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Azuki, D-Link partner on OTT sidecar
May 18, 2012 2:41 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe partners have devised a means to enable MSOs to provide multi-screen services without major upgrades to their existing QAM and set-top environment.
SeaChange, Avail-TVN to demo VOD ad insertion
May 18, 2012 2:39 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe two have integrated their products to create a system that can place ads at any place within a VOD stream.
Arris supports HTML5 in whole-home solution
May 17, 2012 1:58 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe Moxi box is getting an HTML5 browser, and the company is releasing a software development kit with the relevant APIs.
Incognito to demo IPDR system at Cable Show
May 17, 2012 1:56 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe integrated system is designed to make sense of IPDR data so that MSOs can efficiently provide better, more efficient service.
Affinegy, Sigma Systems bring TR-069 to DOCSIS
May 17, 2012 1:55 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe two companies have combined their products to create a means of upgrading deployed DOCSIS 2.0 and DOCSIS 3.0 devices for management control.
Avail-TVN bows DAI tools
May 16, 2012 2:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAvail-TVN has come up with some new dynamic ad insertion (DAI) tools to help content providers monetize VOD viewing.
Motorola optical node makes 1 GHz upgrade fast
May 10, 2012 2:28 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe new VSN200 2 x 2 Optical Node can be deployed in existing housings, with the only other items to be swapped out being an Electronics Package (E-Pack) and a new lid.
SeaChange’s Nitro Now breathes new life into older set-tops
May 9, 2012 3:24 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsSeaChange International has extended the shelf life of older, QAM-based set-top boxes with the release of its Nitro Now software.
Assia introduces tools to manage vectored DSL
May 9, 2012 3:23 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsDSL Expresse 2.7 equips telcos with multi-tenancy features that prepare for vectoring in unbundled environments, advanced diagnostics and line optimization.
New Products – May 2012
April 30, 2012 7:58 pm | by CED Magazine | CommentsHarmonic announced it is bringing its video compression tech to the integrated receiver-decoder (IRD) market with the introduction of the ProView 7100, while Motorola Mobility has introduced a family of combo IRD-transcoders.
New Products - April 2012
April 27, 2012 9:47 pm | by CED Magazine | CommentsImagine has reengineered its ICE video platform, Exfo recently launched a portable version of its iPro Intelligent Network Analysis Probe and Convergys has introduced CRM 2.0.
Netgear readies router based on new Wi-Fi spec
April 26, 2012 2:10 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe new 802.11ac router will enable transmission rates in excess of 1 Gbps.
Motorola Mobility combines IRDs, transcoders
April 12, 2012 2:52 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsThe integrated systems will help MSOs handle incoming MPEG-4 video as they upgrade networks built for MPEG-2.
BlackArrow’s software adds flexibility to dynamic ad insertion
April 11, 2012 2:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAdvanced advertising vendor BlackArrow has released new software that was designed to help cable operators work with programming networks to expand the sale, placement and measurement of dynamic advertising insertion across IP and traditional pay-TV platforms.
Dell creates CDN server system
April 11, 2012 2:54 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsDell servers running software from EdgeCast and Elemental will help service providers target the enterprise market.



