Smaller Ops and DOCSIS 3.0</h1> <article> <h1>Smaller Ops and DOCSIS 3.0</h1> <p>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> News that Midcontinent Communications launched DOCSIS 3.0 services in June came as no surprise. The company has been a consistent technology leader. In 2007, CT magazine named Midcontinent one of its Top Tier systems, an early activation of 64-QAM upstream being one of its claims to fame. (Click here... </article> <article> <h1>Tru2way Missed But Not Forgotten</h1> <p>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The five MSOs that had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to have 100 percent of their digital cable systems ready for tru2way by July 1, 2009 missed their deadline last week. But Cox Communications and Comcast appear to be ahead of the pack. "We will clearly be utilizing tru2way and clearly... </article> <article> <h1>CableLabs Issues Ad Specs</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> CableLabs today issued an anticipated set of specifications created to spur the development of cable advertising and other interactive products. The Stewardship and Fulfillment Interfaces (SaFI) are comprised of component specs aimed at enabling interactive advertising, advertising within existing video on... </article> <article> <h1>Bullpen: Multi-Platform TV</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> More people are watching video on personal computers, portable media players, game consoles, Blu-ray players, mobile phones and so on. This is being driven by changes in TV viewing habits. Just how much are they changing? Well, quite a lot, according to Jeff Cole, who is director for the Center for the... </article> <article> <h1>IPTV</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Big cable operators grapple with issues such as CMTS bypass and over-the-top video, while telcos and small cable systems may have the latecomer advantage when it comes to IP video transport.... </article> <article> <h1>The Mobile Future</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Communications of all kinds are getting increasingly mobile. Upcoming packet-based mobile technologies could be game-changers.... </article> <article> <h1>JavaOne: Follow the Blu-ray</h1> <p>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> It's official: the CableLabs Board of Directors has selected Panasonic CTO Dr. Paul Liao to become the CEO of CableLabs. Underlying this news-of-the-day, however, are other efforts to tighten the links between cable and consumer electronics (CE)-facing technologies. At last week's JavaOne Conference... </article> <article> <h1>DOJ: Let DVR Case Stand</h1> <p>Fri, 29 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The US Solicitor General has advised against the Supreme Court hearing Cablevision's remote storage digital video recording (RS-DVR) case, according to a report issued by sister publication CableFAX Daily. That opinion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) would let stand the US Court of Appeals for the... </article> <article> <h1>MPEG LA Facilitates LTE Patent Pool</h1> <p>Mon, 11 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The MPEG LA, LLC technology licensing group announced that it has made progress in working with interested parties to create a joint patent pool license for the Long Term... </article> <article> <h1>ETV and tru2way</h1> <p>Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Both carry the write-once promise. One works across all of today's digital set-tops; the other offers advanced functionality across newer devices.... </article> </main></body></html>