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11/01/2009
System of the Year: Comcast Oregon/SW Washington
It’s hard to discount the significance of Project Cavalry, Comcast’s two-year, $1 billion analog reclamation project that began in November 2008. The massive undertaking is a bona fide game changer. In a May 5, 2009 note, Bernstein Research Senior Analyst Craig Moffett called it "the most important capacity expansion project in Cable’s history." It is […]
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11/01/2009
Broadband: What is a Micro-Reflection?
The study of transmission lines often begins with the assumption that a signal source, a lossless transmission line, and load have equal impedances. Under that scenario, all of an incident wave’s power transmitted from the source is absorbed by the load. In the real world, the impedances of the source, transmission line, and load are […]
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10/29/2009
Eichenlaub Named Member of the Year
The SCTE has awarded its 2009 SCTE Member of the Year Award to Frank Eichenlaub of Cisco Systems. Eichenlaub received his award at the Annual Awards Luncheon at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo yesterday in Denver. Accepting the honor, Eichenlaub said in 1987 he was encouraged to join the SCTE by Ron Hranac, a senior technical leader […]
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10/28/2009
Board Taps Foote for Chair
On Tuesday, the SCTE Board of Directors elected Bob Foote as its chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Foote serves as the SCTE’s Region 12 director, representing Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Foote began his cable career in 1980 as a technician in his hometown of Ipswich, MA. Most recently, […]
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10/27/2009
2009 Most Influential Minorities in Cable: Regional Executives
The top regional executives in CableFAX: The Magazine's annual survey of cable's diverse power brokers and inspirational leaders
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10/23/2009
Talk of IP Video (and IPTV) Intensifies
When CTOs talk, the industry should listen. So note well that top technology officers at Time Warner Cable and Liberty Global included IP video their recent talking points about priorities for the next year. Time Warner Cable EVP and CTO Mike Lajoie focused on the customer while using his company’s four “Any’s” mantra. (The title […]