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06/29/2006
Expo Show Floor News
CT’s Video Reports was on hiatus last week during the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, but here’s a quick rundown of some of the show floor news. Pace demonstrated its Miami HD all digital set-top box at the show. The Miami box is slated for CableLabs certification later this year and has a commercial deployment date of […]
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06/29/2006
More OCAP
To learn more about OCAP and the previously mentioned Time Warner Cable trial in North Carolina, read this recent Communications Technology story. Mailbag: Gear Horror The June issue of CT let readers commiserate over crushed and mutilated field equipment in this story. AT&T Rolls Out Video Service On Monday, AT&T officially joined the TV industry […]
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06/23/2006
SCTE Notebook
HDTV was a hot topic at Expo. SA technical director Gene Canella noted DBS is using HD to win customers over from cable. To beat back the competition, cable needs to offer more HDTV, on-demand and streaming video services, he said. "Subscribers jump at more HD offerings, that’s the #1 initiative, the second is offering […]
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06/08/2006
Proxy Server
Switched Digital Video Webcast Communications Technology and Scientific Atlanta will plumb the depths of switched digital video during a June 15 Webcast. To learn more about the presentation, or to register, click here. OCAP Unleashed OpenTV’s decision to get on board the CableLabs’ OCAP train seems to be a good one (see main story) because […]
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06/01/2006
More on Cable Modem Upstream Signal Levels
A couple weeks after I wrote last month’s column, Cisco’s John Downey took a look at the manuscript and suggested a few things to add to what was said. Since the May issue was well on its way through the editing and production process by then—and CT’s editors give me a limited amount of space each month—I suggested that we collaborate on a second installment to cover the additional material. Here ’tis.
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06/01/2006
Mailbag: Gear Horror
The dangers that field meters, radios and such face are many and varied. Here are some letters as cautionary tales and tips for protecting your equipment.