As always, SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo is the event of the year ...... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24881.html Wed, 1 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Sandvine's acquisitions of CableMatrix and Simplicita were two of the ...... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24920.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT Telephony was the dog that didn't bark (too loudly) at Cable-Tec Expo... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24759.html Tue, 24 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT As always, Expo is the event of the year for cable technologists, and 2007 has been no exception. At CT, we're very fortunate to have the input and advice of some of the most prominent of those technologists - as regular columnists, on our editorial advisory board, and, most germane to the topic at hand, as... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24679.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT Conditional access and the small system. The saga continues... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24610.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT This year's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo showed how complex cable's digital video network has become, including switched digital video, CableCards and OpenCable... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24522.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT High-definition channels are at the front of consumer's minds as the prices drop on HDTV sets and the average size of the screens grows a few inches each year. HD is also the front line in the battle for subscribers between the cable industry and its competitors, so last Thursday's Expo workshop... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24258.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT The buzzwords swarming around the edge QAM releases on the show floor were high-density, universal, redundant, and efficient with a few mentions of interoperability-and even deployments-thrown in for good measure. C-COR stressed the low power consumption of its CHP Max5000 eQAM module, which it says is 40... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24172.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT Changing technology, triple and quad play, home networking, baby boomer retirement, and the entry of the millennial generation into the work force are just some of the factors operators must contend with as they look to hire, train and retain technicians. With all the technology coming online and the future... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24173.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT The underlying message of the switched digital technical sessions is that if a relatively few strategic parameters are carefully planned, implementation can be a short and easy process. BigBand's Bob Wolfe pointed out some key variables in the "Installation and Monitoring" technical session. Wolfe... http://www.cable360.net/cable-tec/hottopics/24190.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT