CED articles from November 2005

CED archives from November 2005

Honoring Roger Brown.(CED)(Column)
November 1, 2005... When I first met Roger Brown about six years ago over breakfast to discuss the idea of joining him at CED, I believe it took all of 10 seconds to fall in love with the guy. A book called Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking would call...

Comcast takes shot at online hockey.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Comcast Corp. is looking to score a goal with its broadband Internet users by offering live National Hockey League games on its Comcast.net portal. In a deal struck with the NHL and Comcast-owned Outdoor Life Network, the MSO will be the...

TI rolls out VoCable gateway.(Texas Instruments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Banking on a philosophy that one is sometimes better than many, Texas Instruments Inc. has added wireless local area networking capability to its voiceover-cable platform via a single gateway. TI's TNETC731 VoCable gateway melds high-speed...

Motorola reaches for Sandvine PacketCable software.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Motorola Inc. will draw on Sandvine Inc.'s application manager software to strengthen its PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) offering under a new reseller agreement. Under the deal, Motorola will incorporate Sandvine's application manager with...

SeaChange adds content to the menu.(Demand Group Limited)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SeaChange International has entered the content game after putting up $13.4 million to buy the London-based On Demand Group Limited (ODG). Under the deal, SeaChange is picking up the remaining 72 percent of the outstanding capital stock of...

National Show relocates to Atlanta.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... With New Orleans out of commission for some time because of Hurricane Katrina damage, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association has gone to Plan B, announcing it will stage the 2006 National Show in Atlanta. The cable association...

S-A, Tropos mesh with wireless.(Scientific-Atlanta)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Scientific-Atlanta (S-A) has added Wi-Fi mesh capabilities to its hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) platforms through a partnership with Tropos Networks. Under the agreement, S-A will incorporate Tropos' MetroMesh Wi-Fi gear with its HFC portfolio....

Bell, Rogers to build wireless Canadian canopy.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Two traditional competitors in Canada have found common ground when it comes to the build-out of a massive wireless broadband network. Rogers Communications, which operates Rogers Cable, and Bell Canada have agreed to jointly build and...

DeGabrielle takes helm of Arroyo.(Rick DeGabrielle )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Arroyo Video Solutions Inc. has tapped Rick DeGabrielle as president and CEO, fitting a post that has remained vacant-at least in the permanent sense-at the video server startup for much of the year. Kim Kelly, a former Insight...

SCTE adds IP pro.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)
November 1, 2005... Hugh Brydges has joined The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers as director, advanced network technologies program development. Brydges will head up researching, writing and reviewing technical content for the organization's...

BroadLogic chip targets high speeds.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)
November 1, 2005... Silicon startup BroadLogic Network Technologies has released its first product, a "wideband" receiver for cable modems and other consumer premises equipment that can support downstream speeds greater than 600 Mbps. BroadLogic's BL12000...

Narad names new CEO, unveils new switch.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)
November 1, 2005... There were a couple of switches playing into Narad Networks Inc.'s business recently--a new product and a new CEO. First, the Westford, Mass.-based provider of out-of-band and fiber transport technology named Michael Collette as its new...

EAT.TV navigates the VOD market.(Video-on-demand)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... EAT.TV has entered the sector with a media-rich navigation platform specially targeted to video-on-demand applications. The platform, dubbed ImageGuide, aims to deliver graphical, emotional "browsing" capability to television, akin to the...

OpenTV expands advertising acumen.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)
November 1, 2005... OpenTV Corp. has acquired cable advertising sales management firm CAM Systems in a cash and stock deal valued at $19.5 million. OpenTV said the deal will advance its ability to provide interactive, addressable and on-demand advertising...

Entone profiles VOD title popularity.(video-on-demand )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Entone Technologies has unveiled an asset manager designed to automatically move titles to different server types and locations on a video-on-demand system based on usage and popularity. That platform, dubbed Armada, marks a shift away from...

SeaChange to resell EGT encoders.(upfront: LATEST NEWS AND INSIGHT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... EGT Inc. has signed on SeaChange International to resell its line of encoders. SeaChange, a video-on-demand hardware and software provider, will bundle and sell EGT's gear for its on-demand and advertising systems. SeaChange has already...

SES Americom pushes ahead on IPTV.(internet protocol television)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SES Americom has launched a hybrid satellite/fiber-based service that will beam video programming to telcos and other types of IPTV service providers. The service, called IP-PRIME, is a centralized system that will distribute both...

Warner to push VOD 'extras'.(Warner Home Video to push video-on-demand)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Aiming to drive video-on-demand and pay-per-view usage, Warner Home Video will soon add some exclusive extra content that is typically relegated to the realm of the DVD. Starting next month, the company's On Demand division will begin to...

Simler scopes out Scopus.(Scopus Video Networks Ltd appoints Dr. Yaron Simler )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Digital video specialist Scopus Video Networks Ltd. has appointed Dr. Yaron Simler as president. Simler most recently served as president of Harmonic Inc.'s Convergent Systems Division, a Scopus competitor. Simler left Harmonic in July,...

Pumping up the upstream: photo sharing, video may prompt how MSOs envision the return path of the future.
November 1, 2005... Compared to its robust downstream sibling, cable broadband's upstream has always looked like a 90-pound weakling. But market shifts and new competitive threats from telco fiber services may soon change that. While most MSOs are still...

Navigating telco TV: the goal-offering video--may be the same. But how the telcos are doing it can vary greatly.(Verizon FiOS TV)
November 1, 2005... In smallish Keller, Texas, a suburb 30 miles west of Dallas, Verizon FiOS TV recently got off the ground, and in one defining moment, sent a resounding message to the cable and satellite industries that telco TV is now on the air, and in...

Managing capacity in DOCSIS multi-service nets, Part 2: interfacing capacity monitoring data with the OSS.
November 1, 2005... A second key function of multi-service capacity management, capacity planning, provides the ability to estimate the number of services and subscribers that can be accommodated within a specific segment of the DOCSIS access network. A...

Mission critical: proper training, not just technology, a big key to VoIP.(Network protocols)
November 1, 2005... Although the spotlight shined on the technology behind IP telephony as operators began to test and deploy the service, MSOs are now applying much more effort toward the proper training of field technicians and customer service representatives...

I-Nets to the rescue.
November 1, 2005... What's going on in Washington. D.C. these days is on the minds of most people and industries. and the cable telecommunications sector is no exception. Whether it's finding a regulatory home for IP video, pursuing the concept of national...

View from the top: Mike Hayashi of Time Warner Cable.(Broadband: BUSINESS AND NEWS PERSPECTIVE)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... Welcome to the latest edition of "View from the top," a series of interviews with the top minds of the broadband industry. In this edition (sponsored by Broadbus Technologies), CED Contributing Editor Leslie Ellis sat down with Time Warner...

QAM lasers for DWDM.(quadrature amplitude modulation)(dense wavelength division multiplexing )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SUNNYVALE, Calif.--K2 Optronics has announced 32-channel, 1550-nm wavelength, 1024-QAM lasers for cable television dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. The new lasers increase the digital capacity of QAM (quadrature amplitude...

VoIP test option.(voice over internet protocol)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SAN JOSE, Calif.--Sunrise Telecom Inc. has introduced an enhanced VoIP option for the CM1000 Cable Modem System Analyzer (CMSA) and CM500 Cable Modem Network Analyzer (CMNA) DOCSIS signal level meters. This feature emulates a VoIP call and...

VoIP testing.(voice-over-Internet Protocol)(JDSU)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SAN JOSE, Calif.--JDSU has expanded the voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) testing capability of its digital services activation meter (DSAM) with the release of DSAM version 2.4 with VoIPCheck test capability. VoIPCheck allows cable operators...

Push-pull hybrid amp.(new products: PRODUCT REVIEWS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--California Eastern Laboratories (CEL) has added a new GaAs Push-Pull amplifier to its family of NEC CATV hybrids. Designed to serve as an input stage for line amplifiers, nodes, splitters, trunk amplifiers and bridgers in...

Tool kit.(CASES)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--Trompeter has introduced its Rollabout BNC tool kit, which is designed to improve mobility, security and environmental protection for cable installers. The company has upgraded all of its full-size, suitcase-style toot...

Migrating to advanced video coding--what's the plan?(video coding)
November 1, 2005... It's no secret that something better than MPEG-2 video compression is emerging. In fact, there are two video coding methods that are better. Both AVC (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10) and VC-1 are better. They can provide the same picture quality...

How to use this Guide.(using the guide)(Brief Article)
November 15, 2005... You're holding in your hands the broadband industry's most complete and authoritative guide to companies that offer products and services to the industry. For well over a decade, CED magazine has published this Guide as an added value for being...

A-Z listings.(Illustration)(Buyers Guide)
November 15, 2005... A-TEK Communications (925) 944-1511 (866) 650-DATA; (866) 650-3282 Fax: (925) 944-1468 E-mail: ...

Headend equipment.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Headend/central office equipment Addressable controllers Manufacturer Antronix Inc. (609) 860-0160 Arena Services Inc. (610) 279-8000 Eagle Comtronics...

Transmission and customer premise equipment.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Transmission equipment Amplifiers, bridger Manufacturer ACI Communications Inc. (253) 854-9802 Arena Services Inc. (610) 279-8000 ATX Networks ...

Fiber optics.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Amplifiers Manufacturer ACI Communications Inc. (253) 854-9802 Arena Services Inc. (610) 279-8000 ATCi (Antenna Technology Communications Inc.) ...

Data, software & telecom.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Data communications equipment Bridges Manufacturer Accton Technology Corp. (408) 452-8080 Belkin Corp. (310) 898-1100 Cisco Systems Inc. ...

Network testing and used/refurbished equipment.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Test equipment Automated FCC testing gear Manufacturer Acterna/JDSU (317) 788-9351 CommTest Group (800) 428-4424 Fax: ...

Construction and services.(Directory)
November 15, 2005... Construction equipment Anchors Manufacturer Allied Bolt Inc. (718) 479-3100 Arena Services Inc. (610) 279-8000 Drake Communications Products Inc. ...