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In Perspective - (Can’t get no) Satisfaction
February 1, 2012 2:20 am | by Brian Santo, Editor-in-Chief | CommentsComcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks plan to sell their spectrum to Verizon Wireless. If that goes through ...
Memory Lane - A Remote Opportunity
February 1, 2012 2:14 am | by Stewart Schley Media & Technology Writer, Denver, Colo. | CommentsIn the 1950s, of course, the next great leap for remote controls was tied to television. Zenith Electronics’ iconic Lazy Bones remote was the first incarnation, but users quickly found fault ...
Ciciora’s Corner - Be amazed ...
February 1, 2012 2:03 am | by Walt S. Ciciora, Expert on Cable and Consumer Electronics Issues | CommentsApparently HDTV is old stuff now. According to USA Today, HDTV receivers are now in 87 percent of U.S. homes, even if some of those homes don’t have HDTV programming.
Open Mic - Who owns the home network?
February 1, 2012 1:51 am | by Benoit Joly, Senior Vice President of Operational Marketing at Technicolor | CommentsIf there’s one safe bet in telecom, it’s that the percentage of households worldwide with connected consumer electronics (CE) devices will continue to grow at a healthy clip.
Engineering Wise: Business Services – Differentiation is the Key
February 1, 2012 1:45 am | by Marty Davidson, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers | CommentsAs the demands of Wall Street and budgetary challenges continue to apply pressure on MSOs, cable operators searching for new sources of significant revenue ...
Capital Currents - FCC CALM Act Rules
February 1, 2012 1:33 am | by Jeffrey Krauss, President of Telecommunications and Technology Policy | CommentsIt’s no surprise that the law imposes new burdens on cable operators and broadcasters. The whole purpose is to regulate the loudness of commercials, which was never regulated before.
THE BROADBAND 50 - 2011
January 1, 2012 2:57 am | by CED Staff | CommentsHere at CED, the results of our annual Broadband 50 are unpredictable, with a different No. 1 for four years running now. The Broadband 50 celebrates the companies, trends and occurrences, and people...
CED Person of the Year: Jorge Salinger
January 1, 2012 2:34 am | by Mike Robuck, Senior Editor | CommentsWhile it may take a village to drive the development and implementation of something as far-reaching as the cable industry’s CCAP specifications, Comcast’s Jorge Salinger has beat the drum louder than anyone else.
Cable’s SMB Forecast: Cloudy and Bright
January 1, 2012 2:13 am | by Craig Kuhl, Contributing Editor | CommentsThe latest forecast for running a small to mid-size business (SMB) in the cloud calls for greater cost efficiencies and productivity with increasing revenue showers...
CED’s 2011 Pacesetter Awards
January 1, 2012 1:45 am | by CED Staff | CommentsThe 2011 class of Pacesetter Award recipients represent innovators in a number of endeavors crucial to the competitive viability of cable operators around the world...
In Perspective - Six degrees of … no, wait …
January 1, 2012 1:30 am | by Brian Santo, Editor-in-Chief | CommentsIf it isn’t directly connected, odds are that it would take only a few steps to get to the technology. Call it Six Degrees of Multi-Screen.
Memory Lane - An Impulsive Solution
January 1, 2012 1:10 am | by Stewart Schley Media & Technology Writer, Denver, Colo. | CommentsIt was that backdrop that helped put cable on the map as a legitimate force in the boxing business, through an emerging delivery technology saddled with the indelicate name of “pay-per-view.”
Open Mic - New Requirements for Linear Transcoding
January 1, 2012 1:03 am | by By Michael Adams, Head of Software Strategy for Solution Area TV at Ericsson | CommentsOver-the-top (OTT) video traffic continues to increase as more and more consumers start to use long-form video portals such as Hulu, Netflix and HBO Go.
Engineering-Wise - Standardizing Cable Installation
January 1, 2012 12:46 am | by By Mark Dzuban President and CEO of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers | CommentsOne of the persistent themes at Expo was the need to listen to the customer. There was repeated talk of understanding, anticipating and responding...
Capital Currents - Enhancing Energy Conservation
January 1, 2012 12:38 am | by Jeffrey Krauss, Telecommunications and Technology Policy | CommentsThere is a lot of effort underway in the cable and consumer electronics industries to develop methods for conserving energy. Some of this is driven by the Energy Star 3.0 requirements for TVs, DVD players and set-top boxes.
