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07/05/2011
Shaw Acquires Assets of Sun Country Cablevision
Shaw Communications has acquired the cable system assets of Sun Country Cablevision and its affiliated companies Armstrong Cablecom and Enderby Cablecom located in the central interior region of British Columbia. Sun Country began operations in 1984 and has grown over the years to provide television, phone and Internet. According to its Website, Sun Country has […]
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07/05/2011
Charter, James Cable to Trade Some Systems
Charter Communications and James Cable have agreed to a trade of systems located in Georgia and Alabama. Under the agreement, Charter will trade its Douglas, Ga., system, which serves approximately 5,500 customers, to James Cable in an even exchange for James operations surrounding Eatonton, Ga., and Roanoke and Gu-Win, Ala., with approximately 9,500 customers.? The […]
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07/05/2011
Hitron Launches European DOCSIS 3.0 Gateways
Hitron Technologies has selected the MaxLinear MxL261 digital cable multi-channel tuner-demodulator single-chip front end integrated circuit (IC) for a new line of DOCSIS 3.0 related modems, EMTAs and gateways for European cable markets. Hitron’s CDA-30360 modem recently achieved certification from CableLabs and the CVE-30360 Voice & Data Wireless Gateway as well as the CDE-30364 Data […]
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07/05/2011
Netflix Goes Global, Certifies TI's Silicon For Android Streaming
Netflix will expand its video streaming service to 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year. Netflix has been streaming to U.S. members since 2007, adding the service in Canada in 2010. Upon launch, Netflix members from Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean will be able to watch a wide […]
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07/01/2011
How to Make a PEG Channel a ‘Favorite’
Does your city have a Public, Education and Governmental (PEG) channel on its cable system? A PEG channel is a channel procured by a city’s franchise agreement with its local cable company for the purpose of broadcasting PEG video content. Most people’s exposure to PEG channels represents a split-second glimpse as they channel-surf. The following […]
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07/01/2011
LightSquared’s Heavy Regulatory, Technical Burdens. Will It Fly?
Reston, Va.-based LightSquared is ramping up a unique terrestrial and satellite 4G LTE wireless network, using as much as 59 megahertz of terrestrial and L-band Ancillary Terrestrial Components (ATC) spectrum, mostly in the 1.6 GHz band. LightSquared’s plan is to lease its network on a wholesale basis to providers that want to sell retail wireless […]