Leslie Ellis

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Your 2012 Cable Show Jargon Descrambler

It’s Cable Show week in Boston, and technology is once again driving what’s been a pretty massive slate of improvements and launches, just since we all got together last year in Chicago. Expect jargon; use this handy descrambler for bearings. In no particular order: “BYOD” means “Bring Your Own Device.” It’s long been a lament of IT people,... More

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Wireless Trends, HotSpot 2.0

Last week’s industrial spotlight shined on the wireless community, which convened in New Orleans for its annual show: CTIA, for Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Perhaps not surprisingly, what’s hot in wireless parallels what’s hot in wired: That giant slurping sound that is consumer broadband usage. On the eve of CTIA, Sandvine, a consistent counter of... More

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3D + 4K = 3DTV Without Glasses?

In the stuttered timeline that is 3D television, a new potential intersection of technologies is giving engineers reasons to hope for an eyewear-free viewing environment. The hope is this: that the extra resolution that comes with “4K” video could eventually obviate the technical difficulties associated with “autostereoscopic” 3D viewing on TV. Translation:... More

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What's Up: Interesting Tech Stuff Roundup

Spring is a good time to pull up, look around, and regroup around the boatload of interesting stuff that’s happening in cable tech circles. In no particular order, here’s my list, culled from various batches of notes: 1. Fiber shortage? Hard to imagine, given the fiber glut left in the wake of the cratered competitive local-exchange carrier business. But that was a few years... More

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Somebody Please Bring HD Voice to The U.S.

Writing about something you have to hear to believe is as vexing, if not more, than writing about what you have to see to believe. But even that comparison is a start. Let’s assume that we all lived through the first days of HDTV. (Mine were at the Atlantic City Convention Center, on the boardwalk, in the early 1990s. The booth was draped in black cloth to keep the viewing area dark... More