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07/20/2012
Deals Of the Day 07/20/12
In a boost for TV Everywhere, the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) says it’s successfully enabled more than 80 member companies with its Watch TV Everywhere (WTVE) authentication solution developed collaboratively with several key NCTC members (including Massillon). The group says most of the major programmers offering TVE content have been integrated onto the platform, […]
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07/12/2012
Events 07/12/12
Attendees at this year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in October will have a hard time choosing between the 27 workshops set in Fla.’s Orange County Convention Center; the group says this is a record number of sessions. Included are workshops that address such near-term issues as bandwidth consumption, signal leakage and Wi-Fi; business-services, including provisioning, service […]
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07/08/2011
NCTA to FCC: Kill AllVid
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) President Michael Powell sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, itemizing reasons why AllVid is unnecessary. AllVid is an FCC initiative to stimulate competitiveness in the retail video device marketplace. The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) for AllVid. Powell wrote: "The Cable […]
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05/20/2011
Ways CMAP Will Help Transition to All-IP
One of the primary purposes of Converged Multiservice Access Platform (CMAP) is to squeeze more technology into crowded headends. Initiated by Comcast, CMAP combines cable modem termination system (CMTS) and edge QAM functions. (For more, click here and here). CMAP also will help cable operators transition their networks to all-IP. At a SCTE Rocky Mountain […]
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02/24/2010
Operators Need Harry Potter Kids
For the lunch speech at yesterday’s NCTC Winter Educational Conference, Steve Collier, VP of business development with Milsoft Utility Solutions, entertained and frightened attendees with his assessment of where communications technology is going. The bottom line, according to Collier: It’s critical to have someone between the ages of 14-25 keeping top management up to speed […]
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02/22/2010
Comcast Subs Can Track Internet Usage
Comcast has begun offering Internet usage meters to customers across its footprint. In December 2009, Comcast offered Internet usage meters to some of its customers in its Portland, OR, system on a trial basis. That trial was expanded to Seattle in January. The technology will be available in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts within the […]