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01/02/2003
Cable’s (Not So Clear) Crystal Ball: Execs Offer ’03 Predictions
Jim Robbins, pres/CEO, Cox: "NCTA will soon adopt Joe Rooney’s tagline as its own: ‘It’s the bundle, baby!’ — Comcast [CMCSA] will make Atlanta a new shining jewel of the cable industry by introducing legendary customer service, making all the Cox [COX] corporate employees proud to share their occupation at social gatherings. — Programmers will […]
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01/02/2003
'Think About That For A Minute'
Commentary by Steve Effros An ‘A La Carte’ Year Take your pick, as we begin this new year, as to what the major issues are that will face the cable industry. I suspect the list will be long, from negotiating through the turbulence of the "digital transition," to new hearings on cable rates and the […]
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01/01/2003
More on 16-QAM
Archives January 2003 Issue RON HRANAC It’s possible to at least double the raw data throughput of your upstream digitally modulated carriers by making the switch from quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) to 16-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation). For instance, if you’re now using 1.6 MHz bandwidth QPSK digitally modulated carriers, the raw data rate is […]
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01/01/2003
2003 New Year's Wish List
Well, welcome to a New Year. If I had my wishes for 2003, they would be that this is the year when: * The economy straightens up, and workers can invest their money and watch their savings grow. * We all overlook at least one insult without replying in kind. * MTV wakes up to […]
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01/01/2003
CableLabs Tackles Packed Agenda
One of the many rewarding aspects of technology is that it provides a place to take time, think hard, and make recognizable progress—which seems particularly enticing now, compared to the many unknowns facing the people of our industry who sort out regulatory and financial issues. My assignment for this column was to outline the strategic […]