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• Terayon Shapes MPEG-4

  By Todd Spangler, June 17, 2007
  Terayon Communication Systems is rolling out the CAP-1000, a new member of its CherryPicker Application Platform line that provides rate-shaping of MPEG-4 video streams.  More

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• SCTE Lays Off Two VPs

  Todd Spangler, November 19, 2009
  The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers has laid off two executives -- Deb Swann, vice president of marketing and business development, and Louise Games, vice president of membership services -- with the organization saying it is "realigning" its core engineering mission.  More

• SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 Draws 9,000

  By Todd Spangler, October 30, 2009
  Denver — The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced Friday that approximately 9,000 people attended Cable-Tec Expo 2009, a decrease of 18% from last year's record-setting turnout of 11,000 in Philadelphia.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Cisco Debuts 'Blue' IPTV Guide For Cable

  By Todd Spangler, October 29, 2009
  Denver — Cisco Systems has crafted a guide for IPTV set-tops based on a Web-browser -- dubbed Cisco Blue -- aimed at cable operators pondering the eventual switch from traditional RF video delivery.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Broadcom Aims At Cable Multiroom DVR

  Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — Broadcom introduced two set-top system-on-a-chip solutions for delivering whole-home HD DVR services, and the company said they're designed to significantly cut power requirements.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Rogers Not Sold On Tru2way

  Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — Canada's Rogers Communications has not committed to adopting CableLabs' tru2way technology for interactive TV and "we think there's probably a better answer out there," said Dermot O'Carroll, senior vice president of engineering and network operations.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: PCT Hires Former Comcast Exec Craddock As CTO

  By Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — PCT International, a manufacturer of access network products for cable networks, has tapped cable and telecommunications veteran Steve Craddock -- who previously led Comcast's DOCSIS development efforts -- as executive vice president and chief technology officer.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: BigBand Doubles Edge QAM Density

  Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — BigBand Networks is packing more channels into its universal edge QAM platform, with the introduction of the BEQ6200 that can provide 96 QAMs in a 1.5-rack-unit box.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Pace Picks Up Multiroom DVR Customers

  Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — Cable operators including Mediacom Communications, Buckeye CableSystem and Sunflower Broadband, are nearing completion of field trials of Pace's recently announced multiroom DVR solution.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: TM Forum Opens Internet-Monitoring Spec To Cable

  By Todd Spangler, October 28, 2009
  Denver — Telecommunications-industry group TM Forum, as part of its outreach to the cable industry, will make the Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) interface specification -- incorporated into several CableLabs technologies, including DOCSIS 3.0 -- publically available to anyone who wants it.  More

• Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Motorola Slims Down HD Set-Tops

  By Todd Spangler, October 27, 2009
  Denver — Motorola will be showing off an all-digital, non-DVR high-definition cable set-top box designed to be less expensive for operators to deploy en masse by eliminating the analog tuner, among a smorgasbord of other wares at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo here this week.  More