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04/01/2009
Experts Assess Video Quality
As cable operators offer more HD programming, VOD options, and interactivity over multiple platforms, video management and quality become more critical and more challenging, according to panelists at Wednesday’s first NCTA technical papers session, "Quality Matters: Assuring Performance across Multiple Platforms." It could be time for cable to "steal" concepts from other paradigms, said S.V. […]
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04/01/2009
NCTA Wireless Tech Paper Summaries
Wireless and Home Networking: A Foundation for Service Provider Applications Timothy Burke, Liberty Global The rush of competitive pressures and technical advancements are driving a host of next-gen networking technologies and a proliferation of wireless networked devices. Wi-Fi technology is being integrated into common devices such as digital still cameras and MP3 players and printers, […]
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04/01/2009
Cox Business to Propel Revenue Growth
Cox Communications is counting on its business unit in a big way. Cox Business is shooting for $1 billion in annual revenue by 2010. "We’re going to come fairly close to that this year," said Cox Business VP Phil Meeks, who’s been heading up this unit within the company since July 2008. "We’re on track […]
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04/01/2009
Carriage
Time Warner Cable reached a retrans deal with Cox Media 's WSOC and WAXN in the Charlotte area ( Cfax , 3/27 ). Terms weren't disclosed. — Cablevision will launch Style this week in new markets across
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04/01/2009
Broadband: Another Look at Upstream 64-QAM
My April 2007 column highlighted the efforts of Midcontinent Communications, a Midwestern cable operator, to deploy upstream 64-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) in a half-dozen nodes (www.cable360.net/ct/operations/bestpractices/22839.html). As of late 2008, the company had rolled out 6.4 MHz bandwidth 64-QAM in more than 60 nodes, largely problem-free. During the past couple years, a number of other […]
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03/31/2009
Optimum Lightpath Revs up NY Non-Profit
Family Service League, a non-profit in the New York metropolitan area, is enjoying the fruits of Optimum Lightpath’s labor. The 83-year-old organization has migrated from a frame relay system to Optimum Lightpath’s all-fiber optic network, connected its headquarters and several of its regional centers, and increased network capacity by 700 percent. "The speed inherent (to […]