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Intel’s Role in the Telecom Transition to Digital – Part 5
Ted Hoff is credited with and well -known in tech circles for the invention of the microprocessor. As Alan Weissberger points out, his contribution to telecom is somewhat unheralded in comparison. In this video, he talks about how the telecom group he led at Intel in the 1970s sparked the revolution in telecom by creating…
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Fiber to the Hunter’s Creek – Fiber to the Home Pioneer
One of the effects of the rapid pace of innovation is that history is also created faster than in centuries past. In trying to keep up with the present, it is easy to forget or downplay the relatively recent past. These thoughts were going through the back of my mind in a recent interview with…
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The Dawn of Ultra HD
The dawn of Ultra HD is upon us and the beginning of the slow sunset of HD was an underlying theme of the 2013 IBC show. Ultra HD, also known as 4k, was everywhere at this world-renowned, video and broadcast industry conference. From production equipment to post production to transport to displays, all the elements…
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The Jet Set VOD Service
Video on Demand has always been a difficult, if not impossible business for the middleman; the organization that sits between the content owners and the consumer. By focusing on a small, but very high-end niche, PRIMA Cinema is a middleman that has assembled all the elements to create an over-the-top Video On Demand (VOD) service…
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Fiber Network Powering Broadband & Now Video
The juxtaposition of a fiber optic cable on a dirt road paints the picture of many parts of rural America and glimpses of the stark contrast in infrastructures can be seen in the above video. With 1,300 miles of recently deployed fiber and an average of 2.5 customers per mile, United Electric Cooperative is providing broadband…
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Identifying Power Usage and Taking Action
Helping utilities engage the customer to be more proactive about energy management is what Roderick Morris of Opower discusses in this interview at Parks Associates’ 2013 Smart Energy Summit. Opower works with utilities of sizes to help consumers improve the efficiency of energy usage. Morris provides insight into techniques for helping people be more efficient,…
