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2/8/2010  -  Comcast's already trialing a version 4.0 digital terminal adapter based on new Broadcom chips that can run Moto and Cisco content protection schemes
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Evolution got back to us on this one only to note that it didn't specify which chipset it's using in the uDTA it got a waiver...
2/8/2010  -  Cox is bucking a cable industry trend, expanding its Ethernet sales and stressing local ties and regional verticals
2/8/2010  -  Cablevision among the early takers for a wideband-capable WiFi access point optimized for wireless video and voice applications
2/5/2010  -  Believe it or not, some of the telecom action in DC doesn't involve the proposed Comcast-NBCU deal
2/5/2010  -  Company puts its struggling 'Quality of Experience' business on the block, claims to have a potential buyer already on the line
2/4/2010  -  Brian Roberts insists MSO won't prevent others from offering shows over broadband, but WideOpenWest CEO claims there's already some of that going on
Most Recent Post: Jeff Baumgartner... Boxee chief Avner Ronen chimed in on Zucker's testimony this afternoon regarding to whole Hulu-Boxee blocking incident. Zucker...
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Jeff Baumgartner
Jinni Puts Cable Guys in the Mood
Jeff Baumgartner
2/8/2010  -  5:05 PM Cablers at CableLabs 'Innovation Showcase' view Jinni's mood-based video finder as the idea most likely to succeed
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Erin Barker
Tech at the Superbowl
Erin Barker
2/8/2010  -  10:25 AM Google unveils its first Superbowl ad, and Vizio presents an Internet-star-studded ad for Web TV
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Erin Barker
Amazon vs. the Publishers
Erin Barker
2/5/2010  -  9:25 AM Hachette joins the fray as Macmillan continues its fight
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Cable Digital News Opinion
Jeff Baumgartner
The Set-Top Mess
Jeff Baumgartner
1/29/2010  -  The FCC's inquiry into set-top 'innovation' is showing just how far apart all sides are from reaching anything resembling a consensus
Most Recent Post: Cooper1... both are worthy objectives, and both stand about the same chance of success. Nice summary of the various dogs in this f...
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Cable Going Green
1/5/2010  -  Major cable MSOs and suppliers are exploring environmentally friendly technologies and operational processes to reduce their carbon footprints
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TV Everywhere: The Path to All-IP Cable
10/22/2009  -  The perceived threat posed by over-the-top Internet video providers is driving cable operators to accelerate the development of TV Everywhere. Such a shift would mark a dramatic, even revolutionary, change in the cable industry, but one that is gaining appeal.
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    Companies
    Alcatel-Lucent (5942), AT&T (2001), BellSouth (849), BT (1315), Cablevision (654), Cisco (5371), Comcast (2029), Cox Communications (908), Deutsche Telekom (816), eBay (Skype) (351), Ericsson (1654), France Telecom (984), Google (503), Huawei (1090), Intel (1130), Juniper (2042), Microsoft (1134), Motorola (1516), Nokia Siemens Networks (2694), Nortel (3999), NTT (183), Siemens (1362), Sprint (1064), Telefonica (450), Time Warner Cable (1015), Verizon (2656), Vodafone (519), Yahoo (342)

    4G/LTE
    3G Evolution (226), Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (232), Carrier WiFi (275), CDMA (3G) (420), China Mobile (35), Core Network (224), EV-DO (172), Femtocells (84), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (114), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (125), GSM/EDGE (483), HSDPA/HSUPA (371), IMS Core (95), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) (282), Messaging (116), Messaging (283), Mobile Advertising (73), Mobile location (84), Mobile Music (78), Mobile TV (194), Mobile Video (120), Mobile WiMax/WiBro (141), Mobile/Wireless (6125), Municipal networks (107), Packet Core (116), Presence management (44), Radio Access Network (292), Services (2642), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (111), Transmission (84), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB) (52), UMTS(3G) (391), Video services (4217), Videophone (193), Vodafone (519), Voice Core (64), VOIP software (685), WiMax (888), Wireless Backhaul (297), Wireless LAN (362)

    Broadband
    Access devices (279), Access equipment (2199), Access technologies (2396), Access test & measurement equipment (132), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (394), Cable Modems (716), Carrier WiFi (275), Content/software downloads (240), Docsis (1104), DSL (2506), DSL chips (235), DSLAMs (708), Ethernet PONs (165), Femtocells (84), Free-space optics (39), FTTx (3495), Home gateways (672), Internet Video (947), IPTV (3560), Media adapters (26), Microsoft (1134), PON (1434), Satellite (522), Video services (4217), VOD (2756), Yahoo (342)

    Cable
    Access equipment (2199), Access technologies (2396), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (746), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1124), Cable Modems (716), Cable/MSO equipment (2822), CableLabs (502), Cablevision (654), Comcast (2029), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (289), Cox Communications (908), Digital content (1279), Digital rights management (369), Docsis (1104), DVRs (704), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (222), FTTx (3495), Gaming consoles (71), Head-ends (239), Home gateways (672), IPTV (3560), Media adapters (26), Middleware & business support systems (905), Network DVR (105), PacketCable (131), PON (1434), QAM (315), Residential (847), Set-top boxes (1711), Stored video servers (386), Time Warner Cable (1015), TV (3838), Video equipment (2487), Video services (4217), Video software (1382), VOD (2756), VOIP services (3813), Wavelength services (317)

    Ethernet
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1464), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (277), Access devices (279), Ciena (56), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (109), Ethernet chips (595), Ethernet equipment (2270), Ethernet over copper (233), Ethernet PONs (165), Ethernet services (1948), Ethernet technologies (583), Ethernet test & measurement equipment (177), Multipoint (138), Multiservice edge equipment (147), Multiservice provisioning platforms (627), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (379), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (262), Point-to-point (148), Powerline (90), Resilient Packet Ring (173), Sonet/SDH (1050), Tellabs (13), Wireless Backhaul (297)

    IP & Convergence
    Activation (420), Anti-virus (29), B-RASs (232), Billing systems (794), Cell/WLAN (80), Centrex (199), Circuit emulation (16), Conferencing (128), Contact centers (38), Content delivery network (CDN) (410), Content/software downloads (240), Converged access (109), Core Network (224), Customer relationship management (295), Data Integrity (115), Denial-of-service attacks (46), Edge routers (1712), Element management systems (78), Encryption (142), Endpoint security (66), Enhanced voice (77), Enterprise (649), Fault management (111), Firewalls (105), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (492), GMPLS (79), IMS (1109), IMS Core (95), Interactive advertising (219), Internet Video (947), Intrusion detection & prevention (89), Inventory management (201), IP equipment (1273), IP software (396), IPSec VPN (843), Layer 3 VPNs (206), Media gateways (365), Mediation systems (249), Messaging (116), Middleware (116), Mobile/Wireless (6125), MPLS (1795), Multicast (38), OSS (2701), OSS test & measurement (1103), Performance monitoring (385), Planning tools (70), Policy control (295), Presence management (44), Product Management (67), Provisioning (605), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (133), QOS (353), Residential (847), Revenue assurance & fraud management (383), Security (1906), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (341), Service management (280), Service-oriented architectures (321), Services (2642), Session border controllers (405), Signaling gateways (111), SIP (408), Softswitches (1102), SSL VPN (904), Telepresence (211), Traffic managers (829), URL filtering (54), User authentication (68), Video services (4217), Videophone (193), VOIP equipment (3457), VOIP services (3813), VOIP software (685), VOIP test & measurement equipment (147), VOIP VPNs (30), Web services (133), Wholesale (224), Wireless LAN (362), Wireline/Wireless (64), XML (51)

    Mobile Backhaul
    10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1464), 100-Gbit/s Ethernet (277), Access devices (279), Cell/WLAN (80), China Mobile (35), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (109), Core Network (224), Ethernet equipment (2270), Ethernet over copper (233), Ethernet PONs (165), Ethernet services (1948), Ethernet technologies (583), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (114), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (492), Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless (125), IMS (1109), IMS Core (95), Mobile/Wireless (6125), Optical amplifiers (350), Packet Core (116), Point-to-point (148), QOS (353), Speciality fiber (97), Tellabs (13), Transceivers (1259), Transmission (84), Transmission fiber (420), Vodafone (519), Voice Core (64), Wavelength services (317), WiMax (888), Wireless Backhaul (297), Wireless LAN (362), Wireline/Wireless (64)

    Optical Networking
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    Service Provider IT
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    Video (Sponsored by Ericsson)
    Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (232), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (746), Cable TV chips (304), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (289), Content protection (309), Digital rights management (369), DVRs (704), Gaming consoles (71), Internet Video (947), IPTV (3560), Middleware & business support systems (905), Mobile TV (194), Network DVR (105), P2P (268), Satellite (522), Set-top boxes (1711), Stored video servers (386), Telepresence (211), TV (3838), Video equipment (2487), Video services (4217), Video software (1382), Videophone (193), VOD (2756)