Drawn to digital simulcast: citing DBS picture quality, Tenn. utility begins conversion.(Broadband Week: Advanced Technologies for Video, Voice and Data Services)(digital broadcast system, Tennessee, Jackson Energy Authority)
Multichannel News, August, 2005 by Stump, Matt
Cable operators aren't the only multichannel video providers looking at digital simulcast. The Jackson (Tenn.) Energy Authority, which essentially provides a seven-service offering, has begun converting its 80-plus analog cable-channel lineup to digital. "The big driver for us was [DBS because they are all-digital," Ben Lovins, JEA's broadband operations manager, said of its direct-broadcast satellite rivals.
"We want to offer the best possible picture." And that picture isn't even going out over traditional hybrid fiber coaxial cable plant. JEA runs a fiber-to-the-home operation using gear from Wave7 Optics. DIGITAL JUST SOUNDS COOL Lovins also finds the cachet of "digital" a marketing benefit. "A lot of people do have the 'digital is...
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