The MediaCache 1000
Digital content for interactive TV systems, such as VOD, nDVR or delayed-broadcast video, has traditionally been stored on and streamed from standard...
Satellite industry safeguards C-band frequency spectrum use at WRC-07
The negotiations will ensure the continued interference-free operation of C-band satellite services essential for the provision of national over-the-air and cable television services....
Ethernet development leads to 100GigE as next logical step
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) forums are the basis of a new Research and Markets report....
MultiMedia Intelligence, iHollywood Forum issue mobile advertising white paper
The study reveals how changing consumer behaviors are fueling the mobile advertising industry....
MicroWorks releases quad core Black-Hawk XR5 dual 8800GTX notebook
In addition to the quad CPU and dual video cards, the XR5 can house up to three SATA 300 hard drives in a RAID array and 4GB of 800MHz DDR2 system memory. ...
ILS Proton successfully launches SIRIUS 4 satellite
The new satellite enables delivery of broadcast and broadband services across Europe and parts of Africa for SES SIRIUS of Sweden. ...
Vibrant Media launches expandable video ad unit reaching more than 70 million unique users in the U.S.
Bravo delivers user-initiated expandable contextual Internet video coordinated with TV programming....
Charter Communications selects BigBand Networks’ switched digital video solution
The deployment will expand HDTV offerings in the Los Angeles area. ...
Pixel grids, bit rate and compression ratio
Audio, video and data distribution can be reduced to one major issue — channel capacity. The less data there is to compress, the easier it is for a compression engine to encode content at a bit rate acceptable for the target transmission technology....
Ciprico RAIDCore exceeds 2.2GB/s performance for video storage
The new 24-drive array uses Hitachi Ultrastar SAS hard disk drives...
CBS launches free Wi-Fi service in Manhattan
The innovative project, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is ad supported....
Small Tree Communications to launch 10GigE line for Apple’s Intel-based systems
The products will support high-performance, multiport 10GigE PCIe networking....
Content conversion terminology
Channel capacity and audio/visual presentation are two factors that influence content production techniques for multichannel distribution services. Processing content for delivery for each channel requires format conversion, transrating and transcoding — terms that may lead to confusion when they are used interchangeably. ...
CableNET now accepting demo proposals
The Cable Show event serves as a showcase for both contemporary broadband technology and future cable technology and services....
CableLabs hosts interoperability event for OCAP
Participating companies tested their products and met with cable operators who toured through the laboratory and viewed the OpenCable devices and applications. ...
