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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 […]
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07/01/2011
DOCSIS 3.0 and the Tier 2/3 Operator
For cable operators that offer bundled services (television, phone and Internet), the past 15 years have given them their fair share of changes in terms of what services and offerings should top that list and occupy the customer focus. As a result of the rapid expansion of the Internet, consumers shifted their level of importance […]
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07/01/2011
How Pole Fees Impact Rural Broadband Deployment
In March 2010, the American Cable Association (ACA) applauded the arrival of the National Broadband Plan (NPB), especially the recommendation that pole-attachment rental rates should be as low and as close to uniform as possible. Thirteen months later, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the NBP’s key recommendation on pole fees, greatly improving the business […]