Metaswitch Networks was selected best new idea most likely to succeed as part of informal polling conducted during the Innovation Showcase at CableLabs Summer Conference.

Ten companies participated in the showcase session with each company given 10 minutes to present and demonstrate its technology solution for cable.? 

Metaswitch demonstrated Thrutu, an in-call content sharing application for PCs, smartphones and tablet computers, designed to work across business, residential and mobile customers. Thrutu lets voice subscribers share all manner of interactive content and media during a phone conversation.

Other Showcase participants were ARRIS, Clearleap, CTERA Networks, Dyyno, FourthWall Media, Ignite Solutions, Manilla, Tely Labs and ViVu.

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Football Forecast: NFL-YouTube Experiment a Sign of the Future

Tonight’s the first time an NFL game will exclusively stream live and without a paywall on YouTube, and while it’s expected to attain a hefty number of viewers, the question then becomes whether YouTube—and the networks of internet providers enabling access—can handle the blitz.

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