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03/03/2009
ARRIS Previews Optics, Video and Data
ARRIS previewed several products on Monday, including an optical network unit (ONU) aligned with the cable industry’s radio frequency over glass (RFoG) initiative. Already a player in corresponding optical headend equipment, ARRIS added the FTTMax 1000 RFoG ONU as the subscriber endpoint. "It completes our portfolio," said ARRIS Access and Transport Division Vice President Bill […]
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03/02/2009
Hail to the Pioneers!
Well, it’s that time of the year again. The 2009 inductees into the prestigious Cable Pioneers lexicon have been announced. Everyone from Decker Anstrom to Matt Polka to Susan Swain will be officially inducted on Apr 1 at the Cable Show in D.C. The full list follows: S. DECKER ANSTROM RETIRED NORFOLK, VA WILLIAM […]
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03/02/2009
Netflix Flexes Muscles
Among several innovations directed toward the industry’s smaller operators spotted at last week’s NCTC Winter Educational Conference in Charlotte were over-the-top video interfaces in one of Evolution Broadband’s set-top boxes. In addition to a working collaboration with TiVo, Evolution was demonstrating applications for streamed content from Amazon and Netflix. The idea is simple: For small […]
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03/01/2009
Leakage in an All-Digital World
Leakage detection gear is analog. All-digital signals are, well, digital. Where and how do the twain meet?
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02/26/2009
Small Op Aims to Shut Off Analog
Coaxial Cable Television Corp. is planning an April 1 (no joke) shut-off of analog video as the final part of converting to all-digital delivery. The northwest Pennsylvania-based operator has worked with Transparent Video Systems on this project for two years, buying TVS multiplexers and other headend equipment, along with 10,000 digital boxes for its 4,000 […]
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02/24/2009
Looking Beyond DOCSIS 3.0
DOCSIS 3.0 won’t be nirvana for the cable industry, according to the opening keynote speaker today at a Light Reading DOCSIS 3.0 conference in Denver. "We’re still limited in the upstream channel," said Rouzbeh Yassini, CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures. "Good job, but no cigar yet. Even 35 Mbps upstream is still not enough." Yassini […]