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06/15/2011
EchoStar Unveils Aria Set-Top Boxes
EchoStar Technologies launched three new HD set-top boxes specifically designed to enable mid-sized and independent cable operators to leverage an interactive advantage in delivering enhanced video applications. EchoStar’s HC-620DRS, HC-410D and HX-410 set-top boxes come loaded with IP-based content management features and are optimized to support EchoStar’s new Aria ecosystem of hosted TV services. (For […]
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06/15/2011
Live From The Cable Show: IPv6, CCAP, Hall of Fame
CHICAGO – Here is the classic chicken-and-egg dilemma: Vendors say they aren’t pushing IPv6 development because there isn’t any content out there. Content providers say consumers aren’t seeing their IPv6 stuff because the equipment isn’t available yet. The first sessions of the 2011 Cable Show kicked off with a trio of IPv6 discussions sponsored by […]
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06/15/2011
Mobile Data, Signaling Traffic Drives Wireless Core Packet Market
According to numbers just released by Exact Ventures, the wireless packet core market, including evolved packet core (EPC), grew more than 50 percent in 1Q11 compared with 1Q10 due to sustained growth in mobile data and signaling traffic. Smartphone penetration and mobile-data traffic is expected to continue to rise into the foreseeable future, driving a […]
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06/15/2011
Survey Sez: Cloud Computing Interesting, But Not In Many Plans
A recent survey conducted by open-source cloud-computing software maker Cloud.com and its partners Zenoss and BitNami has allowed the three to identify the needs of organizations and their preferences for deploying virtual infrastructure, thus allowing the trio to develop solutions that best suit the needs of cloud-computing users. Survey respondents included more than 500 IT […]
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06/15/2011
Cable Show Opening: Business Models vs.Technology
Two years ago, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes spearheaded the concept of "TV Everywhere" to make cable programming available on three screens for cable subscribers. But in 2011, industry leaders are still trying to figure out the business models, and they’re no longer talking about just "three screens" but rather "multi-screens." At the opening session […]
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06/14/2011
Comcast Partners With Skype For HD Video Calling
Comcast and Skype have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable Comcast customers to make HD video calls on their televisions, whether their friends and family use Skype on their home TVs, PCs, compatible smartphones or tablets. ? ?Through this arrangement, Comcast customers will be able to experience widescreen HD video calling with hundreds of […]