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03/02/2011
Armstrong Completes VOD Architecture Upgrade with SeaChange
Cable television operator Armstrong has completed an end-to-end video-on-demand architecture upgrade with solutions from SeaChange International. Armstrong’s local operations now are running SeaChange MDS 500 video servers in conjunction with SeaChange Axiom on Demand video back office software, enabling service expansion to 15,000 hours of movies and TV programs on-demand across these markets. Combining the advantages […]
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03/02/2011
Comcast Brings Xfinity TV App to Android
Comcast has launched its Xfinity TV app on the Android Market apps store. The Xfinity TV app originally debuted on the Apple iOS in November, and since then it has been downloaded more than 1.3 million times. Now, customers with Android-powered mobile devices can also enjoy its entertainment controls and features, including: ??Browse and discover […]
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03/02/2011
Live From NCTC WEC 2011: Bandwidth Soothes The Savage (Customer) Beast
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL – The August/September 2010 time period signaled the beginning of the bandwidth-consumption tsunami (fueled mostly by Netflix) that now has broadband providers seeking ways of serving their customers without going broke buying new spectrum. “Netflix is 30 percent to 40 percent of peak traffic,” said Charlie Baker, director/Product Management at PeerApp, speaking […]
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03/01/2011
FMC's Back Office: It's Complicated
When wired and wireless networks converge (or, should we say, collide?) with their different equipment, databases, business processes, vendors and service silos, it can get pretty complicated for the back office. The TM Forum works to define frameworks to assist the Operational Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS), and top-level management at provider […]
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03/01/2011
Tires On The Road, Apps In The Cloud
The opportunity for service companies to capture significant market share and revenue from the burgeoning machine-to-machine (M2M) communications phenomenon is upon us. The M2M market is poised for rapid, organic growth as the things we purchase, rent and use will become integrated into what some have called an “Internet of things.” Literally, our things – […]
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03/01/2011
Ensuring LTE's Quality of Service
When it comes to the mobile world, everyone wants more: more video, more music, more games, more social media, and the list goes on. As the usage of mobile networks continues to change, the promise of ubiquitous, “always on” mobile broadband connectivity is being stretched to the limit. That said, next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) […]