CT's Pipeline articles from September 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from September 2006

IBC Casts a Wide Net.(International Broadcasting Convention)
September 5, 2006... Twelve halls, 1,000 exhibitors and 40,000 attendees. Those are last year's numbers, but the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) will be a big event again when it opens in Amsterdam later this week. IBC casts a wide net. In part...

Verizon Rolls Out Multi-Room DVRs.
September 5, 2006... Joe Ambeault, Verizon's director of interactive TV applications, likes to tell his team the following story: At the turn of the previous century when auto manufacturers were trying to figure out how to build a car, the top requested feature...

Broadband Soapbox: Across the Pond.(Brief article)
September 5, 2006... Next week's IBC show in Amsterdam is clearly a big deal to U.S. cable vendors--to judge by the press releases, nearly every vendor will be there--if not to all U.S. cable operators. What's your take on the European cable landscape? Are they...

SCTE Announcements.
September 5, 2006... Take Care of Business at the SCTE Business Services Symposium Registration is under way for this hot-topic event slated for Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, in Chicago. Take in four information-packed tech sessions and sponsor demos on...

Pipeline Profile: Chris Busch.
September 5, 2006... SCTE member since 2002 Title: VP Broadband Technology, Incognito Software Broadband Background: Busch is presently with Incognito Software where he drives technologies for IP provisioning and multimedia service convergence. He has 12...

IBC: The 'Other' Technologies.
September 12, 2006... As the IBC mantra has it: This mega convention in Amsterdam is about "the world of content creation, management (and) delivery." That means that overall it's more of a window into other technology circles than it is into the familiar...

CableLabs and SCTE Symbiosis.(Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers )
September 12, 2006... Everyone knows that SCTE works with CableLabs on standards. But most people don't know the details of that relationship, and a surprising number of people think that working with CableLabs specifications is either all or almost all of the...

Broadband Soapbox: Laptops and Rats' Nests.
September 12, 2006... Trilithic's Steve Windle raises some interesting points in his profile at right, and we'd like your input on two of them. Do techs need laptop computers? Windle thinks they could be useful, but is concerned about durability. What's your...

SCTE Announcements.
September 12, 2006... SCTE Business Services Symposium Coming to Chicago Next Month Registration is open for this hot-topic event slated for Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, in Chicago. Take in four information-packed tech sessions and sponsor demos on Tuesday...

Pipeline Profile: Steve Windle.(Interview)
September 12, 2006... SCTE member since 2004 Title: Product Manager, Trilithic Broadband Background: Steve Windle is a product manager for Trilithic's Instruments Division, influencing product development, authoring application notes and articles, and...

Broadband Over Power Line: Is It Interfering?
September 19, 2006... Shout "Competition!" in a roomful of cable technology people and the thoughts that first jump to mind are likely to involve fiber to the home and satellites. It's doubtful that many will think first of power grids. But say "broadband...

Letters To The Editor.(Letter to the editor)
September 19, 2006... Laptops for Techs Last week's Soapbox question on whether techs need laptop computers apparently struck a chord. Here follow two of the replies we received. My maintenance techs have had laptops since 2001. We have our system maps...

Broadband Soapbox: Laptops ...EAS.
September 19, 2006... Continuing the theme from last week, do techs need laptop computers? As this week's letters make clear, some companies are indeed equipping techs with laptops and seem to like them. What's your take? Also, what's new on EAS? Any...

SCTE Announcements.
September 19, 2006... Pre-Registration Deadline Draws Near For The SCTE Business Services Symposium Register by Oct. 2 to save for this hot-topic event, slated for Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, in Chicago. This event features five workshop sessions...

Pipeline Profile: Wendell Woody.
September 19, 2006... SCTE member since 1986 Title: Consultant, Wendell D. Woody & Associates Broadband Background: Woody has been a part of the cable industry for more than 37 years. He began with Jerrold Electronics (later General Instrument and then...

Bigger, Better SCTE Business Services Symposium on Tap.
September 26, 2006... This year's SCTE Business Services Symposium will trump last year's edition on several levels, not least of which is that business services themselves are becoming a deployment reality for cable operators. "Other than Cox and Charter,...

Laptop Feedback.
September 26, 2006... Here's more input on our question about whether techs need laptop computers. One big point that is overlooked with respect to laptops is the ability to send information from the office to the field. Some examples: the latest release of...

Broadband Soapbox: Business Services - Yea or Nay?
September 26, 2006... As noted in this week's lead story, some operators are fully engaged in offering business services. What about you? Have you entered this potentially lucrative market? If so, in what ways? Any particular pitfalls you've encountered? And if...

SCTE Announcements.
September 26, 2006... Pre-Register by Monday for the Next Can't-Miss SCTE Event! Register by next Monday, Oct. 2, to save for the SCTE Business Services Symposium, slated for Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, in Chicago. Day one features five workshop...

Pipeline Profile: Martin Hannes.(Next Generation Broadband)(Interview)
September 26, 2006... SCTE member since 1995 Title: President & CEO, NGB Broadband Background: Hannes originally got involved in the industry in the early 1980s when he was looking at setting up a large-scale broadband network in Australia. He was the...