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09/12/2007
Fire Damage
A fire Mon morning in Stamford, CT, has closed a building that houses several programmers’ facilities as well as Ascent Media’s uplinking facilities. As a result, the signals for A&E HD, History HD, YES Net HD and NFL Net HD were knocked off the air. YES and NFL’s HD feeds were still down Tues afternoon. […]
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09/10/2007
Deep Packet Inspection, Version 2
The collision of abbreviations, like that of celestial objects, is a rare but enlightening event. Take DPI, for instance. Digital program insertion (DPI) appeared on the editorial calendar of Communications Technology, and this month’s issue features an article on that very topic. Meanwhile, we heard from firms representing the several companies engaged in the other […]
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09/01/2007
Broadband: What's Your CNR?
"How many of you have measured the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) of downstream digitally modulated signals on your system?" When I ask that question at SCTE seminars, rarely do more than a couple attendees raise their hands. Most of the time, no one does. When I ask about analog TV channel CNR, many seminar attendees indicate […]
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09/01/2007
Editor's Letter: Two Cheers
The first publisher I ever worked for had written a book, influential in certain circles, called Two Cheers for Capitalism. It’s in that sincere but guarded congratulatory spirit that I offer these shout-outs: • To Harmonic, for having won the polling at the CableLabs Summer Conference Innovation Showcase for its Cable Broadband TV demo. It’s […]
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09/01/2007
More Top Tiers
Comcast's Boston market has taken ownership of plant to a new level while Cablevision continues to serve as a beacon for excellence. Together, they round out CT's 2007 Top Tier Systems.
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08/31/2007
360AM: FCC Urges NCTA, CEA Deal; NBCU Drops iTunes
FCC looks to end OCAP vs. DCR+ stand-off; NBCU hops off the Apple cart; WWE suspends performers for drug violations; and more Friday news