Nice! plz visit me at... Nov 23, 2009
FiOS video is delivered via RF QAM broadcast on a dedicated 1550nm wavelength, with 870 MHz of bandwidth. Cable video is delivered via RF QAM broadcast on an HFC network, with 870 MHz of bandwidth. (Multichannel News)
Harmonic performs IPTV bypass for cable Nov 22, 2009
Harmonic's approach is called DOCSIS Lite, and uses IPTV-optimized edge QAM devices and new CMTS software to carry upstream and downstream content together on a CMTS bypass. The cable TV industry is still in the early stages of sorting out its IPTV technology options, and CableLabs eventually will need to weigh in with some standards development, but 2010 already is looking poised to be a very active year for the IPTV-over-cable concept. (Multichannel News)
Reportlinker Adds The Cable Set Top Box Market: After a Record Year in 2008, Slightly Lower Demand in 2009 Nov 21, 2009
Next-Gen Boxes: MPEG-4 and QAM + IP Hybrid Boxes Now Available. Bill of Materials: The Digital Cable Set Top Box. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cablevision: Fewer Than 1% Of NYC Subs Affected By Crypto Waiver Nov 18, 2009
The Electronic Freedom Foundation in a Nov. 6 filing opposed Cablevision's waiver request, arguing that consumers who have purchased TVs or other equipment to receive "Relying on clear QAM and preferring not to have a set-top box is not a particularly bizarre choice," the EFF said. Cablevision responded that "to the extent... that subscribers' television sets have no CableCard slot, that is no reason to stop Cablevision from modernizing its cable systems so that its subscribers can enjoy the... (Multichannel News)
Indian startup tips SDR-based TV demodulation Nov 13, 2009
Then, cable TV uses J.83 A/B/C (QAM) standards, Satellite uses DVB-S, DVB-S2 (QPSK) and Mobile TV has its own variants: DVB-H, DMB, ATSC-M/H, CMMB and MediaFlo ... "Pruthvi has been designed to deliver the optimum required compute power per square mm of chip area. Instead of providing generic compute power (as in a generic DSP instruction set) which tends to get under-utilized (wasted), Saankhya has recognized that each stage of processing in a demodulation signal chain needs different type of... (EETimes)
Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Aurora Cranks QAM Transmitter To 80-Plus Channels Oct 29, 2009
Aurora Networks is taking the wraps off a QAM transmitter designed to support more than 80 quadrature amplitude modulation channels, with an eye toward delivering more broadband, VOD and other narrowcast services. The AT3535G, which the company is introducing at this week's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, is a sizeable step up from the 48 QAM channels supported by Aurora's previous AT3520G model ... The new QAM transmitter incorporates a preamplifier, which enables a very low input level to the transmitter... (Multichannel News)
What the HectoQAM?! Oct 29, 2009
Denver ; Harmonic;s HectoQAM is making its first public appearance at Cable-Tec Expo. The super-high-density universal edge QAM module, which the vendor first announced almost two years ago, is designed to deliver up to 100 QAMs per port (see ) ... In a live demo on the show floor, Harmonic is pumping 72 QAMs through the HectoQAM in its NSG 9000 platform. (Multichannel News)
BigBand Doubles Edge QAM Density Oct 28, 2009
Vendor Reaches 600,000 Edge QAM Shipments ... 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 ... The vendor has shipped more than 600,000 edge QAMs to 60 service providers worldwide. (Multichannel News)
More Reaction to Cablevision's Crypto-Ban Waiver Request Oct 24, 2009
A waiver would also render inoperable many QAM tuner devices purchased by subscribers ... If Cablevision receives this waiver, not only will the broadcast channels be encrypted, but so will the Public, Education and Government access channels; The accessibility of PEG channels with clear-QAM provided Cablevision an argument of legality to an otherwise restrictive change in the availability of PEG to all subscribers ... Is there really any carbon savings vs using a (usually built-in) QAM tuner. (Multichannel News)
That's not the same thing. OTA moved from NTSC (Standard def, analog) to ATSC... Oct 24, 2009
Cable is moving from an analog signal to a QAM signal. While the FCC mandated that new TVs have ATSC tuners, they didn't mandate QAM tuners, but most TV manufacturers added QAM capability ... Without any sort of edict customers have sort of assumed that unencrypted QAM would be the new form of "cable ready" as it seemed standard. (Multichannel News)
Arris Encoder Stuffs Four HDs Into One QAM Oct 23, 2009
Arris claims an upgraded version of a video encoder from EGT -- which it acquired last month -- now lets cable operators fit four high-definition MPEG-2 channels into a single QAM channel without "observable video quality degradation." ... Typically, cable operators can comfortably fit two HD MPEG-2 services into one 256-QAM channel without "processing" those services ... More recently, rate shapers and other alternatives have been able to to accommodate three HD channels per QAM.. (Multichannel News)
Time Warner Cable NYC's QAM Song Sep 30, 2009
In the Big Apple, Time Warner Cable is gearing up to roll out a whole bunch more edge QAM devices, to deliver a whole lot more digital video and data ... A QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) device ... In the past year or so, according to Manchester, the cost of edge QAMs has dropped in half ; from $300 per channel to about $150. (Multichannel News)
Assessing Cable's IPTV Future Sep 26, 2009
"We see a lot of variability out there."Before they go to a full IPTV architecture, cable operators are looking to mix and match, delivering supplemental IP video to the TV while the bulk of the linear lineup continues to be MPEG-2 video over quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) channels. Set-top box makers including Cisco Systems and Motorola have introduced hybrid QAM-IP devices that allow the blending IP video using embedded DOCSIS cable modems ... "The way it's being viewed now is, the... (Multichannel News)
WILL YOU CARRY THESE STATIONS IF SO WHEN?AND MOST IMPORTANT WHY NOT... Sep 19, 2009
4 HD channels per QAM. comcast and time warner do 3 HD per QAM, verizon and RCN do 2 HD channels per QAM.. Submitted by. (Multichannel News)
Motorola Powers Media Experiences to the Home, in the Home and Beyond the Home at IBC 2009 Sep 11, 2009
Digital video processing solutions including the , Motorola's next-generation all-purpose edge QAM offering MPEG-4 rate shaping in a single box with SimulCrypt-compliant conditional access. Also demonstrating targeted advertising to enable enhanced revenue opportunities is the CherryPicker(R) application platform. (PR Newswire)
Microsoft Enhances the Digital Cable Experience and Names 2009 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Winner Sep 10, 2009
With the addition of native support for additional international broadcast TV standards, including QAM and ATSC, there will now be support for switched digital video (SDV), a new tool that will make it possible for end customers to add a digital cable tuner with CableCARD to their PC, and for existing digital cable tuner with CableCARD customers to enjoy more portability for digital cable TV that is marked as "copy freely" (CF) ... This includes native support for both ATSC and QAM, the ability... (PR Newswire)
Latest HeadlinesThe Ticker';var SSN13948 = 'Gary Ferman\'s War RoomThe Storm CenterMessage Board Index';var SSN25888 = 'Football recruit searchBasketball recruit search';var SSN13949 = ' Football Front PageScoresScheduleRoster Depth ChartStatisticsTickets';var SSN13950 = 'Football Recruiting Front PageCommitment ListRecruit Search & DatabaseRankingsTeam RankingsRivals 100Visit DatesVideos';var SSN25647 = 'Baseball Front PageRivals.com College Baseball';var SSN13951 = 'Basketball Front PageScoresScheduleRosterStatisticsTickets';var SSN13952 = 'Basketball Recruiting Front PageCommitment ListRecruit Search & DatabaseRankings2008 Rivals 1502009 Rivals 1502010 Rivals 150Videos';var SSN13953 = 'Contact UsFuture SchedulesCaneSport Magazine';var iSSN = 13946;document.write(eval('SSN' + iSSN));Latest HeadlinesThe TickerGary Ferman's War RoomThe Storm CenterMessage Board IndexFootball recruit searchBasketball recruit search Football Front PageScoresScheduleRoster Depth ChartStatisticsTicketsFootball Recruiting Front PageCommitment ListRecruit Search & DatabaseRankingsTeam RankingsRivals 100Visit DatesVideosBaseball Front PageRivals.com College BaseballBasketball Front PageScoresScheduleRosterStatisticsTicketsBasketball Recruiting Front PageCommitment ListRecruit Search & DatabaseRankings2008 Rivals 1502009 Rivals 1502010 Rivals 150VideosContact UsFuture SchedulesCaneSport Magazine DIV.mainstory { padding-left: 5px; width: 408px; } DIV.mainstory P.abyline {color:#666666;} DIV.mainstory IMG.mainphoto { border-right: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid; margin-bottom: 6px; border-left: black 1px solid; border-bottom: black 1px solid; } DIV.mainstory TABLE.mainstory { width: 398px; background-color: #FFFFFF; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } DIV.mainstory P {margin: 0px 0px 0px;} DIV.mainstory TD { padding-right: 6px; font-size: 8.5pt; vertical-align: top; } var flashHeight = 80; var sAlt = 'CaneSport/WQAM join forces Aug 27, 2009
com - CaneSport/WQAM join forces ... CaneSport has entered into a marketing/content relationship with 560 WQAM Radio that will give WQAM a major presence on CaneSport's daily news website (CaneSport ... com a high-profile presence on WQAM Miami Hurricanes sports programming. (Miami Sports -- Rivals.com)
Arris Grabs Lead In CMTS Market: Analyst Aug 26, 2009
Overall, worldwide CMTS and edge QAM hardware revenue dropped 13% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the first three months of the year, Infonetics said ... "After the heavy investments that were made in CMTS and edge QAM equipment in 2008, when revenue was up a whopping 43% from 2007, there was almost no way 2009 would be an up year for the cable broadband market with or without a recession," he said ... The Infonetics CMTS and edge QAM report tracks cable broadband... (Multichannel News)
IP Video Demos On Deck For CableLabs Conference Aug 7, 2009
The demo will show traditional variable-bit-rate video to a legacy set-top box as well as a YouTube session to a PC, all in the same QAM channel. The CableLabs Summer Conference 2009, at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center in Keystone, Colo. (Multichannel News)
BigBand's 'Supergroup' Jul 27, 2009
The need for such a QAM supergroup to handle multiple services will only increase as usage of VOD and other unicast services grows, BigBand vice president of marketing John Holobinko said. The CVEx will be available this fall, with support for switched digital video and IPTV, to be followed with VOD support. (Multichannel News)
BigBand Forms Video 'Supergroups' Jul 27, 2009
Vendor's Converged Video Exchange System Pools QAM Channels ... The vendor's forthcoming Converged Video Exchange (CVEx) is designed to let operators create a single "supergroup" of QAM channels ... The need for such a QAM supergroup to handle multiple services will only increase as usage of VOD, IP video, switched digital video and time-shifted TV services grows, BigBand vice president of marketing John Holobinko said. (Multichannel News)
CMC Takes 260 Headends All-Digital Jul 27, 2009
The HITS Quantum 256-QAM service offers nearly 70 standard-definition feeds of cable programming networks. Using compression, operators can deliver between 12 and 15 digital SD channels in a 6-MHz QAM -- the same space required for one analog channel. (Multichannel News)
CMC, Motorola Deliver 'Video-Rich' Interactive TV Jul 17, 2009
Other recent enhancement to the NAS platform include support for Motorola's APEX edge QAMs, which support standards-based video and high-speed data interfaces and provides field-swappable QAM modules and redundant swappable power supplies. "The greatest advantage of the innovations that we're continuing to make to the NAS platform is that they allow system operators to generate additional revenues by deploying advanced services without having to replace widely deployed set-tops or engage in... (Multichannel News)
Group: Probe Racial Extremism In Military Jul 11, 2009
DOD ImageU.S. Marines with the Military Police Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion stand with a group of children on top of a hill in Al Qam, Iraq, on June 5, 2007. WASHINGTON -- One of the country's main monitors of hate groups asked Congress Friday to investigate possible racial extremism in the military, after finding U.S. service members participating on a social networking site advertised as being for white people only. (Click2Houston, TX)
Chips Down on Personal TV Jun 16, 2009
BroadLogic Ready to Debut an 'Ultra-Dense' QAM Processor ... BroadLogic Network Technologies this week is expected to introduce the TeraQAM BL85000, a chip designed to quadruple the density over existing QAM solutions for less than 50% of the cost ... The chip isn't available in a commercial QAM device yet, but the technology is supposed to lay the foundation for operators to increase their ability to serve narrowcast and unicast services less expensively. (Multichannel News)
Massillon Cable subscribers are getting ANOTHER "surprise"!! Not only do we need... Jun 2, 2009
Not only do we need digital Tvs, we ALSO NEED a digital TV with a QAM tuner. My brand new digital TV needs THEIR converter box. (Multichannel News)
AMD Launches New Chip For Worldwide HDTV-on-the-PC Reception -- Transforms Notebook and Desktop PCs Into Media Entertainment Centers Jun 2, 2009
With the proper connectors, notebook users can enjoy TV on their PC virtually anywhere in the world as the ATI Theater HD 750 is compatible with HDTV/DTV/analog broadcast signals including NTSC, PAL/SECAM, ATSC, ClearQAM and DVB-T.2 ... 2 Supported broadcast signals: NTSC, ATSC, PAL, SECAM, DVB-T, QAM. High-definition-capable display required for HD content. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Harmonic Touts Biggest Cable IPTV Deployment To Date May 27, 2009
Harmonic's Direct-2-Edge solution encompasses its NSG 9000 universal edge QAMs, along with control software. The approach uses a bypass architecture, meaning IPTV video streams aren't sent through a CMTS; instead, the video is delivered through the edge QAMs to IPTV set-top boxes, PCs or other devices in the home ... In addition, SK Broadband is using Harmonic's NSG 9000 edge QAMs to deliver ultra-high-speed Internet access of up to 150 Mbps to the home. (Multichannel News)
When will they broaden the band width so that motion blur can be eliminated? A... May 10, 2009
That means two HDs will comfortably fit in a 6-MHz carrier on 256-QAM cable networks ... One QAM channel holds approximately 25% more data than one ATSC channel ... The comparison doesn't take in to account the smaller ATSC data bandwidth as compared to QAM. With slightly more compression in the transcoding step the cable company can easily fit two full-HD ATSC channels into one QAM channel with no real noticeable degradation. (Multichannel News)
BigBand Sales Rise 10% May 6, 2009
According to BigBand, the vIP Pass was deployed within 90 days and includes BigBand's video-control plane technology, modular universal edge QAM platforms and video management and performance software. BigBand also announced that it has shipped 500,000 edge QAMs to nearly 60 service providers worldwide to date. (Multichannel News)
2009 NAB Show Exhibitor Profiles Apr 18, 2009
The companys solutions offer multiple inputs (IP, ASI, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T and DVB-C); descrambling/scrambling (DVB as well as a variety of output options (IP, ASI, QAM, FM Radio and analog TV). . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cox official: To get answers, give the right information Apr 18, 2009
Customers with a QAM tuner will not need a converter box to receive the following channels: 95, leased access; 3, Southern Arizona news; 88, LATV (WB); 60, Telefutura; 12, public, education, government; 97, Local Access (Commanders); 2, KTTU (IND/MyTV); 6, KUAT (PBS); 13, KOLD (CBS); 4, KVOA (NBC); 5, KUVE (IND/Uni); 8, WB58 (IND/CW); 9, KGUN (ABC); 10, KHRR (IND/Tele); 11, KMSB (IND/FOX); 7, Cox7; 708, KWBA (CW) HD; 711, KMSB HD (FOX); 81 KUAT- PBS You DT3; 706, KUAT (PBS) HD; 704, KVOA (NBC)... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Escape Communications Announces EXM-2L16 Cost-Optimized Indoor Unit (IDU) for Price-Sensitive Mobile Backhaul Point-to-Point Applications Apr 17, 2009
Flexible data rate and bandwidth occupancy up to 170 Mbps * Remotely configurable as all Ethernet or any combination of 1 to 16xE1/T1 + Ethernet * Native E1/T1 and Ethernet transmission: No packet-over-circuit or circuit-over-packet * Flexible modem and multiplexer: Programmable modulations (QPSK to 256 QAM), symbol rates and FEC * FlexBand(tm) arbitrary bandwidth selection: Flexible channel sizing up to 30 MHz * Embedded layer-2 switch with port-based VLAN security, rate limiting and QoS... (Primezone Releases)
Multichannel Newswire Apr 15, 2009
Arris announced the availability of a "quad octal" module for its D5 Universal Edge QAM solution, which the company said will increase the capacity of the two-rack-unit system to deliver up to 192 QAMs. Ad:MCN_2006_Q4_pos5. (Multichannel News)
It would be nice if QAM tuners could be used Apr 11, 2009
Mr. Hocker stated that if you have a television with a QAM tuner you will not need to have a cable box ... Due to the way Cox is implementing the digital switch in Sierra Vista, you will need a box on every TV, even those with QAM tuners ... In the rest of Cox service areas, you do not need the box on QAM enabled TVs. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Wading through the television choices Apr 10, 2009
HSI wrote on Apr 9, 2009 9:02 AM:" Sounds like Lal needs to do an auto program on that QAM tuner (DTV). I have one DTV in my house with no HD box and I pick up all of the local HD channels. Give it a try Lal...Sorry but Jill is definitely wrong on this one. ". Lal wrote on Apr 9, 2009 6:15 AM:" Jill is right, we are a big TV family, and have 3 HD tv's. We have the box on two of them, the third one DOES NOT get HD channels. I beleive that you may be able to get some HD channels with an anteanna,... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Cable Upload Speeds To Get Cranking Apr 8, 2009
Motorola's currently shipping TX32 downstream module supports 32 QAM channels in a single slot in the CMTS, to deliver DOCSIS 3. 0 channel-bonded services of up to 200 Mbps downstream. (Multichannel News)
Cable Technology Apr 3, 2009
Harmonic launched the DiviCom Electra 8000 encoder, which the company said will let cable operators deliver up to four high-definition MPEG-2 streams in one QAM channel. Todd Spangler, Technology Editor. (Multichannel News)
Morega to Demonstrate Innovative Multi-Platform Premium Content Portability Product at The NCTA Cable Show 2009 Apr 1, 2009
Consumers are increasingly demanding more control over their own content as well as premium content and desire to consume it on any device, when they want and where they want. ", said Philip Poulidis, Morega's President and CEO. "Cisco is a leader in digital home technologies and is helping to extend video delivery beyond the traditional set-top box to multiple screens. (Canada Newswire)
Cable Show 2009: Motorola Satellite Receiver Ups HD Counts Mar 27, 2009
Motorola announced the DSR-6300, an integrated receiver/decoder that transcodes MPEG-4 high-definition video to MPEG-2 video and optimizes bit-rate so that three channels can fit into one QAM. ... The IRD lets cable operators deliver three HD MPEG-2 channels per QAM, whereas traditionally two HD streams are allocated per 6-MHz QAM.. (Multichannel News)
Tianjin Broadcast & TV Network Deploys TANDBERG Television iSIS 8000 Solution for Cable Headend Mar 21, 2009
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson group (NASDAQ: - ), today announced that Tianjin Broadcast & TV Network has deployed a fully redundant cable headend built on the award-winning TANDBERG iSIS 8000 solution, including encoders, multiplexers, and QAM modulators. The system is the first deployment of TANDBERG Televisions next generation MX8400 IP multiplexer in China, and will enable Tianjin Cable to harness the efficiencies of IP as it expands its cable... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
BigBand Debuts IPTV Solution For Cable Mar 4, 2009
BigBand's vIP PASS suite, available now, is based on the company's existing universal edge QAM platform, the BEQ6000, to deliver video streams directly to DOCSIS modems on the customer premises side. That unburdens the relatively expensive QAMs dedicated to the CMTS from having to process that traffic, said Doug Jones, BigBand's chief cable architect. (Multichannel News)
Arris Extends Broadband, VOD Lines Mar 3, 2009
Arris introduced the third version of the D5 edge QAM platform, which Elder said increases density 400% compared with existing versions with the ability to deliver up to 192 QAM channels in a two-rack-unit chassis. On the VOD front, Arris launched ConvergeMedia, a group of media application and distribution platforms, the first major overhaul of the video-on-demand lineup since. (Multichannel News)
Shaw Offers 100-Mbps Internet Service ">Shaw Offers 100-Mbps Internet Service Feb 25, 2009
The TX32 provides 32 downstream QAM channels in a single slot. Shaw also is using Motorola's SurfBoard SB6120 DOCSIS 3. (Multichannel News)
Translation Please: Whats Up In The Upstream? Feb 24, 2009
Upstream, with hyper-vigilant plant maintenance, the very best you can do is 64-QAM as opposed to 256-QAM on all-digital downstream channels. The 64-QAM method maxes at 27 Mbps, compared with 38 ... 8 Mbps for 256-QAM. So, a four-channel upstream bond would yield a raw burst rate of 108 Mbps. (Multichannel News)
Ready or not, here comes digital TV writeLink("vid_id=1460&file=adoption021509.flv"); Feb 21, 2009
PatrynXX wrote on Feb 17, 2009 5:20 PM:" can't get a signal from there. have it aimed... well it's a Terk amplified antenna in a figure 8 flat. So I've got it aimed north and south straight. Which is where I've always aimed it for 7. I aim it that direction and none of the other channels come in so I know it's pointed in the proper direction. The Qam tuner is not the same thing as whats in the boxes either. I'm thinking the weather is affecting it. I'd be guessing they didn't switch locations so... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Vodafone Tests Superfast 16mbps Mobile Broadband Feb 18, 2009
Spanish customers of Vodafone might soon be able to buy a mobile broadband package that offers download speeds of up to 42mbps using the HSPA evolved standard which uses MIMO and 64 QAM techniques. The technology currently allows download speeds of up to 16mbps in field trials and Vodafone expects this to be upgraded to 21mbps in the next few months; however as usual, download speeds, especially without wires, depend on a number of external variables. (ITProPortal)
Researcher describes 77-GHz transceiver Feb 12, 2009
The 90-nm device used an 800 MHz analog baseband, frequency hopping and full 16 QAM at band group 3. Aiko Tanaka, a principal researcher at NEC Corp. noted that the design is an early prototype that still has challenges with noise cancellation and will probably not be put into a test package. (EETimes)
Motorola Ships 1,000 'Wideband' CMTS Modules Feb 12, 2009
TX32 Delivers 32 Downstream QAM Channels ... The vendor's TX32 Decoupled Downstream Module supports 32 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) channels in a single slot in the Motorola BSR 64000, to deliver DOCSIS 3 ... The TX32's downstream QAMs can be coupled with the downstream and upstream channels on existing 2:8 CMTS modules to provide up to 138 downstream channels in a single BSR 64000, for up to 5 Gigabits per second of aggregate downstream capacity. (Multichannel News)
Charter Hits Fast Lane Feb 8, 2009
In conjunction with the Cisco modular CMTS, Charter will use two universal-edge QAM platforms, Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway and Cisco's RF Gateway 10. TOP TIERS. (Multichannel News)
Hard-Core Fans Feb 8, 2009
Apparently, I was intercepting video-on-demand channels through the power of my Samsung's QAM tuner ... QAM, or quadrature amplitude modulation, is the "" that cable companies use to transmit digital channels ... Set-top boxes leased out by cable TV companies allow viewers to tune in to "QAM-ed" channels. (Slate)
