CED articles from June 2006

CED archives from June 2006

Data mining.(to analyse companies network performance)
June 1, 2006... By Hisham Srouji, Senior Capacity Planning Engineer, National Engineering & Technical Operations, Comcast Using Normal curves to analyze network behavior A lot of money, time and energy is invested in planning and building large scale...

2006 Cable-Tec Expo: June 21-23, 2006 Colorado Convention Center.
June 1, 2006... Staff [TABLE OMITTED]

Should consumer councils regulate tech standards?(digital cable network technical standards)
June 1, 2006... By Jeffrey Krauss, President of Telecommunications and Technology Policy The Litchfield, Connecticut Cable Advisory Council recently asked the Connecticut state franchise authority to develop "measurable and definitive" picture quality...

Demystifying WDM access architectures.(Fiber to the Premises)(wavelength division multiplexing)
June 1, 2006... By Ken Chauvin, Marketing Manager, Technology, Corning Cable Systems How to design effective FTTB systems for flexibility and growth More content, more bandwidth, more speed...today's cable operator hears those words every day. As...

DOCSIS 2.0b.(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification )(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... By Jeff Baumgartner, Editor-in-Chief 3.0 remains in sight, but ops are considering an interim step that will bond fewer channels and give them the downstream firepower they need today While reaching the DOCSIS 3.0 summit remains a goal...

Go with the flow.
June 1, 2006... By Mike Clement, Director of Market Management, Siemens Communications How to cut a migration path to IMS & PacketCable Release 2 Cable operators are preparing for a great and necessary migration. To provide voice service to their...

Video's Urge to Converge.
June 1, 2006... By Brian Santo, Senior Editor IPTV is firmly on the telco agenda, but is it (or should it be) on cable's? Ask cable operators about IPTV, and they'll tell you straight out that of course they can do it. Ask them if they have plans to...

Got DPI?
June 1, 2006... By Stewart Schley Cable's original digital transformation was ad-supported Before the advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners began applying white mustaches across the lips of celebrities like Kelly Clarkson, milk processors...

Avoiding the proprietary path.(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification )
June 1, 2006... Jeff Baumgartner, Editor-in-Chief A top technical mind recently expressed to me a worry that the cable industry has grown so large and cumbersome that it, if it's not careful, could find itself getting bogged down to the point that it will...

New Products.(Electro Standards Laboratories)(Digital Rapids Corp.)(Firecomms)
June 1, 2006... Staff Fiber management system Staff Cranston, R.I.--Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL) has announced its fiber management system, which includes singlemode and multimode fiber fan-out cables. Designed to save front-panel space...

Wireless comes the partner.
June 1, 2006... By Gary Arlen, Special to CED Sprint JV with MSOs eyes innovative services John Garcia does not believe in the "quadruple play," nor is he a big fan of "the bundle." As president of the Sprint Joint Venture with four large cable...

Shift happens!(digital video broadcasting)
June 1, 2006... By Walter S. Ciciora, Ph. D., Recognized Industry Expert on Cable and Consumer Electronics Issues Say it carefully and slowly. We don't want the FCC to fine us! I'd like to take credit for this title, but with all of the lawsuits and fuss...

Balance of Power.(network digital video recorder)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... By Jeff Baumgartner, Editor-in-Chief For the network DVR to truly take off, its business and technological aspects must come together The evolution of the network digital video recorder (nDVR) can be likened somewhat to the development...

Imagine touts variable bit rate video-on-demand.(Imagine Communications PersonalizedTV platform )
June 1, 2006... Staff Imagine Communications, a startup based in the San Diego area, emerged from stealth mode last month with a $9.2 million first round of funding and its first product in tow. As for products, its PersonalizedTV platform is a...

Akimbo gets into the 'Homezone'.(Akimbo Systems Inc. signed a deal with AT&T )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff IPTV specialist Akimbo Systems has broken into the service provider ranks, scoring a deal to provide downloadable content for the AT&T "Homezone" TV service. The Homezone service, in trials today but slated for a summer launch,...

Upfront.(Comcast Corp.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff Comcast Cable is dangling a nice carrot in front of power users that take the MSO's high-end 8 Mbps cable modem service tier: Free access to a premium gaming service from IGN Entertainment. Under the deal, Comcast will provide...

Fiber-to-home communities stay on growth path.(Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association report)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff The number of "Optical Fiber Communities" in the U.S. has reached 936 in 47 states, up from the 656 communities reported in Oct. 2005, according to a new report from the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry...

Video switching--more than a bandwidth saver.(Discussion)
June 1, 2006... Staff Switching video leads to the availability of a virtually infinite number of channels, makes it possible to target advertising to specific households, and can even mean faster channel changing. And, oh yeah, it can save bandwidth and...

Automation key to auditing future.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) may have closed down its small cable theft office late last year as it applies more resources toward public policy issues, but that doesn't mean cable operators have stopped...

Upfront.
June 1, 2006... Staff Cox Communications has expanded its use of a targeted advertising platform in the San Diego market. Cox is already using the system, supplied by Navic Networks, in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. There, "thousands" of commercials...

RCN unbundles modem tiers.(cable modem service tiers)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff RCN Corp. has introduced a range of cable modem service tiers that do not require the customer to tie them to other services. On the low-end, RCN is offering a 1.5 Mbps tier for $16.95--a potential draw for dial-up Internet...

Time Warner taps into IMS.
June 1, 2006... Staff Time Warner Cable and Siemens Communications have become early movers in the world of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), demonstrating how the technology can be used to handoff fixed line and mobile traffic, and to support other IP-based...

Lappington takes reins of EGT.(John Lappington)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff Broadband industry vet John Lappington has been appointed president of EGT Inc., an encoding and digital video equipment and software supplier based in Atlanta. Lappington takes over for Greg Nicholson, who is stepping down as...

Upfront.(RCN Corp.'s digital simulcast services)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff RCN Corp. is among the growing number of operators to take the plunge into digital simulcast, a long-term play at bandwidth reclamation that replicates analog channels in the digital domain. RCN initially is simulating its...

TiVo bows cable-suited, dual-tuner DVR.(Series2 DT digital video recorder)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff TiVo Inc. is at long last offering a standalone model that gives customers the ability to watch one show while recording another. Addressing a capability that has been available for several years from cable and satellite set-top...

Promptu lands former LSI exec.(Giuseppe Staffaroni)(LSI Logic)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff LSI Logic veteran Giuseppe Staffaroni has joined Promptu (formerly AgileTV) as chief executive officer. Staffaroni will also serve on the company's board of directors. Former CEO Paul Cook will remain as chairman of Promptu's board....

Harshman heads up Harmonic, Ley retires.(Patrick Harshman was promoted)(Tony Ley is retired)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff Patrick Harshman has been promoted to president and CEO of Harmonic Inc. Tony Ley, an 18-year vet of the company, is retiring, but will remain on as non-executive chairman. Harshman, 41, also obtained a seat on the Harmonic...

VOD audience measurements inching closer.(Anystream Inc. and Nielsen Media Research Inc.)
June 1, 2006... Staff Although audience measurements linked to the DVR have already seeped into the marketplace, doing that in the VOD world is starting to take several steps forward. Some proof was on display at the recent National Association of...

Upfront.
June 1, 2006... Staff AOL has forged a wireless route to broadband via a partnership with Clearwire Corp. Under the deal, AOL will market wireless Internet services starting at $25.90 per month. The service, dubbed AOL High Speed--Powered by...

PBS to give VOD a chance.(Public Broadcasting Service)(video-on-demand)(Wider Horizons channel)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Staff WHYY, a group of PBS member stations serving the Greater Philadelphia tri-state region, is getting into the video-on-demand (VOD) business. WHYY said it will leverage the QuickSilver Agility VOD Workstation to produce and...

View from the top.(2006 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo)(John Clark of Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Interview)
June 1, 2006... Jeff Baumgartner John Clark of the SCTE With the 2006 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo ready to hit the Mile High City later this month (June 20-23), CED Editor-in-Chief Jeff Baumgartner caught up with Society President & CEO John Clark to discuss...