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SeaChange, Avail-TVN to demo VOD ad insertion
May 18, 2012 2:39 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe two have integrated their products to create a system that can place ads at any place within a VOD stream.
Contestants gear up for round 2 of SCTE IP Challenge
May 18, 2012 2:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsProspective combatants in the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ IP Challenge can start gearing up for the challenge with online practice.
FCC set to advance mHealth
May 18, 2012 2:34 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAn FCC proposal to allocate spectrum for wireless health monitoring devices could lead to the development of products that may lower healthcare costs and improve outcomes for patients.
Comcast trades bandwidth cap for a threshold
May 17, 2012 5:21 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe MSO suspends its 250-GB-a-month usage allocation for all, effective immediately. On the way is a 300 GB allowance, plus the option to buy additional bandwidth.
Comcast connects with Skype in 10 markets
May 17, 2012 2:03 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast’s HD video Skype service will be available to its subscribers in 10 markets, and it’s using an adapter box from Technicolor to provision the service.
Arris supports HTML5 in whole-home solution
May 17, 2012 1:58 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | 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 | Products | 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 | Products | 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.
De la Vega talks shared data, subsidies
May 17, 2012 1:52 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega hinted that his company is eyeing shared data plans, similar to those Verizon Wireless has said it will offer.
N.H. House resurrects Internet access tax ban
May 17, 2012 1:47 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAfter it killed it, the House resurrected a bill that would ban taxing Internet access in New Hampshire.
Time Warner Cable blends Vutopia into TV Everywhere mix
May 16, 2012 2:41 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable MoviePass subscribers now have access to Vutopia’s movie service on their PC and Mac computers and laptops across the cable operator’s entire footprint.
Cox, AT&T, T-Mobile among new spectrum swaps
May 16, 2012 2:39 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAT&T is buying eight 700 MHz lower B-block licenses off of Cox in areas of Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Virginia.
Avail-TVN bows DAI tools
May 16, 2012 2:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | Products | CommentsAvail-TVN has come up with some new dynamic ad insertion (DAI) tools to help content providers monetize VOD viewing.
SeaChange, Tellabs cue up OTT ad targeting demo at Cable Show
May 16, 2012 2:34 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSeaChange and Tellabs will jointly demonstrate a new ad-targeting technology for over-the-top video that is based on Web browser activity.
Unity Telecom preparing another OTT challenger
May 16, 2012 2:32 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsBased on Entone’s FusionTV platform, Unity TV will unite Web-based content with free-to-air channels using a scheme designed to avoid retrans agreements.
