Video and Set-Top Boxes

 

The Top Two Things About EBIF I06- March 01, 2010
Authentication, Authorization, Entitlements, and YOU- February 22, 2010
The Whole 3D-TV / HDMI 1.4 Thing- February 08, 2010
3D-TV and Bandwidth Part 2- February 01, 2010
Sure Is Getting Cloud-y!- January 25, 2010
3D-TV and Bandwidth- January 18, 2010
Coming Soon to a Windows 7 Machine Near You: Cable- January 11, 2010
A CES 2010 Preview- January 04, 2010
CBR, VBR and Adaptive Streaming- December 07, 2009
Cable's 3DTV World Firsts- November 30, 2009
Why the Transition to IPv6 Is So Tricky- November 09, 2009
EBIF, Revisited- November 02, 2009
IPTV and Bandwidth- October 19, 2009
Meet the New Guide -- the RUI- October 12, 2009
The Gateway -- It's Baaaaack!- October 05, 2009
The State of State- September 28, 2009
On Learning Web Video Lingo- September 21, 2009
IPTV - This Time Around- September 14, 2009
The Difference Between CA and DRM- September 07, 2009
Video Encapsulation for Serving Multiple Screens- August 31, 2009
Channeling the Channel- August 10, 2009
The Problem of Units Part 2- August 03, 2009
CALM and Audio Loudness on TV- July 20, 2009
The ADM, the ADS, and the Hub- July 13, 2009
Innovation and Independence- July 06, 2009
Best of NCTA Tech Papers 2009- May 24, 2009
The Transport Part of IP Video- May 18, 2009
More on 3D at Home- May 04, 2009
A Quick 3D Lingo Guide- April 27, 2009
Getting to Know Video Entitlements- April 20, 2009
SCTE Emerging Tech 2009 Review- April 13, 2009
3G, 4G, Whatever It Takes- April 06, 2009
Your 2009 Cable Show Jargon Descrambler- March 31, 2009
On EBIF and Unbound Apps- March 23, 2009
Space Junk & Global Relations- March 09, 2009
Cable and the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC)- February 16, 2009
Widget World- February 02, 2009
Under the Sizzle of 3DTV- January 26, 2009
In Defense of the Unbound App- January 19, 2009
About that 'A' in 'A-DSG'- January 12, 2009
Meet the EBIF User Agent- December 15, 2008
Top 5 Translation Topics of 2008- December 01, 2008
Time to Get Your EBIF On- November 17, 2008
A Brief History of Picture Quality- November 03, 2008
DLNA, UPnP, and You- October 20, 2008
What Does It Take To Launch DOCSIS 3.0?- October 13, 2008
The 1-2-3s of Web Video Syndication- September 29, 2008
What's Managed about Managed Video Services?- September 08, 2008
Advanced Advertising and SCTE 130- August 18, 2008
The Secret Bandwidth of Addressable Advertising- August 11, 2008
A Reader's Guide to the Two-Way MOU - July 21, 2008
"DTA" Means 100 More Linear HD Channels on (Comcast) Cable- July 14, 2008
Protocol Agnostic, or Protocol Indifferent?- June 24, 2008
NCTA Tech Paper Review- June 16, 2008
An MPEG-4 Digital Video Compression Update- June 09, 2008
What I Learned at the Tru2way Developers Conference- May 28, 2008
Things I Hope to Learn at the Tru2way Conference- May 05, 2008
Side Step: The Technologies of the Movies- April 21, 2008
The Zen of Over-Subscription- April 07, 2008
Memorize This About QAM (Please)- March 17, 2008
Two Big Ideas- February 04, 2008
'08 Tech Translation Preview- December 31, 2007
About that 'Open' in 'OpenCable' ... - December 10, 2007
What's an Edge QAM, Again?- November 27, 2007
The Bandwidth Trifecta for Program Networks- November 12, 2007
The Language of Video Encoding- October 29, 2007
A Programmer's Guide to the "Up-Rez"- October 15, 2007
To Build or to Buy?- October 01, 2007
The Bandwidth Math of Dual Must-Carry- September 17, 2007
A Reader's Guide to the Latest in the Two-Way Talks- September 03, 2007
The Language of Business Services- August 20, 2007
Summer '07 Tech Roundup- August 06, 2007
A Program Network's Guide to Switched Digital Video- July 22, 2007
Oh Say, Can You See? (MPEG-4)- July 03, 2007
Packet Shaping as a Means of Flow Control- June 18, 2007
NCTA Tech Papers: Best in Show- May 28, 2007
Review: OCAP Developer's Conference- May 14, 2007
Current Events in Advanced Video Compression- April 30, 2007
Countdown: 100 Days to July 1, 2007- March 26, 2007
The Technologies of Cross-Platform- March 12, 2007
The Dynamics of Dynamic VOD Ads- January 29, 2007
What Techies Want- January 01, 2007
Getting to Know MetaData 2.0- November 27, 2006
The "F" in "HFC" Stands for "Fiber"- November 13, 2006
Broadcast Video vs. Internet Video- November 06, 2006
Field Trip to CEDIA- September 25, 2006
On Gumbo and Four Letter Acronyms (like "OCUR")- September 11, 2006
Countdown to 'Seven-oh-Seven'- August 14, 2006
Why OCAP and the July '07 Deadline Move as a Pack- July 17, 2006
The Year of OCAP?- June 05, 2006
"Pre-3," "2.0-B, Whatever It Takes- April 24, 2006
Switched Digital Part 2- April 10, 2006
Connecting the Dots: Switching and VOD- March 27, 2006
Getting to Know "Over the Top" Video- March 13, 2006
IPTV at ET: Devil Details- February 06, 2006
Portable Video: Why Cable Isn't Toast- January 16, 2006
Get Ready For Over-the-Top Video- July 11, 2005
Digital Insertion Rides Simulcast Wave- May 23, 2005
A Business History of Conditional Access Switchouts- April 25, 2005
The Origins of Conditional Access: How We Got Here- April 11, 2005
A Reader's Guide to the FCC's 2nd Report & Order on Navigational Devices- March 28, 2005
Telco Video: Can They Do It This Time?- December 20, 2004
As July 2006 Gets Closer, Security Moves Onto To-Do Lists- December 06, 2004
With Digital Simulcasts Hot, A Look at the How and Why- November 22, 2004
Getting to Know 'Session-based Encryption'- September 27, 2004
Multicast, Broadcast: Similar But Different- August 30, 2004
See Them in September: WiMax and ADSL 2+- August 16, 2004
About Switched Broadcast Video: Don't Look Now, It's Back!- July 26, 2004
Herewith, Key Updates on Middleware- June 28, 2004
18 Days to CableCARD: How Many?- June 14, 2004
Mail Delivers Insight on Downloadable Security- May 09, 2004
Bare Bones Basics: HDTV and Bandwidth 101- April 26, 2004
The Day-to-Day Reasons for OCAP- March 22, 2004
A Closer Look at 'XHT' From Charter, Samsung- February 14, 2004
Technology '04-Play: OCAP Middleware- December 15, 2003
PHILA & DFAST: How Technology Licenses Impact Three Industries- November 03, 2003
A Reader's Guide to the Plug & Play Report & Order- October 20, 2003
Getting to Know '(No) Selectable Outputs'- October 06, 2003
Advanced Video Compression, MPEG-4 and 'All Digital'- August 25, 2003
MPEG Transport, IP Transport - or Both?- July 28, 2003
MPEG Transport: There's More Than Squeeze- July 14, 2003
Getting to Know 'The All-Digital Transition'- June 30, 2003
Set-Tops and July 2006: A Primer- May 05, 2003
Getting Ready for PODs: Better Start Now- January 27, 2003
Plug and Play: Easy, Right? Ha!- January 13, 2003
Getting to Know 'The Plug-and-Play' Agreement- December 23, 2002
If She Wants The HDTV, Not The One-Carat Diamond ...- December 09, 2002
Meet 'The Monitor App'- September 02, 2002
What it Takes to Offer HDTV Over Cable- August 05, 2002
An Introductory Stroll Through HDTV's Problem Areas- July 22, 2002
Why Cable Billing Systems Matter So Much (Part 1)- May 27, 2002
To Seal in Revenues, Open the Video Lock- March 18, 2002
Unscrambling Conditional Access and Encryption- February 04, 2002
'Grooming' Means Customizing Digital Video Lineups- January 07, 2002
You Must Remember This- October 08, 2001
What is Modulation, Anyway?- September 03, 2001
Networked Vs. Integrated DVR: The Debate- July 23, 2001
The Achilles Heel of DBS DVR: Analog TV- June 25, 2001
Digital Set-tops and ITV- June 11, 2001
In-Band, Out-of-Band, Whatever It Takes- May 28, 2001
Sessions Matter More Than 'Thick Vs. Thin'- December 01, 2000
Middleware: Over the OS, Under the Apps- October 02, 2000
Thank You, Data Fans, for Sharing- September 18, 2000

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