CED articles from February 2000

CED archives from February 2000

AOL, Time Warner fuse.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... In what was touted as yet another "merger of equals," ISP titan America Online and media magnate Time Warner Inc. agreed to a $350 billion, all-stock marriage, marking the largest business deal ever. CBS-Viacom, and Gemstar-TV Guide also tagged...

`Personal TV' won't be a loner.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Though cable and DBS will help usher in the emergence of "personal TV," Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) quickly will make their mark as a feature housed inside the cases of cable set-tops and satellite television receivers, rather than as a...

Motorola, GI seal deal.(General Instrument Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Motorola Inc. and General Instrument Corp. put the final touches on their $17 billion merger first announced in September 1999, creating a broadband behemoth capable of bundling end-to-end convergence products for voice, video and data...

DirecTV personalizes, defines set-top strategy.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... DBS leader DirecTV Inc. and TiVo Inc. debuted the first satellite receiver to couple DirecTV programming with TiVo's "personal TV" service at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), setting up a battle with the EchoStar-Web TV Networks Inc....

PODs on track.(point-of-deployment in cable television industry)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Nine consumer electronics manufacturers, five conditional access suppliers, and three headend vendors demonstrated a "significant level of interoperability" during an OpenCable interoperability event conducted in MediaOne's Los AngeLes...

MediaOne dials up more markets.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... MediaOne has launched its competitive Digital Telephone Service to roughly 56,000 homes in the New Hampshire communities of Concord. Bow, Manchester, Allenstown, Pembroke and Hooksett, extending the MSO's telephony footprint in New England to...

DX Antenna wins DOCSIS certification.(cable modems)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs) has awarded certified cable modem status to Japan's DX Antenna Co., expanding the ranks of the DOCSIS 1.0-certified to 14 vendors. DX Antenna, which was awarded DOCSIS-certified status prior to...

TeraLogic secures deal with NDS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... TeraLogic Inc. and NDS will collaborate on open and secure digital television (DTV) and digital data-casting services for personal computers and set-tops designed for ATSC, DSS, DVB and OpenCable standards. Specifically, TeraLogic will blend...

Yassini's world expands.(Rouzbeh Yassini)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rouzbeh Yassini, who has led the cable industry's DOCSIS high-speed cable modem initiative for the past three years as an executive advisor to Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs), will take on a new role within the organization. ...

Nussrallah snares Concurrent CEO slot.(Steve Nussrallah, Concurrent Computer Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Concurrent Computer Corp. has promoted Steve Nussrallah to the post of president and chief executive officer, succeeding former chief E. Courtney Siegel, who will remain chairman of Concurrent's board and will "continue to play an active role...

FCC writes the book on competition.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted its sixth annual report on competition in video markets, finding that competitive alternatives and consumer choices continue to develop, but cable television still remains the dominant...

Road Runner grows up.(cable modem service provider)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The nascent cable modem market continues to make inroads toward reaching critical mass. Fueled by a heap of new market deployments and expanded marketing efforts, Road Runner says it ended 1999 with approximately 550,000 subscribers, tripling...

Building a cable fortress.(C-COR.net buys five percent stake in Fortress Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... C-COR.net has invested $3.5 million in Fortress Technologies Inc., giving C-COR.net a five percent stake in the security networking company. In connection with the investment, C-COR.net and Fortress Technologies have struck a reseller...

TeraLogic high-fives on hi-def.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... TeraLogic Inc. and Intel Corporation have announced plans to develop technologies that enable Advanced Television Enhancement Forum (ATVEF)- and Internet protocol (IP)-based data broadcasting services on Tera-Logic's high-definition digital...

C-COR.net bridges larger U.S. presence.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... CabLe network equipment maker C-COR.net has agreed to buy privately-held Worldbridge Broadband Services Inc. for approximately $56 miLLion in stock, a move designed to expand C-COR.net's U.S. footprint, and position it for a trend that calls...

Staff stuff.
February 1, 2000... CED magazine has announced a number of promotions and additions to its editorial, sales and art departments. CED Editor-in-Chief Roger Brown has been promoted to editorial director, broadband for Cahners Business Information's Television...

FLEXING your bandwidth.(developments in fiber optic networking equipment)
February 1, 2000... Increasing bandwidth demands from the roll-out of new services, coupled with falling costs of optical components and fiber cable, are forcing broadband network operators to once again review the way they're designing their networks. More often...

BREAKING the TRAFFIC JAM.(new technologies for the cable modem market)
February 1, 2000... New solutions and approaches allow operators to bust through signal transport gridlock The current focus on how much "F" and how much "C" should be in today's HFC networks is a subject that is increasingly up for debate as cable operators...

Network Devils.(notes from the Emerging Technologies Conference)
February 1, 2000... Emerging Technologies Conference focuses on keeping hackers at bay, as well as interactive TV and architectures Wondering what new features and functions tomorrow's digital set-tops will need? Spooked by the possibility that your...

Cable apprentice-turned-master takes home 2000 Polaris Award.(engineering director Michael L. Smith)
February 1, 2000... Adelphia's Michael Smith honored at SCTE's Emerging Technologies conference What began as a learning experience has morphed into a full-fledged, 27-year engineering career for Michael L. Smith, this year's Polaris Award winner and Adelphia...

MSOs take VoIP for a test drive.(voice-over-IP uses the internet for telephones)
February 1, 2000... Operators prep for service roll-outs with technical, market trials Now that the cable industry has united behind a uniform approach to delivering IP voice services over its networks, a growing number of MSOs are pushing ahead with plans to...

Ops adopt migratory node size strategies.(fiber optic networks)
February 1, 2000... Balancing benefits with the cost of technology Passive and near-passive may be the operative words when deciding how many homes warrant a single fiber node, but when it comes to the economics of fewer homes per node, cable operators are...

Avoiding the demise of broadcast TV.
February 1, 2000... This column asks a difficult question: Does DTV mean the demise of broadcast television? And it presents a possible disastrous outcome which is an unintended consequence of DTV This is not a prediction, but an inquiry into a possibility. Note...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.
February 1, 2000... C-COR.net supplies 21st Century launch STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--C-COR.net will provide 1550 nm optical transmission equipment to 21st Century Telecom to enable video, high-speed data and voice services over the MSO's hybrid fiber/coax network...

reader service.
February 1, 2000... Advanced Networking Advanced Communications Services Inc. RS# 23 PG# 44 ACSI provides advanced network-engineering services. As-built, CAD Drafting, Lode and Focus Design, Forward and Return Sweep, Ingress Suppression and Proof of...

business people.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... ICTV has appointed Robert Clasen as chief executive officer. He will continue to serve as the company's chairman. During Clasen's 25-year career, he has served in a variety of senior positions in the cable television and telecommunications...

CED's 25th Anniversary.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Long ago (i.e., in 1975), in a broadband universe far, far away, there was this magazine, well, digest really. Back in those faraway days, what's now known as CED was called Communications/Engineering Digest (C/ED), and it set its task to...

new products.
February 1, 2000... PRODUCT REVIEWS 860 MHz upgrade OLD BRIDGE, N.J.--Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc. has upgraded its Channelized Audio/Video Modulator and Processor product line. The MAVM and CAM Series of Modulators and SAIP and CAP series of...

The biggest decision.(FCC promotes growth of high-speed internet connections via digital subscriber lines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... What was the FCC's biggest, most important decision in 1999? think it was the local loop line sharing decision that came out in December. It requires incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to lease the high frequency portion of their wire...