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NDS Multiscreen Video Set for Boston

Posted on April 28, 2012 by BTR Staff
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At the NCTA‘s Cable Show 2012 in Boston, NDS will demonstrate technologies designed to enable operators to secure, enable and monetize multiscreen video offerings. In addition, NDS will be participating in NCTA’s Imagine Park with a demonstration of an immersive … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged Cable Show, Multiscreen, NDS, video

AFL Intros Fiber Inspection/Analysis System

Posted on April 28, 2012 by BTR Staff
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AFL‘s new NOYES FOCIS family of integrated fiber inspection and analysis solutions is designed to enable users to view, capture, store, recall, review and share fiber endface images and document that fiber connections are contamination free. It’s intended for field … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged AFL, fiber, metrics, T&M

Cox Phone Gets Readable Voice Mail

Posted on April 27, 2012 by BTR Staff
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Cox Communications has announced the availability of Readable Voice Mail to its Digital Telephone customers in all Cox markets. The new feature is designed to let Cox subs read their home voice messages from any device with email access. Cox … Continue reading →

Posted in Headline News | Tagged Cox Communications, voice, VoIP

CommScope Shuffles Biz Segments

Posted on April 25, 2012 by BTR Staff
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CommScope has reorganized its business unit management structure around its three key customer segments — Enterprise, Wireless and Broadband — and named leaders for each, effective immediately. Ric Johnsen will continue as senior vice president, Broadband, leading the business responsible … Continue reading →

Posted in Playing Field | Tagged CommScope

EchoStar Backs Out of U.S. Cable Set-Top Biz

Posted on April 25, 2012 by BTR Staff
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EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) has ceased development of its Aria platform. The company is still co-marketing, with Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM), a silicon chip to add video place-shifting capabilities to legacy cable set-top boxes in the United States, and will continue to sell cable … Continue reading →

Posted in Headline News | Tagged Echostar, set-top, video

NCTA Names IT Finalists

Posted on April 25, 2012 by BTR Staff
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Eight executives of vendor companies for cable industry IT services have been chosen by a selection committee of cable CIOs as finalists in the third annual CIO.IT | Competition, a program of solution-based presentations scheduled for the CIO.IT program at … Continue reading →

Posted in Headline News | Tagged analysis, Cable Show, cloud, metrics, NCTA

Comcast’s Xfinity: More than Security

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Carl Weinschenk
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Comcast’s Xfinity initiative has changed in a subtle but significant way. Xfinity started as a home security business. Gradually, however, its vision and mandate broadened. Now, the company is threading the potentially lucrative needle of home security and home automation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Comcast, home security, In the Home, smart home, XFINITY

IPv6 Shadows Loom Over Enterprises

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Monta Monaco Hernon
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While enterprises might not feel the immediate pressure to evolve their infrastructure to IPv6, certain actions they and others are taking may be putting their networks at risk of shadow networks, malware, or other security breaches. As a result, web … Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Business Services, In the Network, IPv6, security, verticals

PLP Intros Compact Fiber Closure

Posted on April 19, 2012 by BTR Staff
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Preformed Line Products announced the debut of its COYOTE ONE Closure. The new compact fiber-optic closure uses a patented segmented end plate to provide independent access to every cable that enters the closure. It’s designed for quick installation, simple re-entry … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged fiber, In the Network, Preformed Line Products

Suddenlink VP Gets SCTE L&D Award

Posted on April 18, 2012 by BTR Staff
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The SCTE announced that Andy Parrott, corporate vice president of technical operations for Suddenlink Communications, has been named the 2012 recipient of the annual SCTE Excellence in Cable Telecommunications Learning and Development Award. Parrott, who has spent almost two decades … Continue reading →

Posted in Playing Field | Tagged SCTE, Suddenlink

Sunrise Expands Testing for IPv6, VoIP

Posted on April 18, 2012 by BTR Staff
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Sunrise Telecom announced the addition of testing capabilities for IPv6, 10G SONET/SDH, VoIP, and copper to its RxT Smart Productivity Test Platform. New capabilities include: IPv6 testing of layer 2/3 service activation tests PDH/SDH/SONET testing up to 10G from DS-1/E-1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged IPv6, metrics, monitoring, Sunrise Telecom, T&M, VoIP

Dyyno Aims for TV Everywhere

Posted on April 18, 2012 by BTR Staff
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Dyyno announced a cloud-based turnkey TV Everywhere solution designed to enable content aggregators and cable operators to stream live TV and VOD content to any screen at any level of quality up to 1080p HD. The open standards-based solution is … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged cloud, DVR, Dyyno, Multiscreen, TV Everywhere, video, VOD

Minerva Unveils Pay TV over Data Nets

Posted on April 18, 2012 by BTR Staff

At NAB in Las Vegas, Minerva Networks unveiled a pay TV solution designed to be deployed over broadband data networks. Built on Minerva iTVFusion 5, the new Broadband TV (BBTV) service combines linear and on-demand video over a service provider’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Products | Tagged data, Minerva Networks, NAB, video

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