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Innovation of Things at the 2014 Cable Show
“Everybody’s looking to innovate,” said Matt Polka of the American Cable Association. Polka explains that innovation surrounding the cable broadband ecosystem was one of the themes of the 2014 Cable Show. He stresses that innovation is an important element to giving consumers’ what they want; whether that is new ways of viewing content or apps…
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A Cloud Solution for Rural 4G
Carl-Johan Torarp describes the LocalLoop solution that allows relatively rapid deployment of 4G wireless services by service providers at a cost that is lower than traditional methods. The key to their solution is bringing many of the elements of the 4G infrastructure into the cloud, such that the upfront costs are minimal. From an operational standpoint,…
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Green Cable
Levi Maaia of Full Channel describes their, award-winning, GreenLink program and how they are allowing their customers to choose renewable power sources to power their respective broadband and television connections. As Maaia explains, Full Channel has a partnership with People’s Power and Light to handle the logistics of purchasing the power for its customers. For its administrative and back-office, Full Channel…
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A Huge Cloud DVR #Summit21
“We are a technology company,” said Chet Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo at the recent ACA Summit in Washington D.C. In the above interview, Kanojia suggests the idea that Aereo’s technology could be used by the very cable operators that, at the surface, would seemingly be competitors. Of course, this week is when the U.S. Supreme Court hears…
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The Consumer as the Constituent
Putting the customer first was the theme of comments made by Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and echoed in the above interview with Colleen Abdoulah of Chairwoman of WOW! Abdoulah points out that Eshoo’s support, along with a bipartisan sponsor group ((Goodlatte (R-Va.), Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)), of H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act,…
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Enough Bandwidth for 4K at 60 Frames per Second #CES2014
Steve Venuti, president of HDMI Licensing, LLC, explains the benefits of HDMI 2.0 in this brief video filmed at CES Unveiled 2014. For those early adopters who are avid sports fans, it might be worth it to wait for an Ultra High Definition TV with the HDMI 2.0 specification. Going from HDMI 1.4 to 2.0…
