CT's Pipeline articles from October 2007

CT's Pipeline archives from October 2007

WiMAX Chicago Event.
October 2, 2007... Don't "Xohm" Out For anyone who was listening, the Sept. 25-27 gathering of the WiMAX universe in Chicago did a broadcast of its own: "We're here with a mobile broadband quad play, and it's coming to your market within a year." ...

Engineering News.
October 2, 2007... Digital Program Insertion Local ad insertion has long been a method used by TV networks and service providers of all stripes to supplement revenues. It allows them to combine national programming with local advertising, thus profiting...

Broadband Soapbox: WiMAX or Wi-Fi?
October 2, 2007... In today's lead story, Jay Junkus notes the promise and hype of WiMAX. In the current issue of CT, another view delves into the technical details of and arguments for deploying of Wi-Fi. Should cable operators wait for WiMAX or is it...

SCTE Announcements.
October 2, 2007... Pre-Register for SCTE Hot-Topic Symposium by Friday to Save! After this Friday, it will be too late to save on the SCTE Business Services Symposium, set for Thursday to Friday, Oct. 18-19, at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta....

Pipeline Profile: Peter Percosan.(dialogue with Peter Percosan)(Interview)
October 2, 2007... SCTE Member Since 2001 Title: Executive Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments Digital Connected Home Background: Persosan has been strategy director since TI's acquisition of Libit Signal Processing in 1999. At Libit, he...

Business Services Symposium.
October 9, 2007... Event Preview The business services category continues to nudge its way into the industry mainstream. The topic figures in this year's designation of Cox Communications Orange County as System of the Year, in this month's telephony...

Engineering News: Structured Wiring.
October 9, 2007... In a market increasingly dominated by consumer electronics retailers, Bright House Networks, Tampa Bay division, has created a way to use business partnerships and home wiring to secure the home for cable services. It is a model that other...

Broadband Soapbox: How to Serve Up Business.
October 9, 2007... To what extent has the cable industry overcome any image problem that may impede its delivery of voice, video and data services to businesses and enterprises? Is it a matter of case-by-case, system-by-system and business-by- business? How...

SCTE Announcements.
October 9, 2007... Register Today for the SCTE Hot-Topic Symposium! The SCTE Business Services Symposium is set for next Thursday to Friday, Oct. 18-19 at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta. Themed "Business Services: From Engineering Concept to...

Pipeline Profile: Steve Richey.(dialogue with Steve Richey of 4CableTV)(Interview)
October 9, 2007... Title: President and CEO, 4CableTV Background: Prior to founding 4CableTV, Richey was VP New Product Development at dB-tronics. He has more than 40 years of varied cable industry experience, including chief of repairs at AMECO and chief...

Climbing the Ladder.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
October 16, 2007... SCTE Moves Up in the ANSI Rankings Since 1998, the SCTE's Standards Program has moved from 79th to 15th on the list of 207 Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) accredited by the American National Standards Institute. The rankings...

Engineering News.
October 16, 2007... Deep Packet Inspection There is good news, better news and a few questions for vendors of deep packet inspection (DPI) technology. The good news is that DPI's core competence is proven and vital. Service providers of all stripes use it...

Broadband Soapbox: Engineers in the Hall of Fame?
October 16, 2007... Kudos to Jim Chiddix for his recent and well-deserved induction into the Cable Hall of Fame. In being so honored, he joins such august company as Bill Daniels, John Malone and Brian Roberts. But hardly any other engineers. Why is that? Are...

SCTE Announcements.
October 16, 2007... ET Registration Begins! Sign up today for SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2008. Get set for an insightful exchange of high-level, strategic views of the technical issues and technologies expected to transform the industry...

Pipeline Profile: Jim Chiddix.(Interview)
October 16, 2007... For the technology community, there was a primary draw to attend the 10 th annual Cable Hall of Fame event last week at the Cable Center in Denver, namely: Jim Chiddix. In this deviation from normal protocol, we will save the usual Q&A for...

It's All in the Delivery: Atlanta Symposium Targets SMBs.
October 23, 2007... How can cable compete with the telcos in the business services market? On Oct. 18, vendors and operators gathered in Atlanta for the SCTE Hot Topic Symposium on Business Services and examined that very question. The answer focused on the...

Engineering News.
October 23, 2007... Structured Wiring In a market increasingly dominated by consumer electronics retailers, Bright House Networks, Tampa Bay division, has created a way to use business partnerships and home wiring to secure the home for cable services. It...

Broadband Soapbox: HD Wars.
October 23, 2007... Has anyone else noticed DirecTV's advertising campaign? It was kind of hard to miss the 17-plus pages of ads touting more than 70 DirecTV high definition (HD) channels in last Friday's USA Today. The stylized pictures of a satellite...

SCTE Announcements.(Engineer of the year 2008)
October 23, 2007... Who Will Take Home the ET 2008 Awards? SCTE seeks your nominations for the 2008 Emerging Technologies Awards - IP Innovator, Polaris, and Star of Integrity. Learn more and submit your nominations at...

Pipeline Profile: Christopher Skarica.
October 23, 2007... SCTE member since 1999 Title: Vice President of Engineering, Lindsay Broadband Broadband Background: Skarica spent 11 years in the Canadian cable industry (including time with Maclean-Hunter, Rogers and Cogeco) before joining Nortel...

Troubleshooting Digital.
October 30, 2007... Knock Out the Bugs Just because the world is going digital, cable operators can't forget about analog signals and the "gremlins" that affect them. This was a common thread woven throughout "Troubleshooting Digital Services Node to Tap,"...

Engineering News.
October 30, 2007... Give Me Your Bond: Electricity, Grounding and Cable Within the United States, nearly every state and most local governments have adopted the National Electrical Code, commonly referred to as the NEC and published by the National Fire...

Broadband Soapbox: Maintenance...what maintenance?
October 30, 2007... Poll Results One of the online polls conducted during last week's Digital Troubleshooting webcast (see story above) asked the this question: "What best describes the type of plant maintenance being done in your system?" The multiple...

SCTE Announcements.
October 30, 2007... Thriving... and Not Yet 35 SCTE wants to know who you think should be the 2008 Young Engineer of the Year. Please take a moment to submit your nomination for the annual award at http://scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=207 . Have Your...

Pipeline Profile: Jonathan L. Kramer, Esq.
October 30, 2007... SCTE member since 1980 Title : Attorney and Counselor at Law, Kramer Telecom Law Firm, and principal, Kramer.Firm Inc. Broadband Background: Kramer has been involved with the cable TV industry for nearly 30 years, beginning his career...