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Infinera, XO Complete 1,348 km Field Trial
Infinera (www.infinera.com) has completed a successful field trial of 100 Gigabit per second (100G) coherent transmission over a 1,348 kilometer route on the XO Communications nationwide network. The trial used Infinera’s new 500G photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which each integrate five 100G channels.
The field trial involved Infinera’s 500G PICs transmitting and receiving a 100G signal [...]
Tvinci Powers Novebox OTT Service for MSN
Novebox (http://latino.msn.novebox.com/) has selected the Tvinci (www.tvinci.com) video platform to create a subscription/pay-on-demand service for Spanish language MSN portals. The Novebox service will be rolled out progressively across Latin America and the Hispanic market in the United States over the next 5 months. Tvinci’s MediaHub and MediaStore have been deployed by Novebox to manage video [...]
SCTE Calls for Papers for Canadian Summit
The SCTE (www.scte.org) is seeking proposals for technical sessions to be conducted during the SCTE Canadian Summit 2011, which is set for March 8-9 in Toronto, Ontario. The deadline for proposals is Oct. 8.
SCTE desires that all sessions be interactive where possible and include case studies as application examples. The recommended areas of focus are [...]
Draka Fiber Completes Independent Lab Testing
Draka Communications Americas‘ (www.draka.com/communications) newest ultra bend insensitive fiber has completed independent lab testing. Branded as Draka BendBright-Elite, the new fiber is designed to tolerate bends as small as 5 mm while achieving attenuation values less than 0.1dB. It complies with ITU G.657 A1, A2, B2, and B3. Draka completed the test program in August.
Clearwire Adds Three 4G Markets
Clearwire (www.clearwire.com) has launched CLEAR 4G mobile broadband service in Boston; Providence, RI; and Daytona Beach, FL. With today’s launches, the company’s 4G network now serves 52 markets and covers 60 million people.
ADC Chosen for North Dakota FTTP Network
Reservation Telephone Cooperative, a provider of broadband services to rural communities in central North Dakota, is using ADC’s (www.adc.com) fiber connectivity and management solutions to build its FTTP network. The project is funded in part by a $21.9 million broadband stimulus award.
RTC serves 19 communities, via 20 exchanges and nearly 9,000 access lines. The FTTP [...]
Cablemás Picks Conax, Evolution Digital
Cablemás (www.cablemas.com), Mexico’s second-largest cable-TV operator, is going digital with a Conax (www.conax.com) content security platform and Evolution Digital (www.evolutionbb.com) set-tops. The content security platform is intended to provide higher quality digital TV service and a range of TV package options, and also to strengthen the operator’s triple play offering. Evolution Digital is supplying 200,000 [...]
Optimum Lightpath Wins Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Award
Optimum Lightpath (www.optimumlightpath.com) has received the Vertical Market Penetration Leadership of the Year award from industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. The award is presented each year to the company that has best demonstrated excellence in capturing healthcare sector market share. Key success highlights that solidified Optimum Lightpath as this year’s winner include its 70 [...]
Best Buy Picks Widevine for DRM, Adaptive Streaming
Best Buy (www.bestbuy.com) has chosen Widevine (www.widevine.com) to be a preferred provider of adaptive streaming, virtual DVD-like controls and digital rights management (DRM) on Insignia (www.insigniaproducts.com) connected devices. Widevine’s video optimization and DRM technologies are intended to allow content owners and service providers to deliver content directly to Insignia devices in an over-the-top or TV [...]
IBBS Garners Spot on Inc. 5000 List
Integrated Broadband Services (www.ibbs.com), a provider of voice and data services for broadband providers, has been included in Inc. magazine’s fourth annual ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The Inc. 5000 list (www.inc.com/5000) represents a comprehensive look at America’s entrepreneurs. Inc. 500|5000 companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2006 to [...]
Pixelmetrix Teams with Rep Channel Management
Pixelmetrix (www.pixelmetrix.com) has entered into a strategic partnership with Rep Channel Management (www.repchannelmanagement.com) to build up and strengthen its sales network in North America. Rep Channel Management specializes in building sales channels for its clients and the outsourcing of sales channel management.
Ohio Telco Opts for RGB Gateway
Horizon Telcom (www.horizontel.com), a telecommunications provider serving rural southern Ohio for the past 115 years, is using RGB Networks‘ (www.rgbnetworks.com) Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) to increase the number of HDTV channels that it offers its IPTV subscribers. Horizon has deployed the VMG in its Chillicothe, OH, headquarters, which serves all of its service areas, including [...]
IBC Shortlists Front Porch, BCE Nominations
Front Porch Digital (www.fpdigital.com) and Broadcast Centre Europe have announced that their nomination of the European Parliament’s Centralized Audiovisual Migration and Management System has been shortlisted for the IBC Innovation Awards in the content management category.
The European Parliament’s audiovisual unit provides broadcasting on an internal cable TV network, transmission to Europe by Satellite (EBS), the [...]
Harmonic Integrates Cinnafilm Image Processing
Harmonic (www.harmonicinc.com) and Cinnafilm (www.cinnafilm.com), a developer of advanced graphics processing unit (GPU)-based film and video post production technology, have teamed up to integrate Cinnafilm’s Dark Energy image processing tools with Harmonic’s Rhozet universal media transcoding solutions. The integrated solution is designed to allow post-production studios, media companies, broadcasters and service providers to produce superior [...]
SENSIO, Trident Team on 3D
SENSIO Technologies (www.sensio.tv) is collaborating with Trident Microsystems (www.tridentmicro.com), a provider of 3D-capable set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions. Trident’s system-on-chip (SoC) and discrete semiconductor solutions target the digital home entertainment environment, and the company will be integrating SENSIO 3D technology into its products for a 3D viewing experience in the home. First among the [...]
Tvinci Partners with PeerTV for OTT Video
Tvinci (www.tvinci.com) has partnered with PeerTV (www.peertv.com), a developer of hardware and software solutions for the Internet-based TV market, to enable paid video platforms to be launched on PeerTV’s advanced set-top boxes. The partnership is intended to enable online TV operators and content owners to launch over-the-top (OTT) video services to consumers via a PeerStation [...]
SCTE Announces Expo Workshops
The SCTE (www.scte.org) has posted its list of Expo technical workshops to its web site. This year’s sessions cover Business Services, Cable Services and Fulfillment, Engineering, Network Operations and Technical Operations. Each category contains three or four individual workshops. For full details, go to http://expo.scte.org/content/sessions/workshopsdescriptions.cfm.
Sky Extends Rovi IPG Agreement
Sky (British Sky Broadcasting Limited) has extended the term of its existing license agreement with Rovi (www.rovicorp.com) for interactive program guide (IPG) patents. The multi-year agreement provides Sky with a license to the Rovi IPG patent portfolio for Sky’s pay TV service platforms. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The Rovi global licensing program [...]
PlayBox Joins Wohler Distributor Network
Wohler Technologies (www.wohler.com) has announced that PlayBox Technology Ltd. (www.playbox.tv), an international communications and IT company serving broadcast and corporate markets worldwide, has joined the Wohler distributor network. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, and addressing client needs across the globe through regional offices, PlayBox Technology will act not only as a distributor and reseller of the [...]
CableLabs Publishes 3D Encoding Spec