CT's Pipeline articles from August 2008

CT's Pipeline archives from August 2008

Software Expert On EOD And Navigation.
August 5, 2008... The daily grind of trade journalism is at once improved and complicated by subject matter experts who can explain complexities with ease and charm. The improvement is obvious: An authoritative technologist who unravels mysteries in...

Engineering News.
August 5, 2008... NDL 1.0: A Primer Is there a simple way to sort out the twisted interconnectivity of modular cable modem termination systems (M-CMTSs), fiber nodes and DOCSIS 3.0 service groups? What about adding asymmetrical downstream and upstream...

Broadband Soapbox: HD Wars.
August 5, 2008... Based on some traffic at the SCTE-List, it looks like some folks out there are getting asked about "true HD." As reported in last Thursday's CT Report, the DBS providers are just beginning to deploy 1080p (at 24 frames per second). As for...

SCTE Announcements.
August 5, 2008... SCTE Approves First Half of Digital Program Insertion Standard Provided by the ANSI-accredited SCTE Standards Program, learn more about this timely technical standard at http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=594. Participate in the...

Several Takes On nDVR.
August 12, 2008... There are plenty of ways to look at last week's court decision that let stand Cablevision's network, or remote-storage digital video recording (nDVR or RS-DVR) platform. There is the Hollywood, or content provider, angle. After all, it...

Engineering News.
August 12, 2008... Reality Check: WiMAX on Deck The teaming of cable and wireless gained momentum with the Sprint/Clearwire deal to build a new company for $3.2 billion, half coming from cable.... >> To read the full story on CT's Web site, click here....

Broadband Soapbox: nDVR and the Set-Top.
August 12, 2008... Whose ox does this nDVR ruling gore? Or to be more polite, who loses? Is it programmers and their advertising partners? What about the integrated set-top box? As noted in today's lead story, one of the network pieces that nDVR...

SCTE Announcements 08/12.
August 12, 2008... SCTE Foundation Provides Major Grant to Chris Gutel The grant will help the SCTE member achieve his educational goal. http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=596 Help Sponsor the Sold-Out Polis Classic The 6th Annual Tom Polis...

DTA On The Way.
August 19, 2008... Digital-to-analog (DTA) converters have been big news this year, and will continue to be in the next. Over-the-air viewers will need the popularly known TV converter (or government coupon) boxes for their analog TV sets after broadcasters...

Engineering News.
August 19, 2008... NDL 1.0: A Primer Is there a simple way to sort out the twisted interconnectivity of modular cable modem termination systems (M-CMTSs), fiber nodes and DOCSIS 3.0 service groups? What about adding asymmetrical downstream... >> To...

Broadband Soapbox.
August 19, 2008... DTV Opportunity Cost? Is the cable industry missing a big opportunity in the digital television transition by not simulcasting the 'analog tier' in both government-standard 8VSB and in cable-standard QAM? For more on this intriguing...

SCTE Announcements.
August 19, 2008... SCTE Foundation Provides Major Grant to Chris Gutel The grant will help the SCTE member achieve his educational goal. http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=596 Help Sponsor the Sold-Out Polis Classic The 6th Annual Tom Polis...

Silicon Image Wows Crew At Summer Conference.(Conference news)
August 26, 2008... The 200 cable operators attending CableLabs Summer Conference (Aug. 10- 13) voted Silicon Image's digital connectivity technology "Best New Product Idea." A publicly traded semiconductor and intellectual property-based company, Silicon...

Top Tiers.
August 26, 2008... This year's search for best practices led us to Time Warner Cable's Carolina Region, the focus of our cover story last month, and to three more exemplars: Cox Greater Louisiana, Insight Kentucky and Suddenlink West Texas... >> To read...

Broadband Soapbox: DTV Transition Update.
August 26, 2008... As the Sept. 8 switchover for the early DTV transition in Wilmington, NC, approaches, news from other markets is surfacing. In some cases, it appears that local affiliates are shutting down analog early - not in order to be shining showcases...

SCTE Announcements, 08/26.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Directory)
August 26, 2008... Are You Set for the DTV Transition? SCTE can help you be sure with DTV: Strategies for a Smooth Transition. Let your source for technical leadership, SCTE, get you set for the February 2009 analog-to-digital conversion deadline. Take...