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Cable Show 2012: TiVo Streams TV To Tablets, Debuts IP Set-TopBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
TiVo is promising to let cable operators deliver Slingbox-like features to their subscribers, with the introduction of a streaming device that extends live TV and DVR content to tablets and smartphones both in -- and outside -- the home.
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Cable Show 2012: Sigma Systems Lets MSOs Deliver 'Cloud' Applications To Business UsersBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012
Sigma Systems, a provider of converged broadband provisioning solutions, is launching the Sigma Cloud Service Broker, an integrated software-as-a-service platform aimed at letting cable operators deliver third-party applications to small and midsize business customers.
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Cable Show 2012: Pace, TiVo Tee Up Six-Tuner Video GatewayBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012TiVo and Pace are providing details of their first jointly developed product, the Pace XG1, a six-tuner hybrid QAM/IP video gateway featuring TiVo's user interface to be available to operators in the Americas later this year. More
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Cable Show 2012: Intel Previews 1-Gig DOCSIS ChipBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Intel is giving the next-generation Puma 6 DOCSIS 3.0 chip -- which delivers downstream speeds of nearly 1 Gigabit per second -- its first public showing, promising to hit volume production before the end of 2012. More
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Cable Show 2012: Casa Claims It Will Deliver Full CCAP Platform In 2012By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Casa Systems said it will be the first vendor to deliver full Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) functionality, with a new high-density module for its C10G cable modem termination system. More
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Cable Show 2012: Itaas Licenses Comcast RDKBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Interactive TV software and services firm Itaas announced that it has licensed the Comcast Reference Development Kit (RDK), a pre-integrated software bundle that powers tru2way, IPTV or hybrid set-top boxes and includes the CableLabs OCAP Reference Implementation software along with other open-source components. More
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Cable Show 2012: This Tech Adds 'TV Everywhere,' Blackouts To Ad-Insertion SystemBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012This Technology's SpotLink platform is adding the ability to dynamically insert ads across TV Everywhere and other IP-based video services, as well as support blackout scheduling and implementation. More
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Cable Show 2012: Elemental Pushes Multiscreen Video To The EdgeBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Video-processing solutions vendor Elemental Technologies is debuting a server aimed at cutting bandwidth and storage needed for multiscreen-video distribution, by packaging streams closer to end users. More
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Cable Show 2012: Arris, NDS To Knit Gateway TogetherBy Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Arris Group and NDS are collaborating on next-generation video gateway -- combining Arris's hardware platform with NDS middleware, content security and interface software -- in "close collaboration with several North American cable operators," the companies said. More
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Comcast Shifts
To Usage-Based
Pricing From Caps
By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Comcast said it will eliminate the 250-Gigabyte monthly broadband-usage limit on Xfinity Internet, moving over time instead to a usage-based pricing model that will provide at least 300 GB of data usage before customers incur additional charges. More
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Google TV’s Second Act By Todd Spangler, May 21, 2012Google still believes it can wrap its massive Internet arms around TV — even after consumers spurned its freshman effort as clunky and not very useful. More
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Tech M&A Activity Slows; Executives Optimistic for 2nd Half By Mike Farrell, May 21, 2012Mergers & acquisitions activity in the technology sector slowed considerably in the past two quarters, but according to a recent survey, many technology executives believe deals will come back with a roar in the second half of the year. More
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Chuck Pagano: ‘Mayor’ of ESPN By Leslie Ellis, May 21, 2012Chuck Pagano, chief technology officer of ESPN and winner of the 2012 NCTA Vanguard Award for Science & Technology, is an engineer, of course. More
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Dan Moloney: Mister Credibility By Leslie Ellis, May 21, 2012Dan Moloney, president of Motorola mobility and recipient of this year’s Vanguard Award for Associates and Affiliates, is best known for one core characteristic: integrity. More
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Time Warner Cable Picks Motorola To Lock Down Multiscreen TVBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012Time Warner Cable has selected Motorola Mobility's SecureMedia digital rights management system to encrypt linear and on-demand TV programming for delivery across a slew of devices. More
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Cable Show 2012: Motorola To Pump Up CMTS Density, Demo HEVCBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012Motorola Mobility will use next week's Cable Show to show off enhancements to its DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem termination system -- claiming to double total downstream capacity -- and host one of the first demos of the next-generation High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard in the U.S. More
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Groups Seek Wholesaling, Other Conditions On Dish WaiverJohn Eggerton, May 18, 2012Some public-interest groups have asked the FCC to put conditions on any grant of terrestrial wireless broadband licenses for spectrum that had been reserved for satellite-delivered service. More
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Cable Show 2012: SeaChange, Avail-TVN Team On Targeted Multiscreen AdsBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012It's targeted advertising for "TV Everywhere": SeaChange International and Avail-TVN have cooked up a demo for next week's Cable Show showing dynamic ad insertion in broadcast and on-demand video across TVs, PCs and tablets. More
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Time Warner Cable To Light Up Dynamic VOD Ads Nationwide With BlackArrowBy Todd Spangler, May 18, 2012Time Warner Cable plans to roll out BlackArrow's Advanced Advertising System across its national footprint to deliver real-time, dynamic ad insertion for video-on-demand content, a key step toward enabling Canoe Ventures' plans to deliver VOD ads to cable users across the U.S. More
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Comcast Pricing Critics Undeterred By Data-Use AnnouncementJohn Eggerton, May 17, 2012Comcast executive vice president David Cohen told reporters that the headline on its announcement Thursday that it was changing its Xfinity data-use threshholds should be that there was no longer a cap, but critics of usage-based pricing saw it differently. More
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