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10/30/2008
Turning Hardline Coax into Fiber Conduit
What if you could replace your old hardline coax with fiber without having to pull it down from poles or dig it up? Technology from Kabel-X is designed to do exactly that. Since its U.S. debut at the SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo in June, Kabel-X has been drawing attention. CT Senior Technology Editor Ron Hranac included […]
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10/28/2008
EOD: Bringing Ethernet Everywhere
While cable operators are interested in serving the small-to-medium business (SMB) market and providing alternatives to legacy layer two services, fiber builds can be costly and impractical. Looking for ways to leverage their existing HFC infrastructure, they have begun deploying Ethernet over DOCSIS (EOD) as a replacement for T-1 or frame relay services. (For an […]
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10/27/2008
DOCSIS 3.0 Update
Cable operators around the world have vetted and deployed channel bonding in pre-standard form for several years. European MSOs announced accelerated EuroDOCSIS 3.0 rollouts in September, around the IBC show. Last week, Comcast announced its shift from trial and limited deployment in the Twin Cities to full-scale activation of DOCSIS 3.0 in multiple markets. (See […]
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10/23/2008
All Digital, Small Scale
As the competitive marketplace intensifies for tier 1 and 2 cable operators, many are now looking for affordable digital headends, or some technical variation, to increase their channel capacity for HD, VOD and other must-have services. Smaller, independent operators are also looking for cost-efficient digital headends, replete with encoding, multiplexing and modulators, conditional access (CA) […]
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10/22/2008
DTV Doings
Reps John Dingell (D-MI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) continue to closely monitor the govt's administration of the DTV coupon program. The 2 sent a list of questions to NTIA 's Meredith Baker Tues about
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10/21/2008
Interactive Spring
Interactive TV is one season ahead of us, as the thaw continues apace.