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03/24/2009
IPDR Revs into Higher Cycles
After orbiting the cable industry for several years, Internet protocol detail record (IPDR) is cycling into a deployment phase. "The big thing over the last year is that several MSOs are rolling out IPDR nationwide for their DOCSIS networks," said Randy Fuller, Camiant vice president, business development. "It’s going into production." According to the timeline […]
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03/23/2009
Broadband Stimulus May or May Not Focus on Rural
Last week, the federal agencies involved in the broadband stimulus program held four public meetings to solicit comments about the broadband initiative under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (For more, click here.) The $7.2 billion allocated for broadband stimulus will be distributed in the form of grants and loans, with the first […]
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03/19/2009
Antennas: Technology Revisited
The broadcast digital transition scheduled for June 12 may create some benefit for cable, which could see a boost in subscribers who figure this is a good time to make the switch to cable. On the other hand, consumers are starting to realize they can get more “channels” from broadcast networks than ever before. DTV […]
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03/17/2009
DNSSEC Aims to Fix Vulnerabilities
Commonly described as the phone book for the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates and translates a colossal number of hostnames and IP addresses. The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of specifications aimed at weaknesses in this system. Although there are many hurdles left in the deployment of DNSSEC, it got a […]
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03/16/2009
Cord Cutting: No Cause for Alarm
There’s a new term in the cable industry: cord cutting. Just a few months ago, this term might have conjured images of the birth of a first child. Now, it’s official industry jargon, conveying the concern that cable customers might become so enamored of watching video online that they will "cut the cable cord" and […]
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03/12/2009
CableLabs Advances Metadata Spec
In an effort to help cable operators transition from its VOD Metadata 1.1 specification to its VOD Metadata 2.0 specification, CableLabs has licensed a software product from This Technology. (To read the initial announcement, click here.) One difficulty with delivering VOD content is dealing with asset metadata. The content for each VOD title is bundled […]