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09/13/2011
Virgin Media Trials 1.5 Gbps Broadband
Cisco is working with Virgin Media, deploying DOCSIS 3.0 technology to deliver high speed Internet services on the company’s existing network infrastructure. In a trial in East London, Virgin Media achieved broadband speeds of 1.5 Gbps by using Cisco’s (3G60) Broadband Processing Engine, a high-density line card for Cisco’s uBR10K Universal Broadband Router and Cable […]
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09/13/2011
Social Media, Pay TV Get Friendly
Recently, a couple of young companies unveiled technology that connects social media with TV, and these start-ups now are garnering the attention of more established pay-TV players. San Francisco-based Miso says its social-TV app for iPhone and Android, which synchronizes social sites with television viewing, now is available to DirecTV subscribers. Miso’s second-screen technology takes […]
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09/12/2011
How Does UltraViolet Help Operators?
At this point, almost everyone understands that UltraViolet will create "digital lockers" to allow consumers to store their video content in the cloud and then access it on different devices. But what does UltraViolet mean for operators? According to Jodi Wadhwa, vice president/Marketing for Arxan Technologies, operators need UltraViolet to help them implement their multi-screen […]
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09/12/2011
Rovi's TotalCode Preps Content for Streaming
Rovi launched TotalCode, a new line of encoding solutions with advanced capabilities. Built on its MainConcept codec technology and including support for the latest adaptive streaming codecs, TotalCode is designed for post-production facilities and enterprise-class digital content providers such as broadcasters, cable operators and digital storefront operators. The TotalCode solution features a scalable, server-distributed encoding […]
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09/12/2011
Verimatrix, LG Integrate VCAS Security on Smart TVs
Verimatrix and LG Electronics are partnering for software-based security for premium IP video services across a wide range of connected TVs and other CE devices. The range of LG Smart TV devices, which includes 2011 and 2012 LED LCD Smart TVs, the Smart TV Upgrader, and connected Blu-ray players, will offer embedded ViewRight Web and […]
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09/12/2011
Entropic's Dance Card Full at IBC
Entropic Communictions had lots of news at IBC, relating to MoCA, EoC, and RVU. Finnish operator Blue Lake Communications has deployed InCoax’s Gigabit over Coax Access (GoCA) technology, which leverages Entropic’s Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) solution, based on the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) standard. Blue Lake Communications is part of the Finnish Finnet group of 29 […]