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SCTE Engineering Professional Program Certifies First Individuals

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Jason Byrd of Suddenlink and Randy Dart of Charter are the first individuals to certify in SCTE’s (www.scte.org) Engineering Professional programs. Byrd is the first to earn the SCTE Internet Protocol Engineering Professional (IPEP) certification. Dart is the first to earn the SCTE Digital Video Engineering Professional (DVEP) certification.
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Incognito Adds to Global Sales Team

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Incognito Software (www.incognito.com) added Roy Kraft and Hector Villalvazo to its global sales team. Kraft joins the company as the sales director, North America East while Villalvazo joins as pre-sales manager for Mexico, Caribbean and Central America. In other appointment news, Incognito also named Patrick Kinnerk as product manager.
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SCTE in Search for CTO

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
SCTE (www.scte.org) has created an opening for a chief technology officer, and has instituted a search process to identify potential candidates for the position. The CTO, who will report directly to SCTE President/CEO Mark Dzuban, will be responsible for driving technical leadership and innovation that can help the cable industry achieve several critical goals: Further [...]
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Tuomi Joins Aurora as VP of WW Sales

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Pirjo Tuomi joined Aurora Networks (www.aurora.com) as vice president of worldwide sales. Tuomi, who has 20 years experience working with telecom and cable equipment companies around the world including Vello Systems, BigBand Networks and Nortel, will lead Aurora Networks’ global sales efforts.
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MTV Networks Int’l Orders Miranda Viewers

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Miranda Technologies (www.miranda.com) reports that MTV Networks International, Amsterdam (MTVNI Amsterdam) has ordered two Kaleido-X multi-viewers and an NVISION 8576 enterprise class router for a system expansion, which will allow playout of up to 75 channels from July 2010.
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Bejing Gehua Picks BigBand Edge QAM

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network (Gehua Cable) picked BigBand’s (www.bigbandnetworks.com) edge QAM BEQ platform to deliver its new interactive HDTV and broadband internet services. Gehua Cable operates the broadcasting and cable TV network as well as reception and transmission of broadcasting and cable TV programs within the Beijing municipal area. The large-scale cable network covers [...]
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Alcatel-Lucent Selected by ZON Multimedia

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com) was selected by ZON Multimedia in Portugal, to supply the active equipments necessary for the deployment of a GPON-based FTTH architecture that will support the delivery of a range of services such as advanced high-definition television (HDTV) services, VoIP and VOD. ZON Multimedia will leverage Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON platform in new expansion areas and [...]
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Cablevision Announces New PC to TV Media Relay

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Cablevision announced the development of a new PC to TV Media Relay, which reportedly will allow digital cable subs to relay whatever information or images currently appear on their computer screen to their TV in real-time, without any additional equipment in the home. The MSO describes it this way: “This innovative service will allow Cablevision [...]
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Comcast Releases Updated iPhone App

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Comcast released a new version of its Comcast Mobile application, which now includes a remote DVR programming service (rDVR) that is being rolled out across the country. With the Comcast Mobile app 2.0, subs can program their DVR “at any time, from anywhere.” Comcast Mobile, the free downloadable app now available for the iPhone or [...]
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Product News for March 4, 2010

By bgrstaff | Published: March 3, 2010
Innovation Showcase a Centerpiece at Canadian Summit SCTE (www.scte.org) will host its first Innovation Showcase March 9 in conjunction with its Canadian Summit in Toronto. The following vendors will participate in the inaugural Showcase: ARRIS (www.arrisi.com) will show its Moxi whole home media solution featuring the Moxi HD DVR, Moxi Mate multi-room players and Moxi Portal, [...]
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Broadband Today: From 3DTV Hype to 3DTV Reality

By bgrstaff | Published: March 2, 2010
The recent media frenzy around 3DTV has spurred consumers to ask the following questions: “When can I get it? What kind of 3D programs will be available? Which service providers will deliver it to my living room?”
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Consumers Name Cost as Major High-Speed Data Hurdle

By bgrstaff | Published: February 24, 2010
Cost is the major barrier that is keeping people who haven’t already taken up high-speed data services from doing so, according to recent data from the FCC (www.fcc.gov). The Commission just released the results of a national random survey it conducted of adults in October and November 2009 to assess attitudes toward broadband. The survey [...]
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Cable Show Engineering Preview

By bgrstaff | Published: February 24, 2010
Network architecture, operational efficiencies and advanced hardware and software services will take center stage at this year’s 2010 Spring Technical Forum, co-hosted by SCTE (www.scte.org), CableLabs (www.cablelabs.com) and NCTA (www.ncta.com). The confab – which includes SCTE’s Conference on Emerging Technologies and NCTA’s annual Technical Papers program – will take place during the Cable Show 2010, [...]
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Product News: February 18th, 2010

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
CableLabs and Canoe Complete New EBIF Spec CableLabs (www.cablelabs.com) and Canoe Ventures (www.canoe-ventures.com) completed the latest EBIF spec. This new version (I06) features functionality developed to meet competitive interactive television market requirements and will widen the range of EBIF-enhanced programming, advertising and applications. In related news, Canoe and CableLabs announced a partnership between Canoe Ventures’ new Innovation [...]
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Cable Hall of Fame Class of 2010 Announced

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
The Cable Center (www.cablecenter.org) announced the members of the Cable Hall of Fame Class of 2010. The six honorees will be inducted during the annual Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, held in conjunction with Cable Connection – Spring in Los Angeles, May 11-14. The new inductees are: Yolanda G. Barco, former Vice President and Executive Officer, [...]
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Switzer to Deliver Keynote at 2010 SCTE Canadian Summit

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
Israel “Sruki” Switzer will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming SCTE Canadian Summit 2010. The Summit is slated for March 9-10 in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Switzer’s keynote speech, sponsored by Fujitsu, will kick off the Summit the morning of March 9. For more info, visit www.scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=1647.
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SCTE Foundation Announces Grants

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
The SCTE Foundation (foundation.scte.org) announced the grants it approved during the fourth quarter of 2009. One of them was a major grant, which was provided to Robert Dignum of Yelm, Wash., as previously announced. PHOTO: sctefoundation.jpg The other six grant recipients during the fourth quarter were: Lowell Flanner, Sunflower Broadband Erik Jenson, Cogeco Cable Gary Paulson, Comcast Brent Sager, Broadband [...]
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Insight Upgrades Network with Nokia Siemens

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
Insight Communications is upgrading its network using Nokia Siemens Networks (www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com) optical transport and Metro Ethernet technology to deliver better services, improving the overall experience of its customers.
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Cox Launches All-Digital Ad Distribution System

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
Cox Media, the advertising services division of Cox Communications, launched an all-digital system for managing ad distribution. Cox Media is the first MSO to provide an enterprise-wide digital media management system to clients. The new system, known as SpotXpress, is part of the company’s efforts to facilitate more efficient services for clients in a rapidly [...]
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Synacor Platform Enables 9m Subs for Olympics

By bgrstaff | Published: February 17, 2010
Synacor (www.synacor.com) reports that its entitlement platform will enable over 9 million subscribers of select multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to view a wealth of Internet video content at NBCOlympics.com during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, which run through Feb. 28. Fourteen cable operators, all of which are participating NBC Olympics affiliates, will use [...]
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