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Featured Articles » Cable Networks Join Together to Offer Outdoor Wi-Fi » Project Phenix Makes Hollywood Content Portable   Sponsored By: Aricent WEBINAR: Cloud-based Telecom Testing: Why and How Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:00 AM ET/ 8:00 AM PT REGISTER TODAY In this webinar, experts from Aricent will identify the challenges in traditional telecom testing and justify the case for delivering testing competencies through the cloud. They will investigate the limitations overcome by cloud-based testing and present the customer benefits derived from these solutions. An interactive Q&A session will allow attendees to allay their specific fears about cloud-based telecom testing. Additionally, the speakers will also highlight Aricentâ?Ts platform agnostic cloud-based test tool â?" the Software Tool for Automated Test Environment (STATE), which accelerates unit testing, subsystem and system integration testing, and regression testing of telecom products and applications. What Attendees will learn: Creating a telecom testing environment on the cloud Challenges addressed by cloud-based telecom testing Customer benefits offered by cloud-based telecom testing Developing robust telecom testing solutions on the cloud   Top Stories » CTAM's Initiatives Deliver Excellent Results » Wow! Launches Whole Home Multimedia Entertainment System using Moxi Gateway   From The Expert Corner March 02, 2012 Apple Wants to Launch Streaming Service in 2012 By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor Apple (News - Alert) wants to launch a streaming TV service in 2012, but as you would expect, is meeting resistance from content owners and video distributors worried, for good reason, about Apple disintermediating them in the streaming video value chain and thereby disrupting the video entertainment business overall. The New York Post  reports that content owners have resisted Apple’s pitches, and not for the first time. Apple, as is typically the case, wants control over all aspects of the user experience, and that includes pricing. Traditionally, that has been a touchy area where content owners are concerned. Apple also wants to decide how to package video and that causes other key concerns. Apple might prefer to bundle a single branded network as an “app."...Read more    Featured Videos Interview with NET    Featured Resources » Key to Agility and Business Alignment » Arrival of Cloud Thinking » Profitability Through Improved Decision Making   Featured Channels » Dark Fiber » High Definition Digital - High Definition Digital » Live Streaming Coverage   CableSpotlight.com is Your Source for the Latest Cable News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Cable Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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