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02/01/2006
Digital Video Technologies
New techniques for encoding, multiplexing, inserting programs, decoding and processing were all part of last year's acceleration. Will new edge technologies turbo-charge cable's video engine?
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01/19/2006
Comcast Bulks Up VOD
Comcast rolled out what it says is the first branded, ad-supported network for VOD. For more about the fitness-based offering, see this USA Today-written article at www.redorbit.com/news/technology/361141/vod_offers_new_way_to_work_out/index.html?source=r_technology Next Generation Cable SCTE Chairman Yvette Gordon-Kanouff gives Communications Technology readers a rundown of the next generation of cable architectures and video-centric services at http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/0106/0106_stateofthe.htm "Backhoe Fade" Wired […]
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01/03/2006
Happy New Year!
Well, it’s here, so let’s make it a happy one! We’ve been writing about things to come, to watch out for, to avoid and to pray never happens. We’ve also been reading everyone else’s predictions for the coming year. (Note: I like Tom Eagan’s going out a limb with ten events he says – hopes […]
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01/03/2006
SCTE Prepares for ET
This time next week, the SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies will be convening in Tampa for the annual attempt to talk about the future. This is a necessary but far from simple task.
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01/01/2006
Speaking Out on Next-Gen
To complement this month's lead story on next generation networks, here are some comments on strategy and emerging technology from some of some of the industry's top leaders:
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01/01/2006
Those Pesky Bit Errors
Our downstream 64- and 256-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) signals are susceptible to all sorts of gremlins. Many impairments result in degraded bit error rate (BER) performance, which, if severe enough, can seriously impact high-speed data, voice and even digital video services.