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05/19/2011
CableLabs Wraps Another ETV Lab Gathering
Another successful enhanced TV (ETV) Interoperability Lab Event was concluded at CableLabs during the first week of May. The group notes the highlight was that “participants were able to run their ETV applications across a record number of 12 user agents.” The user agents ranged from cable operator to supplier implementations as follows: Comcast Legacy, […]
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05/19/2011
Femtocells Important To LTE Rollouts
London’s The Femto Forum just published what it describes as an “operator-friendly” guide to Long Term Evolution (LTE) femtocell architecture options now contained in the 3GPP standard. According to the report, the three femtocell architecture options outlined in the LTE standard support a wide variety of operator deployment scenarios. It details what operators need to […]
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05/19/2011
Conviva Adds Authentication To ‘TV Everywhere” Mix
Subscriber Xtension, a flexible solution designed for the business, technology and performance needs of operators and content owners deploying “TV Everywhere” initiatives, was unveiled earlier today by advanced video-streaming provider Conviva Inc. "TV Everywhere allows content owners to extend the relationship they already have with subscribers onto digital platforms in a personalized way," said Conviva […]
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05/19/2011
BigBand SDV Tech Reaches Nearly 40M Homes
Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and the Pacific Rim’s Jiangsu Cable LG U+ have deployed BigBand Network’s Switched Digital Video (SDV) solution. The technology now passes nearly 40 million households. According to BigBand, by increasing the bandwidth efficiency of their networks, operators are able to deliver more HDTV programming and […]
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05/19/2011
DirecTV Field-Tests “Receiver-Less’ Multi-TV Solution
Field tests of DirecTV’s Home Media Center now are underway, with the operator aiming at marketing a “receiver-less” solution to subscribers who have multiple TVs in the home. What’s running the project is DirecTV’s Model HR34 RVU-enabled server, which the carrier says “marks a major milestone both for the RVU technology and the new DIRECTV […]
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05/18/2011
Mexican Cable Operator Chooses RGB For Digital Upgrade
Cablemás, a cable TV operator in Mexico with more than one million subscribers, is undertaking a comprehensive digital simulcast upgrade of its networks using products from RGB Networks. The upgrade already has been completed in several of the more than 40 cities Cablemás serves throughout Mexico, including Cuernavaca, Tijuana, Juarez, Merida, Cancun and Acapulco. This […]