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04/02/2009
Cable Show General Session Focuses on Innovation, Economy
Embracing technological innovation and withstanding the economic downturn were the two major topics fleshed out by cable and entertainment execs during Thursday’s General Session. "Technology is a friend, not a foe," said Robert Iger, president and CEO of Walt Disney. "We believe we have to look at technology as a means of maximizing opportunity. On […]
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04/02/2009
Cable Show: European Cable Wages Speed War
While U.S. cable operators focus on the broadband stimulus package and online video issues, European cable operators have different concerns. At a Cable Europe breakfast today, Manuel Kohnstamm, managing director, public policy and communications, for Liberty Global Europe, said European cable operators are engaged in a race to provide the fastest Internet speeds. "Up until […]
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04/02/2009
Cable Show Interactive Panel
tru2way is here, meaning not only at The Cable Show, but also in deployment. "It’s been a long road …. This is a great milestone to sit here and say we made it," Sherisse Hawkins, vice president of software engineering for Time Warner Cable, said Wednesday during the panel, "A New Way There: Cable’s Interactive […]
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04/02/2009
Cable Show: Wireless, Online Video Front and Center at Opening Session
The cable industry’s path to expanded bundled services will widen with the inclusion of two key services – wireless and online video. Those two rising stars were front-and-center conversation at the Cable Show’s opening session Wednesday. And though quality customer service, network reliability and price/value entered into the four speakers’ dialogue, it was wireless and […]
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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, […]