The recent acquisition of Sling by Echostar certainly suggests that the big guys in the biz value a little technology called place-shifting, and that the little guys still need big pockets to move their technology forward. So with the place-shifting market starting to mature, here’s a look at what has and hasn’t already been [...]
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Video streaming is great for YouTube, but fairly lousy for traditional TV and movie entertainment. (Buffering, re-buffering…) So why are the major TV networks determined to stream everything on their websites? Deborah McAdams over at FierceIPTV makes a good point by saying that interference with over-the-air TV is exactly what [...]
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Ages ago I drafted a paper on DRM transcoding with the help of some of Motorola’s top experts on the subject. The basic premise of the paper is that transcoding is critical to breaking down the barriers that prevent consumers from moving content across devices and networks. Voila: seamless mobility.
Of course, [...]
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Earnings are definitely a touchy subject for a corporate blog (anything financial is), so I decided just to cut and paste the relevant info from the official earnings release. The Connected Home Solutions group hit some impressive milestones this quarter including nearly 5 million digital devices shipped and over a million DVRs.
Connected Home Solutions [...]
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The last time I wrote about Downloadable MediaCipher (a precursor to DCAS), I got a question about how Motorola DM compares to Widevine’s downloadable security solution. I’ve done some digging and discovered that the most important difference seems to be the target market. Widevine’s technology is IP-based, while Motorola DM is designed specifically [...]
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Ray Sokola is not only the CTO for Motorola Connected Home; he also works closely with the SCTE. For the recent SCTE Emerging Technologies Conference, he chaired the subcommittee charged with selecting topics for program sessions. I caught up with Ray to find out how the subcommittee worked and also to hear his thoughts on [...]
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