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06/04/2009
Content Anywhere Responds to TV Everywhere
It’s amazing how fast the vendor community can respond. In March, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, announced an initiative dubbed "TV Everywhere" to put cable programming online, but with the caveat that customers would still have to subscribe to cable TV to view the programming. Immediately after his announcement, the industry was abuzz with its […]
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06/03/2009
Broadband Industry, Meet the Jetsons
In the 1960s, Hanna-Barbera produced an animated show, "The Jetsons," depicting family life in a futuristic utopia. Those of us of a certain demographic can probably still hum the catchy theme song, "Meet George Jetson …." Jump to 2009, and the world is full of some Jetson-like technology we all take for granted such as […]
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06/02/2009
CMTS Bypass Works for Korean Providers
Harmonic announced that SK Broadband, a Korean operator with about 6 million subscribers, has deployed Harmonic’s Direct-2-Edge (D2E) solution to provide IPTV service to some of its customers. (For the initial announcement, click here.) D2E is a cable modem termination system (CMTS) bypass product. It transmits IP video from the cable headend to edge QAM […]
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06/02/2009
DVR Dissection: Monday Morning Quarterbacking CVC's RS-DVR
Last week's Solicitor General brief that urged the Supreme Court not review Cablevision 's network DVR case isn't just a potential victory for cable. It could also be a setback for DBS operators
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06/01/2009
New HDMI Spec Adds Ethernet
The newest release of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification could help cable operators expand multi-room PVR capability and use the set-top box as an Internet gateway. Under version 1.4, HDMI cables will include an Ethernet channel allowing for bi-directional communication, IP-based applications and speeds greater than 100 Mbps. "(You can) do it all over […]
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06/01/2009
High-Speed Internet Woes
Sometimes 'high-speed' isn't, and the problem can be anywhere between the sub and the Internet itself.