- People
ACA The American Cable Association named Patrick Knorr of Sunflower Broadband chairman of its board of directors, for a two-year term. Also, Dave Keefe of Atlantic Broadband was named vice-chair, board of directors for a two-year term. And, six new board members were elected for three-year terms: Bruce Beard of ......
- People
Advance/Newhouse Kashif Haq has joined Advance/ Newhouse Communications as vice president, broadband data services. He comes from Accenture, where he led the U.S. engineering services division of Imagine Broadband America Online America Online added two veteran media executives to its programming and content team: Malcolm Bird as senior vice president, ......
- Broadband video: building applications in the
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Broadband services are growing in size and importance in today's public network. Public network designers, operators, and customers are increasing their involvement with broadband services. Unlike conventional voice and private line services, broadland applications and the underlying transport systems will evolve in concert as the national telecommunications network adds value ......
- TWI Invests in Chip Developer
Time Warner Investments and Rho Ventures have teamed to lead a $20 million financing round for BroadLogic Network Technologies, maker of semiconductor chipsets. Separately, Time Warner Cable senior vice president of advanced engineering and subscriber technologies Mike Hayashi has joined BroadLogic’s board of directors. “BroadLogic’s innovative WideBand solutions offer an ......
- Broadband Briefs
‘Young’ Randy Horn, Others Honored at ET Huntington Beach, Calif. — The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers honored five executives during two awards presentations at the Emerging Technologies conference last week. Dan Pike, chief technology officer of General Communication Inc., won the chairman’s award. Michael Emmendorfer, corporate director of advanced ......
- Consultants Group Pitches Muni Savvy
A group of telecommunications providers and consultants have formed a consortium offering one-stop shopping to municipalities that wish to get into the broadband business. The Muni Consortium is made up of business strategists, financial advisors, regulatory consultants, engineering firms, content providers and equipment vendors. Founding members are Optical Solutions Inc., ......
- Panel: IP Video Poses Problems
Miami — Using Internet protocol to ship video into and around a broadband home may seem like a good idea, but copyright and economic issues still cloud that picture. At the recent Society of Cable and Telecommunications Engineers' Emerging Technologies conference, a panel delved into the issues that surround a ......