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Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick says cable's haul of the business services market is set to eclipse $7B in 2012, but that still represents a small piece of the overall take
Weijun Lee, VP TV and cloud computing solutions at ZTE USA, shares what North American telcos can learn from overseas IPTV operators, how ZTE helps IPTV operators embrace new technologies and ZTE's trusted delivery model for cyber-security
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
Deluxe On Demand gives operators access to the largest studio-quality video catalog (+40,000-plus titles), pre-encoded in over 50 different formats for multiscreen delivery
Light Reading's Joe Braue talks with Rebecca Prudhomme, VP of marketing, Amdocs, about capitalizing on new business models in 4G. M2M, OTT and new vertical services – i.e. smart home and home health monitoring – are poised to play a key role in LTE
Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities
TiVo's David Sandford outlines its whole-home DVR strategy and how a new IP video transcoding device will help cable operators stream their TV lineups to any IP-connected screen
A conversation with Motorola’s Bob Scheffler, Senior Director of Next Generation Video, on how media consumption habits are changing and its impact on future cable services
thePlatform's CEO says pay-TV operators and programmers are scaling up their broadband-fed TV Everywhere services, but stresses that some challenges remain
Verizon thinks its smart CDN, device-specific transcoding, sticky apps and Flex View cloud offering are poised to do battle with whatever OTT players bring
Toledo Telephone COO Dale Merten explains why the company ditched its traditional cable TV service for an OTT video/broadband bundle, and how that decision has led to a much improved business model
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick talks about the hurdles cable must cross to expand its TV Everywhere initiatives, and how multi-screen video intersects with the industry's broader IP video transformation
Time Warner Cable's James Manchester explains the challenges of taking video beyond the TV and to an array of connected devices, and how partners such as Alcatel-Lucent boost the quality and security of TWC’s TV Everywhere lineup
Cox Communications EVP & CTO Kevin Hart explains what's at the top of his to-do list and offers an update on the company's TV Everywhere and IP video strategies
Ian Blaine, CEO of thePlatform, explains how the media publishing firm is backing Comcast's X1 platform and what cable needs to do to get TV Everywhere to the next level
9:25 AM A big crowd gathered at the Comcast booth to check out X1, Comcast's next-gen video service, and the debut of 'Project Dayview,' a cross-platform user interface in the making
itaas President and CEO Vibha Rustagi explains how Comcast's Reference Development Kit (RDK) could get cable closer to a new standard for next-gen set-top boxes
Ahead of the IPTV World Forum show in London, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Adi Kishore explains why telcos are starting to build their own content delivery network (CDN) capabilities
Dan Blumenthal of the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center describes some key research areas and explains the idea of splitting up a modulation space. From the OSA Executive Forum at OFC/NFOEC
Operators face a number of challenges as they build out their IP networks. Heavy Reading senior analyst Stan Hubbard identifies some of those key issues, including convergence, interoperability and network visibility
With connected TVs coming to the market in various flavors, will that finally be the end of the set-top box? Not exactly, says EchoStar's Michael Hawkey
1:00 PM At CES, I put Verizon's Eric Bruno on the spot to walk me through a day in the 'Borderless Life.' The idea is that all your network services can be available on any connected device
At the RIM booth at CES 2012, Fritz Nelson walks through a new, improved BlackBerry PlayBook. Its improved features sound great, but the demo tablet doesn't always cooperate
11:00 AM Phil checks out Verizon's FiOS TV service on the Microsoft Xbox 360. But why put a subset of its TV service on a gaming console? Verizon's Joe Ambeault explains
MoveTV by Move Networks is a game-changer that transcends traditional IPTV. The solution features linear TV, cloud-based DVR, VOD, and a new-concept UI, with amazing HD quality powered by Move's adaptive streaming technology
Watch as Light Reading, Cisco and Cox discuss the benefits of this exciting new in-home technology connecting managed and CE device content experiences
AT&T's Jon Summers talks about why the carrier is exposing network APIs, why it is focusing on HTML5 and how developers can write apps once and deploy them across multiple devices
Execs with Cox and Charter explain why tucking software and processing complexity further into the cloud is accelerating cable’s ability to change and enhance video services and applications
At Metaswitch Forum 2011 Joe Braue spoke with keynote speaker Richard Noble OBE about the BLOODHOUND PROJECT and the team who is developing a land speed car aiming to reach 1000 MPH. A unique showcase for science, technology, engineering and math.
Sanjay Jha and Dan Moloney discuss the cable industry opportunity for tablet and consumer devices, giving a nod to Televation and advanced content delivery services in the home
Sanjay Jha and Dan Moloney discuss the Google-Moto combo and what it means for set-tops, consumer devices and what a mobile ecosystem could mean for the cable industry
Hear how technology, content and devices are enabling end-users to consume video whenever and wherever they want it, and how innovations like Liquid Net can enable the best video experience
Heavy Reading's Adi Kishore reveals some data from the latest consumer survey of pay TV subscribers as we try to find out how operators can keep customers happy and reduce churn
Eric Bruno describes how Verizon is endeavoring to make everything its customers want or need to do easier and more convenient, thanks to Internet-connected devices
A glimpse at two mobile giants gives us a look at what consumers can do now with mobile video at home and some reasons why they can look forward to faster networks
Chris O'Dell, VP of sales at Hughes Network Systems Europe, says broadband connections via Ka-band satellite links can help fill in the gaps in Europe's broadband coverage and deliver a service comparable to many fixed-broadband offerings
10:00 AM Ericsson's Keith Shank helps us take a step back and discuss what LTE means for consumers and service providers, as well as how it changes the mobile network
4:00 PM The tablet computing market is so desperate to stand out against the iPad that it's taken to killing us with clutter and insulting early adopters of the technology
BT is embracing soaring data throughput by creating services to monetize the carriage cost, and making bold decisions about how to manage internal network infrastructure
Data use on both fixed and mobile networks is skyrocketing, with no end in sight. Carriers must find new ways to build revenue in line with bandwidth usage
7:25 AM Some recent moves by CNN and AT&T seem inspired by Netflix, giving consumers more options for getting content on the go (at no additional cost)
How do you connect legacy equipment with emerging mobile devices? Can these generate revenue and improve consumer experiences? Hear Jim Elayan, Vice President, Marketing for itaas, discuss the changing landscape of multi-screen interactive apps
Aria allows mid-tier and smaller operators to offer advanced products and features utilizing the existing cable plant. Features include VoD, Whole Home DVR, TV Everywhere, integrated search, widget-based graphical UI and RF remote controls
Ken Morse, CTO of Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group, expounds on the progress MSO customers are making with their different migration paths leading toward end-to-end IP video
The cable industry continues to celebrate its common next-gen architecture spec as a way to simplify the process of building cable networks that can deliver IP video
thePlatform's Ian Blaine discusses his company's role in Comcast's Xfinity TV, providing more proof that broadband video and traditional VoD are blending
NDS is using a technology to provide separable security without having to use CableCARDs, so cable operators can deploy TV services securely with lower hardware costs
Dr Shen, director, Broadband Department, at China Telecom's Shanghai Research Institute, talks about the carrier's decision to deploy fiber-to-the-home and the anticipated benefits that will bring
Ericsson's next-generation IP Networking shows how operators will evolve their packet and service infrastructure to connect the Networked Society of 50B connected devices by 2020
Cable MSOs are now asking content delivery networks for more adaptive streaming and content delivery to consumer electronics, according to Verivue's Ganesh Pai
Roku CEO Anthony Wood says his company is a next-generation content distribution platform and cable MSOs no longer have to own wires to sell customers a great video experience
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says MSOs are making a mistake by assuming that the TV experience is going to be different from the landscape of other connected devices in consumer homes
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick sets the stage for today's LR Live cable event in New York with a reminder of how competition is encouraging cable operators to embrace IP and to reach more devices
