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03/04/2009
SeaChange Partners with TiVo
SeaChange International and TiVo have joined forces to offer cable VOD services through TiVo HD DVRs that can support CableCards. The offering is being touted to cable operators as a way to get more revenue from their VOD content without having to wait for tru2way. Using TiVo’s electronic program guide (EPG), subscribers can search for […]
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03/03/2009
Q&A with SCTE President and CEO Mark Dzuban
CT Editor Jonathan Tombes recently spoke with Mark Dzuban, newly appointed president and CEO of the SCTE, about his background, experiences, and visions going forward. An edited transcript of that conversation follows: You started in this industry with Vikoa, but your history goes back farther, right? Yes. Although I started in 1968, my father was […]
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03/03/2009
ARRIS Previews Optics, Video and Data
ARRIS previewed several products on Monday, including an optical network unit (ONU) aligned with the cable industry’s radio frequency over glass (RFoG) initiative. Already a player in corresponding optical headend equipment, ARRIS added the FTTMax 1000 RFoG ONU as the subscriber endpoint. "It completes our portfolio," said ARRIS Access and Transport Division Vice President Bill […]
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03/02/2009
Hail to the Pioneers!
Well, it’s that time of the year again. The 2009 inductees into the prestigious Cable Pioneers lexicon have been announced. Everyone from Decker Anstrom to Matt Polka to Susan Swain will be officially inducted on Apr 1 at the Cable Show in D.C. The full list follows: S. DECKER ANSTROM RETIRED NORFOLK, VA WILLIAM […]
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03/02/2009
Netflix Flexes Muscles
Among several innovations directed toward the industry’s smaller operators spotted at last week’s NCTC Winter Educational Conference in Charlotte were over-the-top video interfaces in one of Evolution Broadband’s set-top boxes. In addition to a working collaboration with TiVo, Evolution was demonstrating applications for streamed content from Amazon and Netflix. The idea is simple: For small […]
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03/01/2009
Leakage in an All-Digital World
Leakage detection gear is analog. All-digital signals are, well, digital. Where and how do the twain meet?