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DATE: 10/16/2007
EVENT: Switch This! Benefits & Challenges of Switched Digital Video
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DATE: Monday, October 15, 2007
LOCATION: Hilton New York, New York
EVENT: Ethernet Expo 2007
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DATE: Monday, October 15, 2007
LOCATION: Japonais Restaurant, New York City
EVENT: Leading Lights Awards Ceremony
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DATE: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
LOCATION: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta
EVENT: The Future of Broadband 2007
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DATE: Tuesday, November 27, 2007
LOCATION: Intercontinental Warszawa, Warsaw
EVENT: Future of Carrier Ethernet: Eastern Europe
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DATE: Thursday, December 06, 2007
LOCATION: The Westin Times Square, New York
EVENT: The Future of Cable Business Services
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CableLabs Stamps New Cisco Set-Top
OCTOBER 9, 2007 - Though still considered a 'demo' box, the yet-to-be-announced, MPEG-4-based device from Scientific Atlanta should figure into Comcast's next-gen RNG set-top project
TM Forum Applies Cable Focus
OCTOBER 8, 2007 - A new Cable Interest Group attracts top MSOs � most of them, anyway
Concurrent Shores Up Patent Licenses
OCTOBER 8, 2007 - Transferability of patents could renew chatter that Concurrent Computer Corp. is on the block or nearing a deal
TiVo Rises on Patent Bets
OCTOBER 5, 2007 - A potential court victory over EchoStar has the stock soaring, but there's debate over how large a windfall this could be
Time Warner Cable Tries Business IPTV
OCTOBER 4, 2007 - The MSO is taking another crack at IPTV, this time targeting business customers
Comcast Ready to Reclaim Bandwidth
OCTOBER 3, 2007 - MSO could reclaim as much as 240 MHz of bandwidth to help it deliver more HD channels and faster broadband connections
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PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Adds Diversity Chief
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A CABLE/MSO SECTOR RESEARCH SERVICE
Cable Backhaul: Desperately Seeking Cell Sites
This report examines the cellular backhaul opportunities for cable operators, sizing up both the market's growth and the industry's prospects for gaining a greater share of that market. It explores the various technological, perceptual, competitive, and other challenges that MSOs face in trying to break into this telco-dominated business.
UPCOMING REPORTS
Helping MSOs Solve the Commercial Services Puzzle - by Ciena 10/4/2007
ROI Case Study: PNG Chooses Empirix to Automate VoIP Monitoring and Improve Call Quality - by Empirix 7/30/2007
Deploying PSTN-Quality VoIP in Large-Scale Cable Networks - by Tektronix, Inc. 12/29/2006
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CABLE DIGITAL REPORTS
Cable TV Equipment Makers
The Bauminator
BY JEFF BAUMGARTNER
TiVo-Comcast Update
OCTOBER 10, 2007
TiVo chief seems a bit conflicted about when Comcast will begin commercial rollouts of cable boxes powered by TiVo's software
BroadBananas
BY MICHAEL HARRIS
Comcast Gets Hammered
OCTOBER 10, 2007
Jim Carrey's depiction of The Cable Guy has got nothin' on this tale of a Golden Girl gone wild
Cable Guy
BY ALAN BREZNICK
Raining on BigBand's Parade
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
Harmonic challenges BigBand's edge QAM claim
EchoStar Slings at Consumers
OCTOBER 1, 2007
The satellite TV giant might pursue a cable-satellite hybrid set-top outfitted with 'place-shifting' capabilities
Handicapping the Edge QAM Race
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
The next-gen edge QAM market appears to be heading for a consolidation and shakeout
Matthew Finnie
Growth is a good problem
Kevin Vachon
Ethernet expands beyond the
metro
Michael Khalilian
IMS still matters as networks
converge
Els Haentjens
Els hearts Ethernet
John Hoffman, VSNL
VSNL's worldwide growth
continues
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Decentralize the enterprise
Kevin Dulsky, PayPal
Japan masters mobile payments
MicroTCA
Momentum is building
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LIGHT READING EDITORIAL
Who Makes What: Cable TV Equipment
BY ALAN BREZNICK
Guide to equipment, software & services:
* Architectures & requirements
* Standards and issues
* Market dynamics
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