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This year’s Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Conference on Emerging Technologies brought together industry leaders  in the telecommunications industry for two days at the famed Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles (True Lies anyone?). 

Trade publications such as ScreenPlays Magazine, CED Magazine, Multichannel News and Communications Technology were also present covering emerging news about the future of the cable industry.  Two of our clients, RGB Networks and Mixed Signals, received positive reviews regarding their recent announcements. 

RGB Networks announced that its new Dynamic Bandwidth Manager (DBM) successfully completed extensive testing with a top five U.S. cable operator, demonstrating how it enables cable operators to deliver more video-on-demand (VOD) programming without requiring more bandwidth or impacting picture quality.

Mixed Signals announced its latest.  Bresnan Communications, a leading U.S. cable television operator serving more than 300,000 subscribers in four Western states, is the latest operator to use Mixed Signals’ Sentry digital content monitor to help ensure superior picture and sound quality. 

The conference took place over the course of three days and provided high level technical discussions on key products and ideas that have the potential to transform the industry in the coming years.   It sure helped us stay on top of the trends!

Break out the Magic-8 Ball.

At the beginning of the writer’s strike back in November, we jested around the water cooler that this might be a golden opportunity for non-traditional online media sites to shine.

“Wouldn’t it be crazy if the strike forced TV viewers to turn off their TVs and start watching more content online?”

Little did we know.

According to a report from Pew Internet called “Increased Use of video-sharing sites,” 48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the past year.

Doubled.

Is it a stretch to say that this increased traffic is due to the writer’s strike or is this a natural progression?

The BBC comes right out and says it:

“Americans turn to online videos: Online video sharing sites are reaping the benefits of the ongoing writers’ strike in the US. “

Needless to say, we’ll be watching.

Hat tip to TechCrunch!