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04/30/2009
Flash Set-Tops Will Require Internet Connection
Comcast, Broadcom and Netflix, among others, have announced support for Adobe Systems’ plans to incorporate Flash into digital home devices to support bi-directional streaming of Internet video. The Adobe Flash Platform for the Digital Home will be incorporated on chips that go into TV sets, set-top boxes and game consoles to deliver high definition (HD) […]
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04/29/2009
Satellite Business Flying High
Right now is a good time to be in the satellite business. The profusion of HD and other advanced services, both cable and direct-to-home, is driving marked increases in the business of satellite operators, content aggregators, DBS outfits, and even satellite-based high-speed Internet services. Add to that the impending broadband stimulus package’s goal of pushing […]
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04/29/2009
Advanced Ads, IPDR on Slate for TM Forum
At the TM Forum’s Management World conference in Nice, France, May 4-8, a hot topic for cable and telco operators will be video on three screens, especially on mobile screens, which is of particular interest to European consumers. Other topics relevant to the broadband industry will include advanced advertising technologies, monetizing the delivery of video […]
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04/28/2009
MDU Owners Debate Virtues, Vices of ONTs
At the Broadband Properties conference in Dallas on Monday, speakers weighed the pros and cons of laying fiber all the way to individual apartments in multiple dwelling units (MDUs). Verizon’s SVP Technology Mark Wegleitner extolled the virtues of laying fiber all the way to each separate unit with terminations at in-unit optical network terminals (ONTs). […]
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04/27/2009
Cox Business Rings McConnell AFB
Cox Business in Wichita, Kansas announced that it has deployed advanced voice circuits to support communications requirements at McConnell Air Force Base. (For a summary of the announcement, click here.) Telecommunications requirements of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB included "a fully redundant network with disaster recovery capabilities," said Nick DiPonzio, VP of […]
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04/27/2009
Acquisition Nets Big Names for ISP Security Company
A Canadian provider of Internet security for ISPs has made a corporate acquisition that immediately positions it as a vendor to some tier 1 U.S. cable companies. Montreal-based Radialpoint has acquired Toronto-based Casero, a provider of online backup and sharing for ISPs. (For the initial announcement, click here.) According to Radialpoint’s announcement, Casero’s technology […]