HBO/Cinemax Subs Free Online Access
HBO’s authenticated online video destinations – HBO GO and MAX GO – now are available free from Charter Communications, giving customers who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax unlimited online access. U.S. customers can use any computer with a high-speed connection or iPhones, iPads and select Android devices with a 3G connection. "Charter is taking another […]
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07/22/2011
Want Enterprise-Level Streaming? Get It Free
Self-service video provider LongTail Video is offering a free pricing plan for its online video platform called Bits on the Run. Using this platform, Web publishers reportedly can get enterprise-level video streaming and management at zero cost. According to LongTail, Bits on the Run lets Web publishers deliver content to any Web-based, mobile or set-top […]
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07/22/2011
Asia Pac Set To Be Top Fiber-Optic Fusion Splicer User
Last year, North America was the biggest user of fiber-optic fusion splicers but, this year, the Asia Pacific region – helped substantially by increased usage by China – could take over the lead spot. Following closely behind is Europe, where splicer usage is beginning to top that of North America. A fusion splicer is specialized […]
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07/22/2011
Quarterly Report: U-verse Subs Just Keep On Growing
AT&T added 202,000 net U-verse TV subs during the second quarter, raising that platform’s total to approx 3.41 million while penetration sits at 15.5 percent. Miller Tabak’s David Joyce notes the telco’s loss of 34,000 co-marketed satellite subs that “so far keeps us satisfied with our cable company video subscriber estimates.” That outlook includes year-per-year […]