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Pace enables multiroom DVR experience with DirecTV

Pace has announced that the company’s HR34 server is the central hub in the DirecTV Home Media Centre, set to launch October 2011.  With its unique multiple connectivity capabilities, the HR34 enables the a fully interconnected DVR experience. Pace’s HR34 is a cost-effective, large capacity server that delivers full DVR capabilities, including HD-DVR functionality, for […]

September 19, 2011

Ikanos Fusiv Vx175 and Vx173 enable intelligent services gateways

Ikanos’ first dual-core communications processors, the Fusiv Vx175 and Fusiv Vx173, build on the award-winning features of the company’s Fusiv family and extend the range of access technologies and device types that can be supported by Ikanos products. The Vx175/173 processors add a range of advanced capabilities, including: Advanced Dual-Core Processor Architecture – The Vx175/173 […]

September 14, 2011

Fries says Horizon will be house of many apps

As expected Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries used his IBC address to reveal the new Horizon set-top box, which will be rolled out first on UPC Netherlands’ network in the first quarter of next year. Liberty Global will work with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and others to develop applications for a standards-based app store, offering apps […]

September 9, 2011

Two more silicon vendors join HomeGrid Forum

Metanoia Communications and Xingtera have joined HomeGrid Forum and recognise the importance of G.hn as the single unified standard for wired home networking. “The market will move to whichever standard is able to attract the most silicon vendors and customers to support the technology,” said Matt Theall, President of HomeGrid Forum. “With two more silicon […]

July 27, 2011

Intel user experience and design centre

Silicon and processor technology specialist Intel is to open a facility in the Shoreditch area of London to focus on the user experience and design capability necessary to support the media and communications industries’ response to the always-on, connected era of media consumption. Eric Huggers, Corporate Vice President, and General Manager, Intel Digital Home Group, […]

July 6, 2011By Colin Mann

Tilgin launches Gigabit platform for Home Gateways

Tilgin, a provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband access, has announced a full Gigabit platform for Home Gateways. The new platform, named Simba, is designed for 10 times today’s Internet use, the possibility to run all services over WiFi, downloadable applications and secure access at high speeds.

June 27, 2011

Motorola, Time Warner team for advanced gateway

Motorola Mobility has revealed at the NCTA Cable Show in Chicago that it has teamed up with Time Warner Cable to develop a video gateway platform capable of delivering an advanced consumer in-home entertainment experience. Incorporating the latest set-top and gateway-related technologies is designed to enable Time Warner Cable to continue to enhance its video-based […]

June 16, 2011

Televation in-home streaming from Motorola

At the NCTA Cable Show in Chicago, Motorola Mobility has unveiled another tool aimed at allowing cable operators to provide their customers with the ability to watch live TV on a connected IP device anywhere around the home. Motorola Televation is a broadband device that works with a Wi-Fi router, and employs a 1GHz digital […]

June 14, 2011

Motorola gets DTLA nod for digital transmission content protection

Motorola Mobility has confirmed that its Internet Protocol Rights Management-Home Network (IPRM-HN) technology has passed the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator’s (DTLA) approval process as an “approved output and recording technology” for digital transmission content protection (DTCP). As interest in delivering media beyond the TV screen rapidly increases, the DTLA approval gives service providers confidence in […]

June 13, 2011

Alcatel-Lucent, thePlatform team up for TV Everywhere

Alcatel-Lucent and online video management and publishing specialist thePlatform have formed a strategic alliance to help cable and IPTV providers deliver a new generation of video services to their subscribers’ TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and more. The companies have joined forces to offer a multiscreen video platform that supports the delivery of live scheduled […]

June 13, 2011By Colin Mann