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CMC Signs Buckeye as iTV Beta Site

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The Comcast Media Center has announced that Buckeye CableSystem has signed an agreement to serve as a beta site for advanced interactive TV...

SCTE Foundation Summarizes Q2 Grants

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The SCTE Foundation approved grants for six individuals during the quarter: · Frank Berry, Comcast · Ron Brunt, Deployment Technologies · Wes Burton (member...

Report: European Ops Consider VOD as a Competitive Differentiator

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

According to the ABI Research report "Video on Demand and Ad Insertion Markets," European operators will employ VOD as a key differentiator in acquiring new...

Report: 17 Countries to Surpass 60 Percent Broadband Penetration by 2012

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

According to the Gartner report "Dataquest Insight: Consumer Broadband, Global Penetration Rates and Growth Prospects," worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 million connections in 2007...

Harmonic to Deploy in Germany

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

ASTRA Platform Services GmbH has selected Harmonic's DiviCom Electra 7000 HD encoders and DiviTrackIP statistical...

Juniper Gets New CEO

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Juniper Networks has named Kevin Johnson chief executive officer. Upon his arrival in September, Johnson will also be appointed to the board of...

Canada Stirs Wireless Pot

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Ottawa's eight-week long auction of 282 spectrum licenses for advanced wireless services (AWS) generated lots of Canadian dollars - nearly $4.3 billion - and plenty of market disruption. Investors ran faster than expected. Bids for the variously sized (5 MHz, 10 MHz and 20 MHz) channels available in markets...

MSO Tech Innovation Top Ops Award: Pragash Pillai, VP, Strategic Engineering, Bresnan Communications

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Content is not king — not when it comes to the nitty-gritty competition among cable operators, satellite, the telcos and Internet and wireless distributors. They’re all dealing in the same content, more or less. The race for telecommunications dominance is powered by technological innovation and...

The End: A Look Ahead at Cable Advertising

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

Our all-star panel discusses the future of cable advertising, and sees a flip side to the promise of viewer engagement....

Infinera Tabbed for Optical Research Network

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) has selected Infinera to support its research on the experimental network testbed dubbed BEN (Breakable Experimental Network)...