Pivot, Participant Media’s new cable network, has released its first annual Industry Report about millennials’ (18-34 year olds) consumption of TV content. The study examined how the current Pay TV ecosystem could be impacted if programmers and MVPDs provided consumers with a new distribution alternative that speaks specifically to this demographics lifestyle and viewing habits. Evan Shapiro, President of Pivot [...]
At Cable 2013, CableLabs and Broadcom demonstrated “the path to next-generation service delivery” unveiling a live demonstration of Multi-Gbps HFC access using core technologies from the DOCSIS 3.1 specifications. In the demo, next-generation cable transport – including DOCSIS 3.1 and EPoC (EPON Protocol over Coax) – use technologies from Broadcom to encode digital data across multiple frequencies using OFDM (Orthogonal [...]
Sigma Systems believes that cable operators must expand their service portfolios to include new revenue-generating services such as home automation and home security for the residential market and cloud applications for the SMB (small and medium business) market to combat revenue loss from declines in legacy offerings. “Communication service providers (CSPs), and in particular cable operators, have an immediate opportunity [...]
At The Cable Show in Washington D.C. this week, Cisco is showcasing advancements in its Videoscape Unity IP video platform. Visitors will see how Cisco is engineering openness and modularity into Videoscape Unity by extending Cisco Open Networking Environment (ONE) to video, how Videoscape Unity is embracing open software, and how Cisco is integrating third-party vendors with Videoscape Unity to deliver [...]
Ruckus Wireless has announced the launch of its new Ruckus ZoneFlex 7781CM outdoor access point (AP) with Ruckus BeamFlex adaptive antenna technology. The ZoneFlex 7781CM is another key ingredient in the Ruckus SmartCell Architecture, which provides a proven recipe for building carrier class Wi-Fi networks to deal with the wireless data challenge sweeping across the industry. The Ruckus ZoneFlex 7781CM [...]
BSkyB is hitting back following BT’s announcement that it would provide free access to its valuable sports channels to anyone subscribing to its BT Broadband offering. The market expects BSkyB to make significant price cuts to its own Broadband pricing structure with some sources stating that the cuts will be a “market-changer” as far as the two media giants are [...]
As anticipated by Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global when participating in the TV Summit at ANGA COM in Cologne, the cable MSO has confirmed that, following shareholder approvals, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, it has completed the previously announced acquisition of UK quad-play operator Virgin Media in a stock and cash merger valued at approximately [...]
Comcast is giving its Xfinity Internet customers an additional ‘xfinitywifi’ signal (or SSID) in their home that is completely separate from the family’s private and secure home WiFi signal. Offered at no additional cost to Xfinity Internet residential customers in the US, the additional WiFi hotspots will enable friends, relatives, visitors and other Xfinity Internet customers instant, easy access to [...]
ANGA COM ended with a record 450 exhibitors and 17,000 participants. Some 1,700 of the participants took also part in the accompanying congress programme. Thus, the trade show for Broadband, Cable & Satellite has increased last year’s participant numbers for the congress and the exhibition of 6 per cent. Thomas Braun, President of the hosting ANGA Association of German Cable [...]
German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland has started transmission of the new DVB-C2 standard on cable channel D794 (794 MHz centre frequency) at ANGA COM 2013 as part of an extended DVB-C2 field trial in its CATV networks in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. The field trial will migrate into a regular service as soon as relevant availability of DVB-C2 compliant receivers [...]
