CT's Pipeline articles from August 2003

CT's Pipeline archives from August 2003

News from the Plug-and-Playground.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2003... Last week, the NCTA (www.ncta.com) and the Consumer Electronics Association (www.ce.org) filed their first required plug-and-play status report with the FCC (www.fcc.gov), emphasizing the importance of the Commission's prompt adoption of...

Letter to the Editor: Sunny Side of Sun Outages.(Letter to the Editor)
August 5, 2003... "I read with great interest your article in the July 29 issue on sun outages, but was surprised that it didn't cover a remedy explained to me by Rob Austin, Comcast's highly regarded headend engineering executive in Michigan. "With TVROs...

Registration Starts This Week for Western.
August 5, 2003... The California Cable and Telecommunications Association will open general registration Aug. 6 for the Western Show 2003 (to be held Dec. 2-5 in Anaheim, CA). You can register at www.thewesternshow.com, or request hard-copy forms by calling...

Hungry, Hungry HDTV.
August 5, 2003... Cable ops continue to put high-def high on their rollout list. How concerned are you with HD's appetite for bandwidth in your systems? How are you prepping to unify services on a common infrastructure to dynamically share resources? To...

Focus on New Services at SCTE Seminar Central.
August 5, 2003... The SCTE will hold its second annual Seminar Central Oct. 21-24 at the Cisco Campus in San Jose, CA. This year's collection of learning opportunities focuses on new services and technologies such as VOD, home networking and DOCSIS 2.0. Make...

Cablevision Launches a Controversy.
August 12, 2003... The Atlas V rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral on July 17 put Cablevision that much closer to becoming a DBS service. The rocket's payload, a Lockheed Martin (www.lockheedmartin.com) A2100AX satellite, with an expected life span of...

The Lull in the Plug-and-Playground.(industry having difficulty in agreeing on new standards)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2003... What's the hold-up on the plug-and-play agreement at the FCC (www.fcc.gov)? "Orchestrating one-way plug-and-play was a great idea and was well-executed," Scientific-Atlanta (www.sciatl.com) CTO Robert McIntyre told our sister pub, CableFAX,...

Looking for HD Info?(NCTA)(high definition)(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)
August 12, 2003... The NCTA recently went live with a new section of its Web site that covers high-definition topics. To find it, go to www.ncta.com, and click on the "Leading the Digital Revolution" icon on the page, or go under the "Broadband Services"...

How Do You Feed the HD Beast?
August 12, 2003... Cable ops continue to put high-def high on their rollout list. How concerned are you with HD's appetite for bandwidth in your systems? How are you prepping to unify services on a common infrastructure to dynamically share resources? To...

Know a Good SCTE Board Candidate?
August 12, 2003... Take an active role in determining the leadership of your Society by nominating an individual for SCTE's 2004 Board Election. Submit a nomination at http://www.scte.org/membership/index.cfm?pID=126. Questions? Contact elections@scte.org. ...

Passage Takes Pains.(encoding platform from Sony)
August 19, 2003... What's up with Passage, the encoding platform from Sony (www.sony.com) that promises to enable alternative conditional access (CA) systems? (Passage is not a CA system itself.) Since its announcement of licensing and trial agreements with...

Blackout Report: Lessons Learned.
August 19, 2003... What did cable engineers take away from last week's widespread power outages? First, the obvious and expected: Even as most systems smoothly switched to backup, areas that took longer to have power restored saw those systems run out of power...

Boost Your Career as a CLC Presenter.
August 19, 2003... SCTE is accepting proposals for educational papers to be presented at the Society's annual Chapter Leadership Conference (CLC) April 1-2, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The deadline for submission is Sept. 19. CLC provides SCTE...

Feeding HDTV.
August 19, 2003... Cable ops continue to put high-def high on their rollout list. How concerned are you with HD's appetite for bandwidth in your systems? How are you prepping to unify services on a common infrastructure to dynamically share resources? To...

Focus on New Services at SCTE Seminar Central.
August 19, 2003... SCTE will hold its second annual Seminar Central Oct. 21-24 at the Cisco Campus in San Jose, CA. This year's collection of learning opportunities focuses on new services and technologies such as VOD, home networking and DOCSIS 2.0. Plus, save...

E-Mail Virus: No Sweat for Your HSD Systems?(Brief Article)
August 26, 2003... Despite the flurry of virus-infested emails making their way into inboxes last week, MSOs such as Time Warner Cable and Cablevision haven't experienced "major disruptions" or a spike in customer calls following Wednesday's newest entry, a virus...

Deeper Into DPI.(Digital program insertion)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2003... No matter your opinion on whether an ad really deserves to be called a "program," digital program insertion (DPI) technology is moving fast into your systems, thanks in part to technical standardization. Comcast is offering DPI in its Los...

How to Get Home Networking Right.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2003... According to recent estimates, more than 30% of U.S. households would like to employ home networking (HN) for personal use. Is your system ready to support this demand? Broadband Learning Live is offering a free, 60-minute Webinar on Sept....

HD Hunger.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2003... Cable ops continue to put high-def high on their rollout list. How concerned are you with HD's appetite for bandwidth in your systems? How are you prepping to unify services on a common infrastructure to dynamically share resources? To...

Focus on New Services at SCTE Seminar Central.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2003... SCTE will hold its second annual Seminar Central Oct. 21-24 on the Cisco Campus in San Jose, CA. This year's collection of learning opportunities focuses on new services and technologies such as VOD, home networking, and DOCSIS 2.0. Plus, save...