Cable TV Operators
Tektronix' Video test products help cable operators in three areas:
- Headend monitoring at a range of network access points like ingest, transport and access
- Field installation of Video over IP network elements (encoders and IP switches)
- Selecting and evaluating network infrastructure such as encoders and set top boxes
Not sure what you need? Check out the Recommended Test Equipment list for Cable TV applications.
Videos
- Basic MPEG Overview / MPEG Made Easy
This introduction to MPEG covers Transport Streams, timing, and error types. Watch this webinar to learn about TR101-290 error types, and how it is giving way to ATSC Recommended Practice (A/78), a more meaningful measure of customer impacting events. - MPEG Troubleshooting in Cable Networks
A must for reviewing measurement guidelines and tools for testing MPEG in cable networks. This webinar covers many topics including the measurement guidelines know as ETSI TR 101 290. - MPEG Timing and Synchronization Webinar
Whether your job is to design Encoders and Set Top Boxes (STBs), or to evaluate or integrate them, dealing effectively with timing concerns is essential. A Tektronix Buffer Analyzer can pinpoint the source of timing problems, and our webinar covering Program Clock Reference (PCR) issues and more explains timing principles and their impact on video quality. - Video over IP QoS (Network Monitoring of MPEG over a IP Transport) Webinar
This presentation on monitoring MPEG Transport Streams over IP networks describes test methodology used to ensure superior Quality of Service (QoS) in video. - DTV and IPTV Monitoring Webinar - Reducing Network Downtime
As the worldwide DTV market continues to evolve, a shifting consumer viewing behavior combined with increasing competitive pressure is driving an explosion in broadcast channel count and overall CAPEX investment. Delivering superior Quality of Service (QoS) to maintain differentiation in this competitive market becomes paramount to traditional broadcasters and Multi-Service Operators (MSO).
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The Video Test tutorial information found here will help you understand video measurement basics and how to overcome challenges — from comprehensive glossaries and guides to highly visual technology and standards posters.
Application Notes
- Objective Measurements and Subjective Assessments Application Note
By using the PQA500 video, content providers can evaluate the various compression and delivery formats to ensure the best possible picture quality of the program. - Video Over IP Cross Layer Measurements
Explore some of the challenges around delivering superior Quality of Service (QoS) in the design, rollout and management of Video over IP Networks. - A How-To Guide to Video Backhauling
This how-to guide discusses the challenges of preserving video quality in today’s networks and how Tektronix’ MTM400A enables network operators to better understand video quality at any point in the network. - Critical RF Measurements in Cable, Satellite and Terrestrial DTV Systems
The secret to maintaining reliable and high-quality services over different digital television transmission systems is to focus on critical factors that may compromise the integrity of the system. This application note describes those critical RF measurements which help to detect such problems before viewers lose their service and picture completely.
