A very perceptive Todd Spangler noted this morning that amid the Motorola quarterly earnings news was an interesting line item on Verizon implementing Motorola Medios software for cross-platform video sharing. Here is what the press release stated: [Motorola] Supported Verizon with the launch of its video service by providing the Motorola Medios software suite to [...]
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I’ve been ruminating on SCTE Cable-Tec Expo and trying to determine what was the same, and what was different about this year’s show compared to the one in 2009. Leaving aside attendance (down) and weather (no snow), there were some interesting variables across the two years. The topic of IP video reigned supreme in both 2009 [...]
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The new Motorola QIP7232 DVRs with 500 GB of storage are now officially in the FiOS line-up. Reports from FiOS subscribers in Dallas/Fort Worth, New York City, and Chester Springs PA confirm that the new set-tops are making their way into Verizon homes. Originally launched with 320 gigabytes of storage, the DVRs were recently granted [...]
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With SCTE Cable-Tec Expo over and done for another year, I’m still collecting my thoughts on what’s the same, and what’s changed since the show in 2009. In the meantime, I landed on a Motorola video supporting one of the company’s demos from the show floor this year. Take a look above at the clip [...]
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When DOCSIS 3.0 certifications and qualifications kicked into full gear a couple years back, one of the big tests for CMTS companies was how they got rated in the CableLabs tiered qualification system. There were bronze, silver, and gold levels, and the key to achieving silver was to prove upstream channel bonding capabilities. Fast forward [...]
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