IPTVision > Getting the IPTV Jitters

http://mmilliman.blogspot.com [Mark's Musings on the Telecommunications Industry] Apparently AT&T is having some problems rolling out its U-verse IPTV service (Light Reading - Video - AT&T Still Has IPTV 'Jitters' - Telecom News Analysis). They are experience a loss of a couple of IP packets every minute which manifests itself as a short screen freeze or some pixelation. 

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paidContent.orghttp://www.paidcontent.org  paidContent.org: AT&T’s Microsoft-powered U-verse is experiencing packet loss problems which show up as “little annoyances” like video stutters, pixillation, even freezes, according to LightReading. (via Cosmos)

ipTV-Daily - HOME -- Front Page: Waxman also noted that Spot Runner's "platform is very extensible to new media, like IPTV." He did say that key elements of these products, including an online ... (via Cosmos)

MySA.com: SBC Weblog MySA.com: SBC Weblog: The jitters the article refers to are alleged flickers in the signal U-verse delivers to user homes. Sometimes they manifest themselves as minor screen pixelizations -- where an image momentarily becomes blocky -- and sometimes, the article claims, they even cause the whole screen to freeze. (via Cosmos)

SAtechBlog: Hey everyone, before you start to read the blog posts tomorrow about my experience in using the AT&T U-verse service, here are some IPTV industry blogs and news sites you should read, if you want to learn more about the space. (via Cosmos)

http://kevinperkins.wordpress.com  Converged Thoughts: LightReading.com Andiamo Crew Reunites with CiscoAT&T Still Has IPTV 'Jitters'Apertio AIMs for 2007 IPOJuniper Readies RestatementsSpirent Gets ImperfectMangrove Secures New Funding (via Cosmos)

Lightreading.com[Lightreading.com] Light Reading - Video - AT&T Still Has IPTV 'Jitters' - Telecom ...: Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - message board), which supplies the IPTV middleware for the U-verse network, is said to be hard at work increasing its product's capacity for dealing with lost packets. Using a software algorithm called Resilient UDP, the set-top box, upon detecting missing or misplaced packets, sends a "resend" command up through the network.

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