Category Archives: Features

EBIF: Ready for Prime Time?

Posted on by Carl Weinschenk
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With perhaps one exception, the key technical issues related to the Enhanced Binary Interchange Format — EBIF — have more or less been settled. Experts say that the technology has firmly entered the deployment phase and that it is getting … Continue reading

Posted in Features | Tagged EBIF, set-top, video

Spring Cleaning: Multiscreen and Server Space

Posted on by Ron Hendrickson
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Server space is like closet space: There’s never quite enough of it. Nowhere is this more evident than in multiscreen video, which is a bit of a server hog. Some spring cleaning can free up much-needed space. Understanding why multiscreen … Continue reading

Posted in Features | Tagged adaptive bitrate streaming, Multiscreen, streaming video, video

Cable Cable Grows with a Hosted Approach

Posted on by Monta Monaco Hernon
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While smaller cable operators face the same competitive pressure as larger operators to provide more bandwidth, more channels, more services, they do not have a resource pool anywhere near as deep. Yet many, including Fenelon Falls, Ontario-based Cable Cable, are … Continue reading

Posted in Features | Tagged Adara, Cable Cable, Cisco, HD, SDV, video, VOD

Advanced Ads Demand New Ground Rules

Posted on by Carl Weinschenk
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The stickiest technical questions are solved or on their way to a solution. But some legal and contractual issues remain. The goal is to not let these become obstacles. Conti