CT's Pipeline articles from April 2008

CT's Pipeline archives from April 2008

CLC.(Chapter Leadership Conference )(Conference notes)
April 1, 2008... 'Knowledge is Power' for Chapter Leaders SCTE chapter leaders converge on Atlanta this week for the ninth annual Chapter Leadership Conference (CLC). This year's confab, which takes place tomorrow and Thursday, features a keynote speech...

Engineering News.
April 1, 2008... Silly Cable Tech Terms Rather than my usual discourse about things technical, this month's column takes advantage of April Fools and pokes fun at some of our lingo, thoroughly tongue-in-cheek. I first checked with CT's managing editor,...

Broadband Soapbox: On a Lighter Note ...
April 1, 2008... If you need a chuckle and haven't yet read Ron Hranac's April CT column, go read it now. It's linked here and also just above in the Engineering News box. In honor of April Fools Day, Ron has assembled a bunch of "alternate definitions" for...

SCTE Announcements.
April 1, 2008... Now Live and Set to Serve You: SCTE MemberLINK and SCTE InfoScope Starting today, take advantage of these two great new-and-improved SCTE member benefits. SCTE MemberLINK (Live Interactive Networked Knowledge) enables member-to-member...

Pipeline Profile: Craig Lien.(Interview)
April 1, 2008... SCTE member since 2006 Title: Network engineer, Midcontinent Communications In your recent CT article on DQoS routing, you discuss MTA/CMTS associations lost in node splits. How big a problem is this now? Or is it something that you...

Cable Pirates.
April 8, 2008... Have Them Come Aboard, Not Walk the Plank Cable pirates take money from the pockets of operators, but they also affect paying customers, whose two-way services can be disrupted as a result of noise from illegal connections. If operators...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
April 8, 2008... 'You Know You're a Cable Guy...' Ron Hranac's April CT column, "Silly Cable Tech Terms," has to be at about the top of the list for reader responses. Here are a couple of them: I enjoyed your list "You know you're a cable guy if...

Broadband Soapbox: On a Lighter Note ...
April 8, 2008... If you need a chuckle and haven't yet read Ron Hranac's April CT column, go read it now. It's linked here and also just above in the Letters box. In honor of April Fools Day, Ron has assembled a bunch of "alternate definitions" for familiar...

SCTE Announcements.
April 8, 2008... Experience 'Engineering History in the Making' at Expo Sign up now for Expo - and save! Featuring 20+ technical workshops and 400+ hands-on, technology-focused exhibits, SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 is set for Tuesday through Friday, June...

Pipeline Profile: Charles Hasek.
April 8, 2008... SCTE member since 2001 Title: Principal engineer, Time Warner Cable Broadband Background: Chuck is a principal engineer in the Time Warner Cable Advanced Technology Group located in Broomfield, CO. He is responsible for VOD and SRM...

SCTE Elections.
April 15, 2008... New Board, New Faces The election results are in: Seven newcomers will join the SCTE Board of Directors when the 2008-2009 team meets for the first time at Expo in June. As usual, all seats were hotly contested, with three members...

Engineering News.
April 15, 2008... Cable OSS Roundtable Some of the questions are classic or evergreen. What's the right mix between custom-built and off-the-shelf technology? How does the cable-style back office stack up against that of the telcos? Others topics are more...

Broadband Soapbox: NAB Doings.
April 15, 2008... There have been sightings of high-level broadcast and cable collaboration at the NAB show. Our colleagues at CableFAX Daily reported that Raycom Media and Comcast announced on Monday at the NAB show that the two companies "will work in...

SCTE Announcements.
April 15, 2008... SCTE Announces Board Election 2008 Results See whom you and your fellow members have chosen to help lead your Society. www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=568 What's in Store at Expo? Have you perused the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 Web...

Pipeline Profile: Dave Brown.
April 15, 2008... Title: Cable Solutions Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems Broadband Background: Brown leads the marketing team responsible for Cisco's end-to-end voice, video, and data solutions. His principal areas of expertise include "The Connected...

Tailor Made.
April 22, 2008... TM Forum Encounters Content The TM Forum is leveraging recent Content Encounter demos as it positions itself as a broker of best practices and open interfaces in a world of converging and increasingly personalized content and multimedia...

Engineering News.
April 22, 2008... DOCSIS 3.0 Drivers and Speed Bumps For DOCSIS 3.0, sorting out roadmap from implementation is not a trivial task. The spec's feature set provides tools for both future-proofing the network and countering competition. Implementation...

Broadband Soapbox: Another Standards Body?
April 22, 2008... The TM Forum, some of whose recent work is discussed in the lead story today, is an industry trade association combined with a standards body, albeit a non-formal one. (For instance, it joined with the Internet protocol detail record, or...

SCTE Announcements.
April 22, 2008... Seize Your Once-a-Year Opportunity... ... to explore the latest in cable technology. Featuring 20+ technical workshops and 400+ hands-on, technology-focused exhibits, SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 is set for Tuesday through Friday, June...

Pipeline Profile: Steve Fox.(Interview)
April 22, 2008... Title: VP Digital Services and Information Technology, Cable One Broadband Background: Steve Fox is vice president of digital services and information technology for Cable One. The CIO perspective of our industry is one that most...

Chapter of the Year: Cascade Receives SCTE's Blue Ribbon.
April 29, 2008... The SCTE has named the Cascade Range Chapter of northwestern Oregon the 2007 Chapter of the Year. Although Cascade shared the title with perennial powerhouse New England in 2002, and is usually at the top of the pack (SCTE ranks first...

Engineering News.
April 29, 2008... Very High Speed: Deployment North of the Border DOCSIS 3.0, while not entirely here yet, is definitely up and coming. Canadian cable operator Videotron has deployed channel-bonded high-speed Internet service on a substantial scale. ...

Broadband Soapbox: CableCard Continuing Conversation.(Brief article)
April 29, 2008... As mentioned in an NCTA-hosted call discussed in this CT Reports article, consumers have purchased some 10 million unidirectional digital cable products (UDCPs). Of those, cable operators have installed only about 380,000 with CableCards. In...

SCTE Announcements.
April 29, 2008... SCTE Foundation Founding Donor Campaign Raises $225,000+ Read more about this successful effort to benefit SCTE members at http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=571. Explore the Latest in Cable Technology Featuring 20+ technical...

Pipeline Profile: Amanda Walton.
April 29, 2008... Title: Regional Fleet Coordinator, Comcast Broadband Background: Amanda Walton has been with Comcast for fifteen years. After six years in marketing, she spent four years supporting the MSO's upgrade efforts. She is now in her fifth year...