Gary Arlen

Tec-Expo to focus on competitive fiber environment, 'smart engineering,' going green

3D, Mobile, IPTV proliferate

Industry gears up to battle spectrum reallocation proposal

The DTV transition is a “high anxiety topic” that keeps cable engineers “up at night,” according to John Clark, president of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers.

After countless exhortations to re-think "mass" media in a "class" media environment, broadcasters are finding their place in online video, and making money in the process.

Tech highlights include mobile DTV, 3D, OLED

Station group integrates broadcast, online.

The implications of the HD DVD format demise go well beyond the role of distributing shrink-wrapped high-definition movies.

This year's E3 blast in Los Angeles in mid-May offered conclusive proof of why the videogame industry can claim its revenues of about $12 billion are "bigger than Hollywood."

Telcos challenge cable on franchise regulations

This month marks the second anniversary of the digital cable TV plug-and-play pact between cable operators and consumer electronics makers.

Consumers are fickle, and electronics shoppers are poster children for that problem your mom warned you about: "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach."

Gadgetfest brings divine technologies to Earth

In this season of annual budget planning plus fourth quarter product releases, it’s easy to get lost in the endless flow of predictive pronouncements and ebullient announcements.

Multiscreen apps, video, drive demand for more bandwidth, greater efficiency

As mobile DTV rolls out in about 50 markets during the next few months, the service will rely more heavily than originally envisioned on peripheral “dongles,” initially priced at more than $100 each.

Complex retransmission process gets underway