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Communications Technology
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12/01/2011
The 2011 CT Platinum Award Winners
Cloud Software for Subscribers Comcast Interactive Media – Xfinity TV App (operator winner) Targeting Comcast Xfinity TV customers who have digital cable subscriptions, the Xfinity TV product and its back-end components – introduced in the fall of 2010 as a complementary download that would deliver an expanded entertainment experience customers could take anywhere – were […]
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12/01/2011
Communications Technology’s 2011 Hall of Fame
Jorge Salinger In recognition of his work to explain and promote the Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other CableLabs members’ Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) initiative. Jorge Salinger, vice president/Access Network Architecture at Comcast Cable, almost has two jobs. His “day job” is being responsible for the company’s converged-platforms video, high-speed data, voice-access-network strategy and […]
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12/01/2011
Bandwidth Goes Over The Top On 4G LTE Networks
Such “over the top” (OTT) content as that provided by Netflix and Pandora Radio is gaining market traction, opening up opportunities and challenging service provider networks. Internet video is now 40 percent of consumer Internet traffic, and it will reach 62 percent by the end of 2015.* This type of bandwidth-heavy content is wreaking havoc […]
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12/01/2011
The 2011 System of the Year: Buckeye CableSystem – 'The Right People, The Right Comm
To say that the markets served by Buckeye CableSystem are challenged doesn’t quite describe the economic status of much of northwest Ohio and parts of southeast Michigan. “Toledo has been in a recession since 2005, and we aren’t out of it yet,” says Joe Jensen, executive vice president/CTO at Buckeye CableSystem and executive vice president […]
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11/01/2011
The Promises and Challenges of Multiscreen Advertising
The race for multiscreen video delivery is on. Most service providers either are in the planning or deployment stage of solutions that enable subscribers to consume video services on tablets, PCs, mobile phones and Web-connected TVs. Advertising has been a secondary yet important revenue source for MSOs in their traditional video services, and it provides […]
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11/01/2011
Deciphering Digitizer Specs For Wireless Apps
With wireless communications proliferating as never before, several parameters are important in the selection of a digitizer for acquiring and accurately measuring signals used for the design and testing of wireless equipment. Wireless engineering has become extremely complex in most applications, including cellphones, computer network components, satellite communications and commercial broadcast transmitters, all of which […]