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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 […]
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06/20/2011
3D TV Success Looks Doubtful in United Kingdom
A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that fewer than half of the 11 million 3D TV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will be active and regular users of 3DTV content. Last year, almost 90 percent of homes with 3D-ready sets were “active” users. This much higher proportion results from early-adopters being […]
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06/20/2011
SeaChange, Avail-TVN Partner for Multi-Screen Video
SeaChange International is combining its Express multi-screen cloud based service offering with Avail-TVN’s expertise in content licensing, asset management and delivery, so video operators can add PC, tablet or mobile device streaming, including Apple and Android, to existing TV services within a few weeks. Solution components include: SeaChange Adrenalin Multi-Screen Back Office Software Linear and […]
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06/20/2011
Amdocs to Acquire Bridgewater Systems for $211 Million
Amdocs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of Bridgewater Systems’ outstanding common shares pursuant to a plan of arrangement that is subject to Bridgewater’s shareholder approval and customary closing conditions, including certain regulatory approvals. The transaction is valued at approximately $211 million. The boards of directors of Bridgewater and Amdocs have each […]
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06/20/2011
Comcast Ramps Metro E with Cisco, Ciena
Ciena’s Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) platforms are being deployed by Comcast as customer premise equipment for business services and wireless backhaul. ?Comcast is deploying Ciena’s LE-311v, which is part of a family of service delivery and aggregation platforms that address a wide range of application and service requirements. To help accelerate its Metro Ethernet […]