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03/02/2006
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Is Cable Hot for IPTV? Cisco/S-A is betting that cable operators will want to jump in the IPTV waters soon, but some seem to be content with the current MPEG delivery. Read more about it in this Communications Technology story at http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/1105/1105_doiwant.htm Cable Ready to Roam According to Red Herring, CableLabs has come up with […]
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03/01/2006
DOCSIS 3.0
Since its introduction in the 1990s, DOCSIS (short for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) has emerged as the leading standard for high-speed data transmission over cable networks. DOCSIS 2.0 is the latest member of the DOCSIS family, but a new version—the subject of this month's column—is in the works.
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03/01/2006
Special Section: IP Backbone
Suggesting the strength and flexibility of the human vertebrae and the central nervous system that they enclose, telecommunications professionals have long used the term "backbone" to describe that part of the network that carries the most traffic and connects all local area networks. The cable pioneers who founded this industry certainly displayed lots of another kind of metaphorical "backbone"—guts, persistence, tenacity—but it was only in the 1990s, with the advent of high-speed data and waves of industry consolidation, that the cable equivalent of the telecom backbone emerged.
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02/23/2006
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Olympic Snowboarding Here’s the link to Shelly Palmer’s article referenced in the ‘Snowboarding’ story: http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=39879&passFuseAction= PublicationsSearch.showSearchReslts&art_searched=Shelly%20Palmer&page_number=0 HD Decoders in Short Supply The Winter Olympics have led to a run on decoders for HDTV in some parts of Florida. Read about it at http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20060223/NEWS01/602230411/1002. Digital Simulcast Webcast Check out the recently completed Webcast on digital […]
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02/21/2006
Broadband Soapbox: Franchise Authorities, How Goes?
Hearings before the Senate Commerce Committee focused on local franchise agreements, with testimony from Cablevision Systems COO Tom Rutledge pointing out that while telcos such as AT&T and Verizon have been asking for exemptions, over the past three years Cablevision has renewed and renegotiated 100 franchises, about one-fourth of its total. Rutledge also noted that New York has streamlined the process for new entrants and that Connecticut also has a statewide regime.