CTS 2011: LTE will dominate “all spectrum, all technologies, all networks”
TORONTO – Despite numerous technical, operational and financial challenges, Long Term Evolution (LTE) will become a dominant wireless technology, if not the dominant wireless technology, globally by the end of […]
SCTE Canadian Summit: Comcast, TWC Scuffling Over CMAP?
TORONTO – Despite attempts to smooth over their differences, Comcast and Time Warner Cable appear at least somewhat at odds over a proposed next-generation architecture for the cable industry. Hints […]
SCTE Canadian Summit: Comcast CTO Werner (a former Rogers engineer) sees cloudy future for media
TORONTO – Peeking through the network clouds, Comcast CTO and executive vice-president Tony Werner has seen the future and it is digital rights management. In a keynote address at the […]
Comcast plans first trial of new cable architecture that will bring video, broadband silos together
DENVER – Seeking to get a leg up on the future, Comcast intends to start testing the "operational readiness" of its new next-generation cable architecture in the next couple of […]
Business bonanza? U.S. cable generates $5 billion for commercial services
U.S. CABLE OPERATORS likely ended up generating a record US$5 billion in commercial services revenue in 2010, up 25% from $4 billion in 2009, according to the latest data (figures […]
Cable-Tec 2010: With no standards, 3DTV delivery is a big problem
NEW ORLEANS – Despite the strong promise of 3DTV to pull in viewers and transform television viewing and advertising, a lack of technical standards will hamper the adoption of the […]
CABLE-TEC 2010: Cable industry plotting full IPTV move. But when? And how?
NEW ORLEANS – In a cable first, industry engineers are now openly debating how to make the big jump to IPTV as they aim to stretch their networks’ reach to […]
Limited content, primitive conversion, encoding and set-top issues, 3DTV adoption will be slow
ATLANTA – Despite the helpful global boost supplied by the World Cup, 3DTV will need a lot more quality content to drive consumer interest in the technology, according to a […]
Lack of standardized video format hurting North American TV Everywhere rollout
ATLANTA – Although early consumer demand for TV Everywhere services seems promising, the lack of technical standards and the difficulties of encoding programs for multiple video platforms may trip up […]
CTS 2010: Why aren’t Canadians and businesses taking better advantage of our advanced networks?
TORONTO– Although Canada ranks highly on most international measures of PC penetration and broadband connectivity, the nation’s lagging investments in information and communications technology (ICT) are dragging down its business […]