Verizon, Siemens Test 100Gbps - Sets distance record for 100Gbps over 646 miles
Last fall, Verizon said they'd completed the industry's first field test of 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) core optical transmission, running FiOSTV content on a 312-mile network route between Tampa, Florida and Miami. Verizon and Siemens today announced that they've nearly doubled that distance record, sending a 100 Gbps transmission on a single wavelength for more than 1,040 kilometers (646 miles) over field fiber. Verizon had previously stated they believed the shift from 40 Gbps to 100 Gbps core network technology will be exponentially quicker than the move from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps.
Execs See Challenges in Moving HD Video Online
Despite strong demand for high-quality online video, media and technology executives st Streaming Media West say there are still serious challenges in making high-definition (HD) content available over the Internet.
One problem executives see in delivering HD video is the inability to control last-mile bandwidth. While broadband connectivity is increasing, they say there is still a long way to go before they can guarantee HD streams based on ISP networks.
"You never know what the last-mile network environment is going to be like moment-to-moment, so even if someone has a high bit-rate connection, there's absolutely no guarantee that the video isn't going to buffer," says MTV Networks CTO Nick Rockwell.
Watch Cricket on Willow TV
Game day in the U.S. usually means a bottle of Bud and football on the television for a few hours. But for Willow TV’s million registered users across the globe, it means cracking open a Kingfisher, firing up the PC and enjoying literally a day’s worth of Cricket.
NHL Makes Online Push
Professional hockey, long overshadowed on television by the likes of the National Football League, is making an aggressive push online, introducing a service that allows subscribers to watch nearly every game live on its Web site. The National Hockey League sees the new service, called GameCenter Live, as a way to serve its young, tech-savvy fans, many of whom don't live in the hometown of their favorite hockey team, and can't catch its games on television.
Level 3 Expands CDN in Asia/Pac
Level 3 Communications Inc. has expanded its content delivery network (CDN) capacity tenfold in Asia/Pacific, opening new points of presence (POPs) and upgrading existing infrastructure there.
According to Lisa Guillaume, Level 3's vice president of CDN services, the company increased capacity with three POPs in China, as well as locations in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
