* CTAM, CableLabs offer OCAP primer CableLabs and the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) have launched a free online guide to the OpenCable Application Platform, a specified middleware for OpenCable “hosts” such as digital set-tops and televisions. “The OCAP Primer” covers the basics of the middleware, devices that can support it, and the […]
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Broadband briefs for 3/07/06
* Blue Ridge provisions with Ceon Blue Ridge Communications will provision IP voice and data services via a multi-year agreement with Ceon. Under the deal, Blue Ridge will handle those functions, including order management, via Ceon’s Integration and Provisioning Suite (IPS). Ceon noted the IPS platform is also capable of provisioning IP-Centrex, hosted PBX, digital video […]
Broadband briefs for 3/06/06
* BigBand nets muni deal San Bruno Municipal Cable TV of California is powering a range of digital video and video-on-demand services with the BigBand Networks BME (Broadband Multimedia-Service Edge) and BMR (Broadband Mutlimedia Serivce Router). The muni is leveraging the BMR for digital channel lineup grooming and “RateShaping,” a technique that improves bandwidth efficiency. The BME, […]
NCTA announces ’06 ‘Vanguard’ honorees
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has revealed the winners of the industry’s “2006 Vanguard Awards,” which will be presented the evening of April 10 at the National Show in Atlanta. By category, this year’s winners are: • Distinguished Leadership: Glenn Britt, CEO, Time Warner Cable; and Judy McGrath, chairman and CEO, MTV Networks;• Young Leadership: […]
Broadband briefs for 3/03/06
* Insight promotes key three Insight Communications has promoted three top executives. Dinni Jain, previously EVP and COO, was named president, but will retain his COO duties. Michael Willner will continue as vice chairman and CEO. John Abbot has been elevated to executive vice president. Abbot a former SVP, will also remain Insight’s chief financial officer. […]
Cable’s broadband share drops again
Despite healthy growth in high-speed data subscriptions, the cable industry’s share of the broadband market dropped again in the fourth quarter. In a new report compiled by Leichtman Research Group Inc., the nation’s top nine DSL providers added nearly 1.5 million subscribers in the fall quarter, accounting for 57 percent of the total broadband haul. […]
CSG Systems swings deal for Telution
CSG Systems has signed a definitive agreement to buy Telution Inc., a privately-owned provider of operations support system (OSS) software, for about $22 million in cash. CSG said it will integrate Telution’s COMX product suite into its own billing and customer care solution – the CSG Advanced Convergent Platform (ACP) — to help cable and […]
Research firm expects more IPTV-driven mergers
ABI Research predicts that more mergers are coming in the IP video market, leading to a smaller number of larger vendors providing all-encompassing IP network solutions, including video infrastructure. In a new report, ABI says IP video vendors will move beyond the network aspect of video solutions to expand into the home with CPE and […]
CommPartners releases new OSS platform
CommPartners, an IP-based network operator and telephony services and solutions provider, announced the release of its advanced OSS platform to deliver real-time rating, billing and provisioning to customers. CommPartners says its proprietary, single-platform approach, known as CMS, enables a broad range of services for its partners. For example, the system encompasses everything from a branded […]
Entropic ships 500,000th chipset
Less than three months after announcing its 100,000th chip shipment, Entropic Communications Inc. said it has now shipped the 500,000th unit of its c.LINK-270 chipset. Entropic produces the c.LINK chip for a variety of consumer broadband electronics gear, including set-top boxes, digital video recorders, broadband home routers and media gateways, to enable whole-home networking over […]