Two Scientific-Atlanta encoding systems will be installed in London

Scientific-Atlanta will demonstrate two new Continuum DVP MPEG-2 encoders at IBC 2002 in Amsterdam starting this week. The Continuum encoders are designed to offer space-saving, affordable digital encoding to convert analog feeds to compressed digital, and for encoding local advertising for inclusion in the digital ti

Cable programming provider Turner Broadcasting System Inc. , a Time Warner company, has chosen Cisco Co.'s Scientific Atlanta MPEG-4 D9034 encoder to provide MPEG-4 signals for telecom companies. Scientific Atlanta's standard-definition MPEG-4 systems using its D9034 encoders will be installed at Turner Broadcasti

Scientific-Atlanta has developed a network monitoring system that helps track the two-way status of a cable network. Pointer, the Web-based system, identifies specific points where network problems have occurred and helps cable operators dispatch technicians to one network location to address the issue. The soft

The entertainment network will use the Scientific-Atlanta PowerVu digital encoding system in converting its East coast feed from analog to digital.

The delivery of HD signals over cable TV systems just picked up a bit more steam with Scientific-Atlanta's announcement that it has two new HD demodulators targeted for cable applications. Since over-the-air broadcasts use 8VSB modulation for DTV and cable systems generally use 256QAM, cable head-ends require demodulat