CT's Pipeline articles from August 2007

CT's Pipeline archives from August 2007

Busy EdgeQAM Bees.
August 7, 2007... A lot of the buzz surrounding edge QAM devices at Cable-Tec Expo related to vendors that were swarming one large MSO's request for proposals. Two weeks ago, a pair of those vendors - both early movers in this category - appeared to have...

Engineering News: DOCSIS 3.0, Costs and Benefits.(data over cable service interface specifications )(Brief article)
August 7, 2007... The opportunities for cable operators provided by DOCSIS have been pretty much by the numbers: as in DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and now DOCSIS 3.0. Version 1.0 got the data ball rolling; 1.1 added a number of features, including quality of service...

Broadband Soapbox: Business Services.
August 7, 2007... Business services is heating up as a topic of significant interest for cable. Some operators such as Cox and Cablevision have been in the business services space for several years, and more are now dipping their toes into this potentially...

SCTE Announcements.
August 7, 2007... SCTE Slates Business Services Symposium Hold the dates: Thursday through Friday, Oct. 18-19, in Atlanta. Please stay tuned for an announcement about full program details and the start of registration. Answer the ET Call for Papers by...

Pipeline Profile: Alex Balander.(Interview)
August 7, 2007... Title: Advanced Video Engineer III, Charter Communications Broadband Background: Alex Balander is the SCTE's newly elected director for Region 6, representing Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In his "day job," he is an...

64-QAM Upstream.
August 14, 2007... The Devil's in the Details It is both "possible" and "practical" to deploy 64-QAM today, Ron Hranac, Cisco Systems technical leader and senior technology editor for Communications Technology, said during a recent CT webinar sponsored by...

Engineering News: Engineering Practices Key to Midcontinent's Successes.(Brief article)
August 14, 2007... Following from today's lead story, Midcontinent Communications won a Top- Tier System award from Communications Technology this year, but it could also garner the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for the work the engineering staff does on...

Broadband Soapbox: More on Cox Orange County.
August 14, 2007... As implied in Rick Guerrero's interview at right, Cox Orange County is indeed a top-shelf system. To learn more about how they got there, go to CT 's Web site and click the "Play video" button under "CT's System of the Year: Cox OC." The...

SCTE Announcements.
August 14, 2007... SCTE Slates Business Services Symposium Hold the dates: Thursday through Friday, Oct. 18-19, in Atlanta. Please stay tuned for an announcement about full program details and the start of registration. Catch 'Carrier Grade Ethernet'...

Pipeline Profile: Rick Guerrero.
August 14, 2007... Title: Vice President, Broadband Network Engineering, Cox Communications Orange County/Palos Verdes (OCPV). Broadband background: Guerrero assumed leadership of the engineering group in the Cox Orange County system in 1996. He was...

Switching on Cox.
August 22, 2007... BigBand Takes on Multiple Systems The announcement today that BigBand Networks is deploying its switched digital video (SDV) technology in multiple systems with Cox Communications - Northern Virginia, for starters - has roots in another...

Engineering News.(Brief article)
August 22, 2007... DRM Choices: Which Key Opens that Lock? When it comes to digital rights management (DRM), about the only point of agreement among the different factions is that it is a problem that has yet to be resolved. DRM is caught in the middle of a...

Broadband Soapbox: SDV and CableCards?
August 22, 2007... In today's lead story, it's noted that CableCards are problematic for switched digital video (SDV) - CableCard-equipped devices can't receive SDV. And it's a problem with VOD. How much of a pain point is this out there in the field? Let us...

SCTE Announcements.
August 22, 2007... Symposium Registration Opens Soon The SCTE Business Services Symposium is set forThursday to Friday, Oct. 18-19, in Atlanta. Hold the dates, and please stay tuned to www.scte.org for an announcement about full program details and the...

Pipeline Profile: Dom Stasi.
August 22, 2007... Title: Chief technology officer, TVN Entertainment Broadband background: Stasi leads an engineering and operations team at TVN that is responsible for managing over 3,000 hours of content each month. He is also president of the Society of...

Emergency Alert.
August 28, 2007... Standard Updated, Clarified The SCTE Engineering Committee has passed the new version of SCTE 18, Emergency Alert Messaging, a joint standard with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA-814-A). The revision started as a routine...

Engineering News.(Brief article)
August 28, 2007... System of the Year: Cox Orange County/Palos Verdes In 1999, Cox Communications consolidated seven Orange County, California, sites into one facility in Rancho Santa Margarita. It's a massive, 300,000 square-foot building that spans more...

Broadband Soapbox: CableCard Report Card.
August 28, 2007... Now that CableCard deployments have ramped up in the post-7/07 timeframe, how are they doing? Any problems, foreseen or otherwise? How much of a pressure point is switched video? (And does last week's NCTA filing with the FCC look...

SCTE Announcements.
August 28, 2007... Symposium Registration Opens Soon The SCTE Business Services Symposium is set forThursday to Friday, Oct. 18-19, at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta. Hold the dates, and please stay tuned to www.scte.org for an announcement...

Pipeline Profile: Dom Stasi.(Interview)
August 28, 2007... SCTE member since 1994 Title: Chief technology officer, TVN Entertainment Broadband background: Stasi leads an engineering and operations team at TVN that is responsible for managing over 3,000 hours of content each month. He is also...