Bang the DRM slowly
Cable operators have a tricky transition from conditional access to digital rights managementWith apologies to retransmission consent, there isn’t a single legal concept that has inspired more...
View ArticleChasing big business
The ramp is steep for cable but well worth the climbThe lucrative small- to mid-size business (SMB) services market is growing organically to include larger enterprises and is now in phase two as cable...
View ArticleCapital Currents: That notorious copyright decision
Goofy, but with little real impactYou’ve certainly read about that notorious decision by the Librarian of Congress that made it illegal for a cell phone owner to “unlock” a cell phone so that it can be...
View ArticleEngineering-Wise: Cable’s place atop the operations world
How do we identify potential troubles and address them before they manifest into real troubles? Read more about Engineering-Wise: Cable’s place atop the operations worldComments
View ArticleMemory Lane: Predicting the Internet, cable-style
Innovation is great, but in life and in cable, timing is everything.If you’ve been around awhile, or are of “a certain age,” you may recall a few early attempts to couple cable’s distribution...
View ArticleCiciora’s Corner: The Second Half of the Chess Board
Exponential growth might be problematic with grains of rice, but it's marvelous when talking about bits and bytes Futurist Ray Kurzweil is reported to have coined the phrase “the second half of the...
View ArticleOpen Mic: Cable’s best strategy for winning the multi-screen numbers game
The most effective multi-screen strategies will take advantage of both cloud-based streaming and in-home media mobility.Service providers are transitioning to a multi-screen service model, offering...
View ArticleSecond-screen CTO Vendor Roundtable
Leading vendor execs provide their takes on TV EverywhereRead more about Second-screen CTO Vendor RoundtableComments
View ArticleThe 2013 CTO Roundtable
Several of the cable industry’s top technology execs provide a snapshot of networks that never seem to stop migrating toward something newAs we’ve done for years, we’ve interviewed the CTOs of several...
View ArticleHuawei founder: we won't spy
During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei has never once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist.Until Thursday.During a visit to the company's New Zealand...
View ArticleMemory Lane: Cable then and now – halfway home
A tipping-point moment in cable television history happened sometime – nobody knows the exact date – in the fall of 1987, when the industry’s presence among U.S. homes topped 50 percent for the first...
View ArticleEngineering-wise: Time for the Time Domain
It’s time for upstream engineers to start thinking in the time domain as well as the RF spectrum domain. We can use time domain data to maximize our upstream capacity and robustness as we load up the...
View ArticleOpen Mic: Taking the tethers off of TV Everywhere services
TV Everywhere (TVE) is the hot new feature in the cable and TV industry. It’s certainly understandable – consumers are demanding it.Read more about Open Mic: Taking the tethers off of TV Everywhere...
View ArticleIn Perspective: Flexinets
TV Everywhere isn’t quite, as Michael Willner points out in this month’s Open Mic.But it’s getting there.Most companies are happy to oblige customers who want to consume more video in more places....
View ArticleConnectors in the field make plug and play WDMs a snap
When FTTH (fiber-to- the-home) technology was in its infancy, the prevailing method of deploying optical splitters in the OSP was to hard splice them in splice cases. In addition to hard splicing the...
View ArticleDeploying CCAP: Not just another box swap
MSOs need to look at operational changes ahead of deploymentsRead more about Deploying CCAP: Not just another box swapComments
View ArticleExploring the benefits of a Fiber Deep architecture
Taking fiber deeper is future-proof and reduces ecological impactRegulators, institutions and businesses all continue to expand green initiatives. Cable operators are no exception to this trend as they...
View ArticleComcast's Stemper takes care of business
The president of Comcast Business Services wins Vanguard AwardRead more about Comcast's Stemper takes care of businessComments
View ArticleHome automation wherever you are...
Home services – automation, monitoring, security – is proving to be a valuable element of the bundleHome services – packages that include some combination of home automation, home monitoring, and home...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable upgrades home phone app
Time Warner Cable has enhanced its VoiceZone Connect app for PCs and Macs, giving its phone customers expanded remote access to their service. Customers can now click-to-call outside of the home,...
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