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It’s Time for Service Providers to Enlist in the Revolution
March 28, 2013 | by Azuki | Comments
Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD) must avoid becoming Oldsmobiles. Multi-screen delivery is a profoundly complicated business. This is an area where experience really counts.
It’s Time for Service Providers to Enlist in the Revolution
March 28, 2013 12:02 pm | by Azuki | Comments
Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD) must avoid becoming Oldsmobiles. Multi-...
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Loudness correction in compressed streams
January 28, 2013 9:10 am | by RGB Networks | CommentsThe CALM Act requires video service providers (VSPs) to meet specific audio leveling standards. This paper reviews a best-of-breed solution that enables VSPs to solve loudness problems and avoid penalties, without compromising the audio experience.
HEVC: Future video encoding landscape
October 11, 2012 9:11 am | by Harmonic | CommentsThe HEVC standard has the potential to have a revolutionary impact on video delivery, as it will dramatically reduce the bandwidth compared to existing H.264 delivery systems. This paper examines what HEVC is and reviews the development of the standard, how past and current compression standards are extended by HEVC, and which applications will benefit.
Overcoming application performance challenges with application-assured business VPN services
October 4, 2012 3:47 pm | by Alcatel-Lucent | CommentsService providers need the ability to assure the operation of business applications. Learn how the Alcatel-Lucent Application-Assured Business VPN Services solution offers you the ability to move up the value chain by enhancing your existing VPN service offerings.
Strategic analytics advantage in the communications industry
September 17, 2012 3:44 pm | by Alteryx | CommentsLearn how strategic analytics can combine your business and technical data with detailed demographic insight so you can optimize your network resources and support critical network and customer decisions. Find out how other providers are using analytics to drive a measurable improvement in revenue, network performance and customer satisfaction.
Expanded test capabilities: Suddenlink and DOCSIS 3.0
July 3, 2012 8:00 am | by VeEx | CommentsSuddenlink and VeEx have partnered to create an all-in-one field test meter, which is especially designed for BBTs tasked with completing home certification of DOCSIS 3.0-based services.
Recognizing, resolving LTE/cable TV interference Issues
June 1, 2012 10:56 am | by Rohde & Schwarz | CommentsThis white paper covers what makes LTE different from previous technologies and the difference between LTE-related ingress and egress issues.
Application performance management for enterprise WANs
March 16, 2012 5:06 pm | by Alcatel-Lucent | CommentsExponential-e is the first U.K. provider to offer its business customers an application performance management capability delivered from within its own network. This technical paper details the benefits available to Exponential-e's customers, as well as how the capability is deployed.
Heavy Reading White Paper: MSOs Move Wireless Backhaul to the Forefront
November 22, 2011 10:13 am | by Ciena | CommentsThis white paper examines growing mobile backhaul opportunities and prospects for MSOs as the wireless market continues to evolve rapidly, and the challenges inherent in that growth process. This paper also addresses the rationale for deploying Carrier Ethernet in the backhaul domain, describing a service provider use case as an example.
Managed Wi-Fi and Wired Internet White Paper
May 19, 2011 12:09 pm | by Spot On Networks | CommentsSON Networks is a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) as well as a Wired Internet Service Provider (ISP) providing managed internet solutions in medium to large Multifamily properties, hotels and commercial common areas. As such SON provides very cost effective, secure, branded, highspeed Wireless and Wired Internet access, and managed telecommunications services to residents, guests and staff alike.
Mobilizing ‘TV Everywhere’
May 18, 2011 9:44 am | by Azuki | CommentsMSOs face the prospect of declining subscriptions and lost VoD revenue without direct and rapid service expansion to mobile devices as consumers seek service alternatives.
Business Ethernet Revisited: The Testing Imperative
March 31, 2011 9:34 am | by VeEX | CommentsCable operators have gained a small share of the telco-dominated business services market but are relatively stronger in Ethernet services. Testing plays a critical role in the installation and maintenance of these services, which also requires a workforce trained to use test and measurement (T&M) equipment.
Refining Media Delivery Intelligent Caching Comes of Age
November 29, 2010 1:27 pm | by Juniper Networks | CommentsNew solutions are emerging, purpose-built to address business models and network constraints while also providing a path toward very high scalability. One of the more elegant and efficient solutions is Juniper Networks' Media Flow technology. An example near the end of this white paper shows potential cost savings from intelligent caching can easily exceed several million US dollars.
The Micro Packet ONP: Leveraging Today’s Optical Network for Next-Generation Ethernet Access
October 12, 2010 6:53 am | by Fujitsu | CommentsEthernet has become the most popular interface to attach end-users to the range of Ethernet and IP network services. Ethernet is simple, lower cost and familiar and, therefore, easy for end users to own and operate Click here!. A single Ethernet jack can support multiple connections and a wide range of access bandwidths. This enables end-users to grow connectivity and bandwidth easily over time.
Remote Storage DVR Technology
October 12, 2010 5:23 am | by SeaChange | CommentsIn late June 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a next-generation technology that could revolutionalize the TV industry. In a landmark decision, the nation's highest court dismissed legal challenges to the Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder (RS-DVR), enabling broadband providers to put all the time-shifting capabilities of a traditional digital video recorder (DVR) into a network-based environment.
See the Picture: How the Set-top Box Tuner Impacts Cable Video Quality
October 11, 2010 1:00 pm | by Microtune | CommentsThe transition to digital TV and high-definition TV has made consumers much more aware of the quality of their video and any interruptions to its delivery. The current economic downturn has the potential to drive demand higher for in-home entertainment, including increased use of video-on-demand (VOD) services. With consumers spending more time looking at their TV screen, this could be good news for cable multiple service operators (MSOs)—as long as they can deliver the quality of service that consumers expect.
