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05/22/2008
CableNET Review, Part 2
As a follow up to the previous article on CableNET, here are some additional highlights from this technology showcase at this year’s Cable Show: • Sigma Designs demoed a set-top box with embedded DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem that comes in either proprietary OS or Linux OS, able to run TV Guide’s latest EPG […]
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05/21/2008
Advertising 2.0
The cable industry has long sought to expand its reach and market share of the nation’s advertising dollar, and the topic is a live one at this year’s Cable Show. Although advertising on cable TV is projected to reach $5 billion in 2008, this is but a fraction of the $35 billion that the U.S. […]
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05/20/2008
Any Stream to any Screen Gaining Momentum
Moving video content to multiple devices is emerging as a must-do business model for cable operators and content providers alike, but pesky technical challenges, along with some serious back office and rights management issues, are slowing its progress. That was the prognosis for the three-screen model of delivering video content to TV sets, PCs and […]
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05/20/2008
Bandwidth Expansion and More
Former Comcast CTO and Executive Fellow Dave Fellows took a friendly dig at industry peer Dan Pike at the start of his technical session on Sunday afternoon by noting that there are two ways to increase bandwidth. "Either work harder or smarter," Fellows said. Fiber (the topic of Dan Pike’s session on Monday) is the […]
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05/16/2008
Suddenlink Rings West Texas
Suddenlink's completion of a 957-mile fiber ring marks the maiden deployment of Chinese vendor Huawei in U.S. cable.