Whenever Faultline speaks with SSIMWave, the video perceptual quality specialist, the message is the largely same – one of great technology with the tier 1 operator customers to boot. Over a year on since SSIMWave teased us about virtually every major North American video service provider evaluating its SSIMPlus software suite, the vendor assures us that many of these have since blossomed into full deployments. However, SSIMWave is still sworn to NDAs, and unless the company is ever allowed to start shouting about its tier 1 scalps, the credibility of its claims will continue to be difficult to judge. In the meantime, SSIMWave has just launched its new Video Quality Dial technology, positioned as a “smart layer” around a video…