Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has chosen Chicago’s NCTA Cable Show to unveil the next generation of its whole home solution, with the addition of robust HD video streaming and two new set-tops to its service provider product family. TiVo Premiere Q, the company’s first-ever quad-tuner gateway set-top box, and TiVo Preview, its […]
Interoperability standards group the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has released new Interoperability Guidelines for the playback of high-quality, premium commercial video. The new standard addresses the increasing demand for simplified access to premium commercial content throughout the home, including movies and network television programming. Developed in conjunction with global cable, satellite and telecommunications service […]
US pay-TV service DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Centre aimed at providing customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for many TVs in their homes. The launch of field trial testing for DirecTV’s model HR34 RVU-enabled server, the heart of the DirecTV Home Media Centre, marks a major milestone both for […]
Standards body the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has set its sights on in-home backbones in Europe as pervasive in-home connectivity starts to become mainstream. Although the home will be a hybrid of wired and wireless networking technologies, MoCA suggests there is an urgent requirement for a robust in-home backbone that will deliver the best […]
Motorola Mobility has struck a deal with BelAir Networks to deliver its comprehensive WiFi portfolio to cable operators worldwide. This new relationship combines Motorola’s portfolio of cable video and broadband solutions and customer support organisation with BelAir’s WiFi solutions for service providers, and supports cable operators’ needs to promote competitive differentiation, improve customer retention and […]
A senior Cisco executive has predicted that set-top boxes as we know them today could almost disappear as cable migrates to IP video, and services are increasingly driven by new, cloud-based infrastructures that support new screens such as Apple ‘s iPad. “Set-tops are clearly moving to the point where they are either a piece of […]
Motorola Mobility has unveiled the Motorola VAP2400 video bridge solution, a wireless access device capable of transmitting reliable and high-quality video content over WiFi spectrum throughout the home. The VAP2400’s design enables wireless home networks to deliver a full range of video services and applications without having to run wires through the home. As compared […]
ACCESS CO announced that AirTies has selected ACCESS’ NetFront Living Connect 2.0 as its DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) software solution of choice. NetFront Living Connect will be integrated into AirTies’ Media Gateways and STB (set-top box) devices, providing customers with advanced, DLNA-compliant media sharing capabilities. NetFront Living Connect is a DLNA Certified software solution […]
Now I’ve got your attention I’ll explain. A session here at Cable Congress posed the question what should operator’s digital home strategies be? No surprise that everybody nodded enthusiastically to enabling the home network, developing the Set Top as the home gateway and delivering ‘blow me away’ user interfaces. But panellists also admitted that this […]
Vodafone has launched the Vodafone Webbox, a device aimed at bringing affordable Internet access to a customer’s existing television set, just by plugging in a keyboard. The Webbox is a Vodafone innovation developed specifically for customers in emerging markets, where technology and cost barriers often exclude many from enjoying affordable, ready Internet access at home […]