Time Warner Boasts of ‘Virtually Unlimited’ HDTV Capacity
Cable Operator to Launched Switched-Digital-Video Technology in One-Half of Systems By Year-End
By Steve Donohue -- Multichannel News, 6/4/2007 6:41:00 PM
Boasting that it will be able to boost channel capacity to carry more HD networks, Time Warner Cable plans to deploy switched-digital-video technology on one-half of its systems nationwide by the end of 2007, chief operating officer Landel Hobbs said Tuesday.
Hobbs acknowledged that Time Warner’s direct-broadcast satellite rivals such as DirecTV have done an effective job of marketing HDTV offerings. “Shame on us because we haven’t really done a good job of marketing [HDTV],” Hobbs said at a Deutche Bank Securities conference in New York Monday.
But he added that SDV technology -- which allows Time Warner and other cable providers to deliver channels to subscribers based on demand, rather than broadcasting hundreds of channels simultaneously -- will give Time Warner “virtually unlimited” HD capacity.
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I agree with Paul you must be an intelligent man. Time Warner is so Ohio-focused, its rediculous. The best HD story of the college football season was when Michigan/Penn State played and Ohio State/Northwestern played at the same time. Time Warner thought it would be a good idea to broadcast Ohio State on ABC HD and ESPN HD and put Penn State on regular ESPN. So why do you pay extra money to get HD channels if they never put the local games on. Browns over Steelers on CBS HD???...come on, how many people are actually browns fans over steelers fans? If they want to provide Pennsylvania with a service, they should offer channels that people would want to see...not the Brownies and Blue Jackets. Thats all I have to say about this garbage cable provider.
I'm gonna quote Jim Rome... "I am OUT"
Joe - 11/21/2007 10:33:00 AM EST -
ill believe it when i see it, they also said that they were adding a lot of hd channels in october. whoopie, we got tbs hd. they are only 65 hd channels behind direct tv. worst cable company ever. also, they get off over ohio sports. all of western pa is 95% pittsburgh fans. they took away kdka hd. gee thanks. they show the browns games in hd over the steelers. gee thanks. and they took away the pittsburgh penguins hd games for the columbus bluejackets. who? yea i didnt know they were a team either. so thanks time warner, i appreciate all that you've done for us here in western PA. they brag how they dont charge more for hd. well, they shouldnt, because they only have 16 hd channels.
Paul Wasko Jr - 11/21/2007 10:09:00 AM EST
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