20587 - SCTE Broadband Feb2020 COMPLETE v3

86 Vol. 42 No. 1 - February 2020 Issue The broadband market is rapidly changing, with major equipment vendors redefining their product offering as operators decide which technologies they will adopt to achieve 10G. The first draft of the DOCSIS 4.0 specification by CableLabs is near completion. A key part of this new standard is the incorporation of new technologies, including Extended Spectrum DOCSIS (ESD), Full Duplex DOCSIS (FDX) and Low Latency DOSCIS (LLD) into one industry standard. These new technologies have been developed to create a superior network which is faster, more efficient and has greater capacity - particularly in the upstream. ESD achieves this by using higher band splits between the upstream and downstream channels. FDX technology allows the upstream and downstream channels to be utilised simultaneously. “We have designed our modular 1.2GHz DBx access platform to meet current DOCSIS 3.1 standards but it can already accommodate the next generation of technologies that will be detailed in the DOCSIS 4.0 standard. The upstream can be increased from 42/54 to 85/102 to 204/258 to 300/380 to 396/500MHz,” Technetix told Broadband Journal. The HFC specialist has supplied 750,000 DBx smart amplifiers to leading multiple system operators worldwide. It offers solutions such as DBx, Virtual Segmentation and Remote PHY and sells into leading cable operators in 70 countries. Towards 10G For more information, see www.technetix.com Processing and monitoring products At NAB 2020, on booth SL6, Telestream®, a provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement solutions for the production and distribution of video, will demonstrate new enhancements to its Vantage Cloud Port, PRISM and its iQ monitoring solutions from a new location in the front of NAB’s South Lower Hall. “It has never been more important to measure, monitor and manage exposure levels and colour in production and post production and signal integrity in broadcast operations. The latest version of our PRISM media monitoring and analysis platform provides comprehensive monitoring of IP/SDI 4K/8K signals and comes equipped with specialised new tools for wide colour gamut (WCG) and high dynamic range (HDR). These new capabilities are specifically designed to accommodate the new workflow changes in production and postproduction required to meet the quality expectations for broadcast and streamed content,” the company told Broadband Journal. Focused on the growth of content creation and delivery, its Vantage Cloud Port enables powerful, new automation and media processing workflows that are both cloud-agnostic and multi-cloud. To be showcased at NAB for the first time, Vantage Cloud Port now features Tempo time adjustment and content normalisation plus a new, streamlined version of Post Producer automated content assembly and processing. Vantage Cloud Port Designer makes it easier to start processing media with cloud-enabled actions.

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