CT's Pipeline articles from March 2008

CT's Pipeline archives from March 2008

TV Predictions: Upcoming Katrina of Technology.
March 4, 2008... Technology pundits typically offer annual forecasts in late December and early January. If you're a professional prognosticator, however, such as TV Predictions CEO Phillip Swan, any month will do. Swan was a luncheon speaker at...

Engineering News.
March 4, 2008... Verizon IPTV Here's a response we received to last week's Soapbox question about IPTV. While Verizon's FiOS might be touted by them as the most advanced fiber network because it goes all the way to the home, it is not the only FTTH...

Broadband Soapbox: Is Less Actually More?
March 4, 2008... As noted in today's lead story, prognosticator Phillip Swan says consumers want less, not more: "Americans have set-top fatigue. People want simplicity and convenience." That may not be so true for the early adopter and tech-heads (yes,...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers)
March 4, 2008... Who Are Your Nominees for the 2008 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Awards? The SCTE Member of the Year Award, inductions into the SCTE Hall of Fame, the SCTE Excellence in Standards Award, and the SCTE Safety Awards are all up for nomination. Please...

Pipeline Profile: Alex Ruan.
March 4, 2008... Title: VP Sales, Huawei Technologies Broadband Background: Alex Ruan is sales vice president at Huawei Technologies, responsible for the North American MSO market segment. Ruan previously worked at Nortel Networks and holds several degrees...

A Change of Seasons.
March 11, 2008... Shows Shift for 2009 An agreement hammered out by a committee called the Trade Show Task Force, consisting of the industry's associations and execs, calls for the SCTE's Emerging Technologies Conference and Cable-Tec Expo to shift...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
March 11, 2008... Is Less Actually More? Here's a response we received to last week's Broadband Soapbox question about the best ways to provide simplicity and convenience for customers. Consumers definitely want "simplicity and convenience," but the...

Broadband Soapbox: Shifting Trade Shows.
March 11, 2008... As noted in today's lead story, the dates of some of the industry's major events will be shifting significantly in 2009. If you haven't already bombarded Tom Gorman with questions and comments or would otherwise like to continue the...

SCTE Announcements.
March 11, 2008... Register Now for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 - and CBL&D or MEF SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is set for Tuesday through Friday, June 24-27, in Philadelphia. This year marks the 25th anniversary of this always highly anticipated SCTE flagship event....

Pipeline Profile: Robert F. Cruickshank III.
March 11, 2008... Title: VP Operations and Business Support Strategies, ARRIS Broadband Background: Cruickshank provides strategic direction to the design, development and deployment of ARRIS Operations and Business Support Systems and led the development...

Winds of Change.
March 18, 2008... 2009 Show Dates Change does seem to get people talking. We received a number of letters about last week's lead story on the show date changes coming in 2009: who made up the Trade Show Task Force, how the particular dates were chosen,...

Engineering News.(HFC network )(Brief article)
March 18, 2008... DQoS Routing The building blocks of an HFC network are nodes; they can be added or split, whatever the design requires. Capacity is really the driving factor for this kind of node work. Cable operators are always adding new services and...

Broadband Soapbox: Final Calendar Call.(Brief article)
March 18, 2008... Thanks to SCTE Chairman Tom Gorman for handling in this week's lead story on the questions that came our way since writing about the change in the industry's schedule of major events in last week's Pipeline. The schedule consolidation has...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers )(Calendar)
March 18, 2008... Save When You Register Now for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is set for Tuesday through Friday, June 24-27, in Philadelphia. This year marks the 25th anniversary of this always highly anticipated SCTE flagship event. Sign...

SCTE Elections.
March 18, 2008... Get Out the Vote If you haven't yet voted in the SCTE Board of Directors Elections, it's time to do so - the deadline is next Friday, March 28. Election results will be announced by April 15. Newly elected directors will take office...

Wireless Threat or Opportunity?
March 25, 2008... Live Learning Update Does Wi-Fi pose a threat or present an opportunity to cable operators? What about WiMAX? As with most technologies, the answers to those questions depend upon several variables. If used by an alternate operator...

Engineering News.(Brief article)
March 25, 2008... Managing Edge Resources As cable service offerings grow to include richer libraries of on-demand content, expanded choices of entertainment-quality long-tail content, over-the- top user-created video and more, the need to abstract...

Broadband Soapbox: Wireless Threat?
March 25, 2008... As noted in today's lead story, wireless can be either a threat or an opportunity for cable. The opportunity is clear, but the threat isn't. Is wireless competition eating your lunch? Or does it simply represent money left on the table? And...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of telecommunications engineers)
March 25, 2008... Sign Up Now for Expo - and Save! SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 is set for Tuesday through Friday, June 24-27, in Philadelphia. This year marks the 25th anniversary of this always highly anticipated SCTE flagship event. Register today for Expo...

Pipeline Profile: Eric Conley.
March 25, 2008... SCTE member since 2006 Title: President and CEO, Mixed Signals Broadband Background: Conley is responsible for Mixed Signals' strategy, long-term growth and day-to-day operations. Prior to Mixed Signals, he was SVP of operations and...