ET/NCTA Technical Snapshots</h1> <article> <h1>ET/NCTA Technical Snapshots</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The bent at ET was toward emerging as unfolding rather than new. Points given for pragmatism.... </article> <article> <h1>MDU Owners Debate Virtues, Vices of ONTs</h1> <p>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> At the Broadband Properties conference in Dallas on Monday, speakers weighed the pros and cons of laying fiber all the way to individual apartments in multiple dwelling units (MDUs). Verizon's SVP Technology Mark Wegleitner extolled the virtues of laying fiber all the way to each separate unit with... </article> <article> <h1>Mobile Video Takes Center Stage at NAB</h1> <p>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> At the NAB Show in Las Vegas this week, there's a lot of buzz around mobile video, particularly mobile DTV. In his opening keynote address, NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr said: "By 2012, we expect 130 million phones and 25 million media players will be able to receive mobile television. An NAB... </article> <article> <h1>Business Service Mantra: Faster, Deeper, Wider</h1> <p>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Faster, deeper and wider is the new mantra for the cable industry's entry into the lucrative commercial services business as major MSOs and their smaller operator brethren move from small to midsize business markets (SMB) to larger enterprises. The go-go business services strategy being deployed at MSOs such... </article> <article> <h1>MSOs See Wireless as Inside/Outside Triple Play</h1> <p>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The wireless component in a cable operator's service package is gaining momentum as not only a competitive must-have service, but also as an extension of the customer's home network. That was the consensus of the MSO panelists participating in last week's Cable Show session, "AirPlay: Cable's Wide-Open... </article> <article> <h1>Highly Individual: Cable Show Tech Papers Review</h1> <p>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The technical papers prepared for "Highly Individual: Content Protection and Delivery in the Digital Era" session from last week's Cable Show took four disparate paths, at least one more off track than the others. In their paper "The Challenges of Stopping Illegal Peer-To-Peer File... </article> <article> <h1>Software and Hardware Come Together</h1> <p>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> A collaborative effort between two clashing cultures - software and hardware - is becoming a top priority for the cable industry as IT and engineering disciplines merge. Consequently, the deep impact of software on the cable industry is prompting a fundamental shift in how an operation runs, from billing and... </article> <article> <h1>ET: Chief Architects Value IP Cloud</h1> <p>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> There was a lot of brainpower on the stage at the SCTE's "Meet the Chief Architects" session at its Emerging Technologies conference last Friday. So it seemed a bit amazing when these engineering leaders said they look forward to working with the new generation of technologists who understand the... </article> <article> <h1>Carrier-Class Ethernet Service Getting Serious</h1> <p>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Carrier-class Ethernet service for the cable industry is fast becoming a reality as the typical customer expands to include regional business and multi-site markets. It could even replace the traditional T-1 architecture. Those were the upbeat findings of Metro Ethernet Forum President Nan Chen during... </article> <article> <h1>Targeting Advertising: Cable Show Tech Session Review</h1> <p>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Skipping generations of technologies with eyes on the end game, Canoe Ventures is working on the holy grail of advertising. Its objective is individualized ad-insertion as a national platform for cable operators across all services from video to Internet to wireless. There is no doubt that the team at Canoe... </article> </main></body></html>