CES: Samsung Plugs Into Pay TV Services
Smart TVs Provide Access to Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and DirecTV
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 1/11/2012 9:23:09 PM
Las Vegas — Samsung Electronics is working with four providers -- Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and DirecTV -- to pipe their video services directly into its "smart TVs."
At its booth here at CES, Samsung is demonstrating pre-release versions of each the services, which are scheduled to be available through its TVs later this year.
Comcast and TWC are delivering on-demand content through the Samsung sets. Verizon is providing 26 live TV channels -- the same lineup that is available through the Xbox 360 game console now -- as well as VOD; a representative said the service will be available "very soon."
DirecTV, meanwhile, is teaming up with Samsung to provide access to live and DVR content directly on Samsung's 2012 line of Smart TVs without the need for additional set-top boxes. The sets will include a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) interface, to connect into the satellite operator's HR34 Home Media Center HD multiroom DVR, which can store up to 200 hours of HD programming.
The Samsung TVs will replicate the full user interface of the DirecTV DVR using the specification from the RVU Alliance. The two companies announced plans for the RVU-enabled TVs at the 2011 CES.
Samsung said the RVU-compatible Smart TVs will be available in spring 2012.
"Many homes today have more than one TV to cater to the different needs of everyone in the family. By working with a leading provider like DirecTV, we're able to offer consumers enhanced convenience in access so they can enjoy the content they desire from any room in the home, any time they choose," Stephen Goldstein, vice president of Samsung Electronics America, said in a statement.
Panasonic, for its part, is showing the Time Warner Cable VOD app running on its Viera HDTVs.
At last year's CES, Comcast and TWC announced their partnership with Samsung, outlining plans to make their video services available on the CE maker's smart TVs, smartphones and tablets. Originally, the MSOs expected to deliver the capabilities before the end of 2011.
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