C-COR joins the bandwidth expansion game.(C-COR Electronics Inc. unveils new line of products that enables cable operators to expand spectrum.)(Brief Article)

C-COR Inc. has unveiled a line of products that enable cable operators to expand their available spectrum to 1 GHz.

MSOs are enlisting a range of tools and techniques to help them deal with the bandwidth pressures caused by advanced services such as high definition television (HDTV) and video-on-demand (VOD). Digital simulcast--an all digital transition technique that replicates an operator's analog tier in the digital domain--also costs additional bandwidth on the front end of the project.

Among the tools available (others include node subdivision, a migration to advanced …