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03/17/2011
Shaw Satellite Division Opens Online VoD Library Canada-Wide
Shaw Direct, the satellite division of Canada’s Shaw Communications, is making its video-on-demand (VoD) library accessible anywhere in Canada to its 910,000 subscribers over the company’s nationwide satellite footprint. Shaw Direct customers now can watch hundreds of movies and TV shows on their computers with Shaw Direct Online VoD. Shaw Direct customers now have access […]
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03/16/2011
IPv6 Crunch Time Nears
With the clock ticking, CableLabs now is holding weekly IPv6 phone conferences with cable-industry players. Typically, representatives of some 35 MSOs are on each call, said Chris Donley, CableLabs’ project director/Network Protocols, speaking at a recent symposium on the industry’s next-generation broadband strategies. More than a hundred additional personnel get transcripts of those weekly calls. […]
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03/16/2011
TWC iPad App Swamps System
Yesterday, Time Warner Cable rolled out its new iPad application with live streaming of 30 TV channels (For more, click here). Today, the MSO says it had to scale back to 15 channels because of overwhelming demand. The TWCableTV app’s popularity was so strong that it unfortunately overwhelmed the system, causing an inability for some […]
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03/16/2011
Motorola Brings XOOM Wi-Fi to United States
Starting March 27, the Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi edition will be available from leading retailers across the United States. Amazon.com, Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam’s Club (select locations), Staples and Walmart will be offering the 10.1-inch widescreen HD tablet with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) through both online and retail store channels. The suggested retail price of XOOM […]
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03/16/2011
DirecTV Extends Contract With NDS
DirecTV has renewed its agreement with NDS to continue to deliver set-top box (STB) software and digital video recorder (DVR) technology to DirecTV U.S. and DirecTV Latin America through January 2016.?? The contract sees the extension of the relationship between NDS and DirecTV to supply set-top box software across the platform, originally established in 2005. […]
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03/16/2011
Genband Announces S3 Session Border Controller on Genius
Genband, a developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today said the S3 Session Border Controller on the Genband Genius platform is generally available and currently being deployed. The new Genius platform enables additional IP solutions, such as call control or traffic and policy management, using the same chassis as the S3, minimizing footprint and […]