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Cable-Tec 2009: “Fused services” dominate trends in Denver

DENVER--IPTV, multi-screen video, and converged services have emerged as the biggest themes here at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 as the three subjects have dominated the discussions in the Colorado Convention Center, along with the driving snowstorm outside.In the opening general sessions, as Cartt.ca reported, cable executives spent much time focusing on the prospects for, and problems of, delivering video signals over an IP infrastructure. They debated the best ways to migrate the industry’s current RF-based, MPEG-2 delivery system to an all-IP architecture. But, in a sea change for a major cable industry event, they all agreed that all-IP is clearly...