CT's Pipeline articles from April 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from April 2006

The Road to Atlanta: The Busy Season-and NCTA-Is upon Us.
April 4, 2006... It's a busy spring. Some of you may already be heading to the SCTE chapter leadership conference that begins tomorrow (Wednesday) in Phoenix. Some of you will be converging at the NCTA National Show that opens in Atlanta on Sunday. ...

Letters to the Editor: Miraculous Meter Save.(Letter to the editor)
April 4, 2006... We've asked for your equipment horror stories (mashed meters, etc.), and you've delivered-in spades. We can't fit all the letters we've received into this issue, but here's one of the first. Watch for more such letters in the May (and...

Broadband Soapbox: Overlapping Shows and Events.
April 4, 2006... Has this silly season of overlapping shows and events got you down? Part of the reason this year has to do with NCTA moving from May (in New Orleans) to April (in Atlanta). But can the industry do better? Would anyone like to see the...

SCTE Announcements.
April 4, 2006... 'All Engineering. All the Time,' at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 Experience more than 20 workshop offerings, a technology-focused exhibit hall, numerous networking opportunities, plus much more at SCTE's annual flagship event. Expo will roll...

NCTA Tech Papers: Don't-Miss Sessions at the National Show.
April 4, 2006... Here are the tech sessions planned for this year's NCTA National Show in Atlanta, along with the speakers and the titles of the papers they'll present. Details on ordering copies of this year's NCTA Technical Papers are available at...

Brisk Business and Technical Analogies.(national cable & telecommunications association)
April 11, 2006... The NCTA Show: The View from Atlanta The pace at this year's National Show is brisk, with our usual trade-show challenge of digesting both technology discussions and press releases complicated by the buzz factor of C-level execs, noise...

Letters to the Editor: It's Showtime!(Letter to the editor)
April 11, 2006... There are mixed opinions on the overlapping shows question we raised in last week's Soapbox. One vendor shouted: "What is WRONG WITH THE FALL??? One (big show) in the Spring and one in the fall! Doesn't it sound too easy?" Read on for a...

Broadband Soapbox: Overlapping Shows and Events.
April 11, 2006... Has the spring season of overlapping shows and events got you down? Part of the reason this year has to do with NCTA's National Show moving from May (in New Orleans) to April (in Atlanta). But can the industry do better? Would anyone like to...

SCTE Announcements.
April 11, 2006... SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006--All Engineering. All the Time. That's what's in store for you when SCTE's annual flagship event rolls into Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Expo offers more than 20 workshops, numerous networking...

Pipeline Profile: Mike LaJoie.
April 11, 2006... At the Vanguard of Science and Technology SCTE Member Since 2002 Title: Executive Vice President and CTO, Time Warner Cable Broadband Background: Each year the NCTA Vanguard Awards recognize the achievements of leaders in the...

Hit the Switch: MSO and NCTA Update.
April 18, 2006... While switched digital video is picking up steam this year with cable operators such as Cox and Time Warner Cable, it's not reaching critical mass like digital simulcast deployments did last year. Some of cable's top chief technical...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
April 18, 2006... Showtime A few more comments on the question of cable shows, but first, a quick reminder. CT's Pipeline is a sister publication of Communications Technology and our other electronic products. (Other cable-related publications owned by...

Broadband Soapbox: Buzzwords and Linear Distortions.
April 18, 2006... Here are two topics to chime in on. First, which of these ranks first in the over-hyped technology category: Telcos and fiber? IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) or IPTV? (Not that we are unduly influenced by Time Warner Cable CTO Mike LaJoie,...

SCTE Announcements.
April 18, 2006... All Engineering. All the Time. --That's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 A range of possibilities exists at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver, Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Expo offers more than 20 workshops, numerous...

Pipeline Profile: Ron Hranac.(Interview)
April 18, 2006... SCTE Member Since 1979 Title : Technical Leader, Broadband Network Engineering, Cisco Systems Broadband Background: Prior to joining Cisco, Hranac held management positions at companies including High Speed Access International and...

NCTA: A Final Look.(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)
April 25, 2006... It's been two weeks, so it's about time to wrap up our coverage of the National Show, which this year saw a rise in exhibitors (360 from 340) and drop in attendees (15,500 from 17,000.) Unlike CableTec Expo ("All engineering, all the...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
April 25, 2006... Final Call on Show Time We launched this discussion by complaining about how busy this spring season is. Venturing as editors into a bit more editorializing, we think Dave Large's letter on April 11 opposing the merging of NCTA's...

Broadband Soapbox: Field Safety...and Otherwise.
April 25, 2006... We know that not all our readers are or have been "in the trenches" (or crawl spaces or truck buckets, as the case may be), but many of you have. And while safety is paramount in the field, the best-laid plans don't always work out. Have you...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Cable-Tec Expo 2006)
April 25, 2006... All Engineering. All the Time. --That's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 A range of possibilities exists at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver, Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Expo offers more than 20 technical workshops,...

Pipeline Profile: Paul Woidke.
April 25, 2006... SCTE Member Since 1998 Title : VP Technology Comcast Spotlight Broadband background: Woidke joined Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, in 2002. Prior to Comcast, Woidke served as Adlink's senior...