CED articles from November 2004

CED archives from November 2004

The new Goliath?(in perspective)
November 1, 2004... I don't know about you but I've become pretty jaded when it comes to believing almost anything the nation's large phone companies announce related to modernizing their networks or rolling out video services. I've heard all the well...

Comcast, Panasonic sound out OCAP plans.(Up front: latest news and insight)
November 1, 2004... Comcast Corp. has turned up the volume on a partnership with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which has agreed to license its Open Cable Applications Platform (OCAP)-compliant middleware for deployment in Comcast systems. ...

Akimbo nets TBS VOD deal.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Akimbo Systems removed some content questions swirling around its Internet-based VOD service this fall after inking a deal to pipe in shows from TBS Inc. The agreement will give Akimbo on-demand access to programs that fall under the TBS...

Terayon tees up CMTS upgrades.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Terayon Communication Systems has introduced two cable modem termination system (CMTS) software upgrades designed to goose plant capacity and overall network productivity. The company's FLEXable Plant Solution aims to do this through two...

S-A to port OpenTV software.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OpenTV Inc. inked a five-year licensing and porting agreement with Scientific-Atlanta, the second-largest supplier of digital cable set-tops in the U.S. However, it's expected that this agreement initially will have more legs in the European...

P-Cube guards against 'spam zombies'.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... P-Cube Inc. has travelled a pogrammable service control platform designed to give ISPs the ability to detect and quarantine so-called "spam zombies." P-Cube, which is in the process of being acquired by Cisco Systems for $200 million, said...

NCTI puts high-speed course online.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Broadband training specialist NCTI has released the online version of its High-Speed Data Customer Service Course. The Web-based course, which provides customer service, sates and troubleshooting training, features full audio and...

NCTA: cable-based HDTV available to 90 M homes.(Up front: latest news and insight)(National Cable & Telecommunications Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. cable operators now offer high-definition television (HDTV) in 177 markets, according to a new National Cable & Telecommunications Association survey. NCTA noted that 90 million of the 108 million U.S. TV homes are passed by a cable...

Cox rolls second VoIP market.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Cox Communications has picked Tulsa, Okla. as its second site to launch IP-based telephony services. Roanoke, Va. was the first. Cox is using an Atlanta-based softswitch to support VoIP in both markets, notes Mike Pacifico, the director of...

Arcwave airs out DOCSIS 2.0 plans.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... When it comes to DOCSIS 2.0, plans for Arcwave Inc.'s latest product entrant are literally up in the air. The company has added DOCSIS 2.0 support to its line of ARCXtend gear, which is designed to extend DOCSIS signals wirelessly to small-...

Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio division has teamed with Viseon Inc. to provide a videoconferencing service.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio division has teamed with Viseon Inc. to provide a videoconferencing service to the MSO's commercial high speed data customers. The MSO will use Viseon's VisiFone and VidiFone Eye-to-Eye videoconferencing...

USDTV chalks up sub No. 10,000.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... U.S. Digital Television Inc.'s value-priced, over-the-air video service has netted more than 10,000 subscribers since its launch in March. USDTV, which combines datacasting technology and leased digital broadcast spectrum to offer a limited...

San Diego takes broadband crown.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... San Diego has a lot more than a pleasurable climate going for it these days. The city also happens to be the most "wired" market in the U.S., according to Nielsen//NetRatings figures. San Diego, which touts a residential broadband...

Bresnan gets amped in Montana.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Bresnan Communications said it will upgrade its Great Farts, Mont. system via amplifier upgrade gear supplied by CableServ Inc. The technology will enable Bresnan to increase its network bandwidth from 550 MHz to 750 MHz. Bresnan, like...

Game on (demand) for SeaChange.(Up front: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... SeaChange International said it can stream high-end games via its video-on-demand platform following an integration partnership with Softbank Broadmedia (SBBM). The platform will be enabled through SeaChange's VODlink set-top software, which is...

Fade in ... in the quest to deliver movies to the home, cable has never been alone.(memory lane)
November 1, 2004... Beatrice Page was the name of the fading ingenue played by Ginger Rogers in the 1953 Paramount Pictures movie Forever Female. The light comedy won a Golden Globe Award in 1954, but otherwise has been largely forgotten amid the slate of 77 other...

VoIP: does it take two (or more) to tango? MSOs are filling out their VoIP dance cards, but some still prefer to boogie alone.(VoIP)
November 1, 2004... The cable industry and a troupe of partners have been invited to the VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol) dance. Just who shows up with whom, however, is driving the deployment phase of the business and creating an interesting, albeit unlikely...

Share with flair: new and emerging wireline and wireless technologies are enabling consumers to ship and share high-end photos, music and video with a wide range of devices.
November 1, 2004... Life isn't as simple as it used to be in the home networking world. Though the technology is still used to splice bandwidth among PCs and to printers and other peripherals, consumers are also tapping their home networks to ship around their...

Jump-starting FTTB: preconnectorized terminations and WDM in the outside plant.(Fiberline: fiber optic technology)
November 1, 2004... Many cable TV operators today are looking to significantly expand their revenue base by delivering fiber services to business and government customers. To compete effectively in the emerging fiber-to-the-business (FTTB) market, service...

All-digital, eh? Canadian MSOs make the leap with simulcast service.(Networking: advanced networking technology)
November 1, 2004... If you want to see what all digital cable TV service looks like, you have only Io look a hit north of the border. While most major U.S. cable operators are still mulling a move to all-digital TV service, there has been an avalanche of...

From workhorse to icon: the 704 Jerrold Field Strength Meter.(Networking: advanced networking technology)
November 1, 2004... The history of the Jerrold 704 Field Strength Meter spans practically the entire life" of the cable television industry. Conceived in 1951, shortly after the original seeds of the industry were planted in 1948-1950 in Oregon, Arkansas and...

Getting a grip on DOCSIS: network reliability equals increased revenue.(Networking: advanced networking technology)
November 1, 2004... Data-Over-Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is the vehicle for cable operators to obtain immediate revenue-generating opportunities such as broadband data, voice-over-IP, IP video-on-demand, and countless emerging IP-based...

Keying on convergence: CableLabs CTO Ralph Brown is connecting the dots between DOCSIS, CableHome and PacketCable.(Networking: advanced networking technology)
November 1, 2004... As cable services converge, so converge the myriad projects at CableLabs. One of the key people tasked with ensuring that they all work together cohesively is Ralph Brown, the newly-named chief technology officer of CableLabs. Brown, a former...

Creating a model teleworker program: 10 things to consider before implementing a teleworker solution.(Broadband: business and news perspective)
November 1, 2004... Teleworking has definitely evolved from casual to mainstream, and the benefits are numerous. Today, companies are putting programs in place to not only help their employees cope with long commutes, but to realize other significant benefits for...

Multiple choices.(In the loop)(Column)
November 1, 2004... By the time you read this, the United States will be on the verge of one of the most potentially polarizing presidential elections ever, or the election will have been decided and half the country will be left to wonder how they're going to...

CLI Buster.(Product Reviews)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Les Friedland Associates Ltd. has announced the CLI Buster, a device which forces technicians to tighten the F-Fittings completely, with a specified torque, at the tap plate. This in turn eliminates the number-one cause of CLI leakage in a...

Fiber enclosure series.(Product Reviews)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Alpha Technologies has introduced the PMR and GMR--new enclosures specifically designed to support FTTx powering applications. The PMR-S2 enclosure is a pole-mount enclosure with 14 RU (rack units) in a 19-inch rack. The...

Frequency agile modulator.(Cable TV Modulator)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... SASKATOON, SK -- VCom Inc. has introduced its MA3000 high-density, modular, frequency agile cable TV modulator. Each system chassis, with a common power supply, can contain up to 10 independent modulators in a 4U rack-mount configuration. Each...

Category 6 cable.(Product Reviews)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- Mohawk has released GigaLAN VoTP (Video over Twisted Pair), an enhanced Category 6 cable for broadband video applications. Using twisted pair technology, signals can be delivered with fidelity for applications such as cable...

12-bit, 135 Msps ADC.(Product Reviews)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... MILPITAS, Calif. -- Linear Technology has announced a new family of high-speed, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that combines AC performance with low power, making them suited for a range of cable and wireless communications systems. The...

DVR/PVR threats and opportunities.(capital currents)
November 1, 2004... You can call them DVRs (digital video recorders). Or you can call them PVRs (personal video recorders). Either way, they pose serious threats for some business plans, and create great opportunities for others. You can turn your computer...

F-connector cross-reference chart.(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... F-CONNECTOR CROSS-REFERENCE CHART DIGICON CONNECTORS Series: Series: S Digicon Type II Compression * ...