Cable MSO Comcast is partnering with Roku in a move that will continue to expand the range of retail devices Comcast’s customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service without the need for a set-top box. Later this year, Xfinity TV customers will be able to enjoy their cable subscription in the home via […]

Stepping up its efforts to bring competition to the cable and pay-TV set-top box market in the US, the Consumer Video Choice Coalition (CVCC) – comprised of a diverse group of organisations and companies that believe consumers would benefit from a competitive ecosystem of third-party devices and services that can be used across multichannel video […]

Research from SNL Kagan indicates that global cable operators spent 2015 taking advantage of low downstream channel prices and boosted shipments of converged cable access platforms (CCAP) to record levels. Total Data over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) downstream channels jumped 41 per cent for the full year to top 6 million, according to SNL […]

Global telecommunications company Altice has selected the E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) from ARRIS International to enable the delivery of gigabit Internet services to its subscribers.  Altice will deploy the ARRIS E6000 CER with SFR in France and Orange-Tricom in The Dominican Republic, and it will expand the E6000 CER footprint in its recently acquired […]

Findings from market information source Dell’Oro Group suggest the worldwide Broadband Access market, which includes Cable, DSL, and PON technologies, reached a record level and exceeded $12 billion. “PON revenue grew by 21 per cent to over $6 billion in 2015. Huawei, ZTE, and Alcatel-Lucent all benefitted from strong deployments into China, especially in customer […]

The global optical network equipment market totalled $12.5 billion in 2015, growing 3 per cent from the prior year, reports IHS in its Optical Network Hardware Market Tracker. “After a subdued Q3 2015, this quarter’s results represent a much-needed boost to the optical hardware market, with revenues demonstrating the fastest-growing fourth quarter for five years. […]

A group of major industry leaders who are invested in the future of the Internet of Things, are unifying as the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), an entity whose goal will be to help unify IoT standards so that companies and developers can create IoT solutions and devices that work seamlessly together. Via cross-industry collaboration, the […]

As anticipated, the US’s Federal Communications Commission has approved a new rule that would allow consumers to swap cable set-top boxes for less expensive devices in what is seen as a major blow to cable operators who had lobbied vociferously against the proposed rulemaking. The 3-2 vote in favour was split along party lines. “Technology […]