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BTR‘s Diamond Technology Reviews, now in its eighth year, is a technology recognition program wherein vendors serving the broadband cable industry are invited to submit information about products that have been released or upgraded since last year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo … Continue reading
The only product to be awarded five Diamonds this year, the Aurora Networks Remote QAM is a distributed headend device intended to help operators add new QAM channels in support of advanced services, while reining in expenses and simplifying their … Continue reading
Dubbed a “gateway to the future” by one Diamonds judge, the ARRIS Touchstone Residential Gateway TG1672 becomes the heart of the home or small office network by enabling data, video and music distribution and sharing via myriad connected IP-capable devices. … Continue reading
Cisco‘s Digital Content Manager (DCM) Series D9902 was praised by Diamonds judges as being “more than a facelift to an already competent product.” Designed to help process contribution and distribution video transmissions, the D9902 accepts multiple types of video inputs … Continue reading
Cable technicians have long sought an end-of-line monitoring device to detect coaxial network impairments, said one Diamonds judge. “With (the Network Scout Flux), it looks like Comcast has captured these desires in their product/solution.” “Last mile” problems, including cracked, water-damaged, … Continue reading
Harmonic‘s ProView 7100 received high marks from judges who were thrilled that “for the first time, an operator will be able to enjoy Harmonic’s legendary transcoding video quality in an all-in-one solution.” They applauded the integrated IRD/re-encoder/re-multiplexer product’s “class-leading” density … Continue reading
The ProStream 1000 with ACE offers “great features in a small package with high capacity,” said one Diamonds judge who also praised the real-time SD/HD processing and transcoding solution as “very efficient” and “very timely.” Another called it a “solid … Continue reading
As one Diamonds judge aptly put it, the InnoTrans Adaptive Return Transmitter (ART) “addresses an imminent need in (the) HFC network – the ability to operate and bond together multiple upstream DOCSIS carriers at 64-QAM.” The demand for an increase … Continue reading
Expected to ship Dec. 1, JDSU‘s DSAMobile is an iPad application that allows a technician to move freely throughout a home while JDSU’s signature test tool, the DSAM meter, remains plugged into a single location. Using the DSAMobile app, the … Continue reading
The Motorola SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE HLS+ platform handles both content delivery and encryption so that service providers only have to encode and encrypt content once for delivery to multiple devices. The combination of these tasks in one platform takes the … Continue reading
The Diamonds judges applauded the ARRIS MSP-BVS high-density video processor as “very useful” and the “first of its kind,” which “sets the standard for others to follow.” Designed for use with ARRIS’ MSP (Media Services Platform) 2800, the MSP-BVS, expected … Continue reading
“Multiple platforms in, multiple platforms out,” is the way a Diamonds judge summed up the Azuki Media Platform, an over-the-top (OTT) delivery technology designed to deliver premium, protected content to any device over any network. With it, operators can push … Continue reading
Business and entertainment services utilizing packet-based infrastructures require the same carrier-grade features, service level agreements (SLAs) and quality of service they receive in metro and core networks. Based on Ciena‘s True Carrier Ethernet technology, the 3902 Service Delivery Switch is … Continue reading
