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06/21/2011
Telecom Italia Monitors Video With Tektronix
Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting (TIMB), Italy’s third largest digital television broadcaster, is using the Tektronix Sentry digital content monitor to ensure picture and sound quality. ??TIMB has deployed Sentry in its central headend and several other key locations in its network to monitor all of its high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) programming to […]
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06/21/2011
Amdocs Upgrades Smart Pack, Sponsors Cable Center Committee
Amdocs is making enhancements to its Multi-Play Smart Pack solution to allow greater flexibility for mid-tier and independent cable TV operators. Smart Pack is a comprehensive multi-play customer care and billing solution that enables support for video services, high-speed Internet and telephony. Smart Pack enhancements include: Amdocs Smart Agent Desktop, which provides customer service representatives […]
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06/21/2011
CommScope to Acquire Argus Technologies
CommScope has signed an agreement to acquire Argus Technologies, a producer of antenna solutions for wireless applications. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2011. Argus Technologies, headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia, provides a wide […]
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06/21/2011
HomePlug Powerline Supports Home Network Standard
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is supporting the IEEE P1905 working group’s efforts to define the first standard for hybrid home networks. A P1905 network would include combinations of stationary home networking devices such as set-top boxes, home gateways, Blu-Ray players and TVs, and mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and cellphones. The IEEE P1905 standard […]
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06/21/2011
Usage-Based Billing Gains Steam, May Garner Low-End Subs
Recently, three North American cable operators instituted metered billing programs for high-speed Internet. Phoenix-based CableOne and Calgary-based Shaw Communications have established new Internet tiers with different prices based on monthly data levels, following on the heels of AT&T, which began charging overage fees for DSL and U-verse Internet earlier this year. (For more, see Metered […]
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06/20/2011
Imagine Enters TV Everywhere Market
Imagine Communications’ new video processing platform – the ICE Streaming System – allows service providers to deliver high video quality across multiple viewing devices, with compression efficiency. The product is currently in beta testing with several North American service providers. The ICE Streaming System is based on Imagine’s widely deployed ICE Video Platform, which today […]