Bob Scheffler, Director, Next-Generation Video Solutions at Motorola Mobility spoke on Network DVR back in Aug and suggested “The network DVR timeline for most US cable operators reaches out 18 to 24 months from now, which means by the end of 2012 we should see numerous trials and regional service launches.” To endorse Motorola’s position, Cablevision rolled out a new commercial called “Secret Passages”. For $10.95 a month, consumers can record up to four shows simultaneously and set, record and watch shows from any TV in the house.
Jeff Baumgartner at Lightreading notes “While it’s still early days for DVR Plus, it’s clear that Cablevision is trying to take advantage of the operational efficiencies of a network DVR that traditional DVRs with built-in storage can’t deliver.” Consumers are demanding content beyond the home on any device and we expect to see other operators jumping on board soon. Take a look at a video from Bob here discussing the benefits on Network DVR.
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Yesterday we announced the Motorola APEX3000 high density Universal Edge QAM. The APEX3000 delivers industry-leading density to meet operators’ needs to cost effectively address increasing demands for narrowcast services such as VOD and nDVR. We were able to capture Chris Brown, Director of Product Management, Motorola Mobility, on the SCTE show floor discussing the benefits of the APEX3000 and how it helps cable operators. Take a look below.
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Author: Chris Brown, Director of Product Management
The SCTE show opens today and news from Motorola Mobility is just rolling in. Today we’ve launched the APEX3000 Universal Edge QAM. It’s a super-dense chassis with 32 ports and 48 channels per port, supporting 1,536 QAM channels. The APEX3000 is designed not only to meet growing demand for narrowcast video, but also to serve as a bridge product for future rollouts of a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP).
In an earlier post discussing the concept of a distributed CCAP model, my colleague Jeff Walker wrote about the ability to install a high-density Edge QAM in a cable network today with channels left over for future DOCSIS® data use. The APEX3000 was built with this capacity in mind. Many of our cable operator customers are facing overwhelming demand for more narrowcast channels to support growing VOD libraries and network DVR trials. However, since few are ready to make the jump to CCAP today, there is clear need for a product that can provide more channels now, yet still transition easily to a CCAP architecture later. The APEX3000 does both by offering unprecedented channel density in a 4RU unit, and leaving excess capacity available for a distributed CCAP architecture where DOCSIS channels are transmitted to the APEX chassis and then placed by the APEX into the same RF port along with video QAMs.
The goal with this new Universal Edge QAM is to link legacy architectures with a new converged platform. By doing this, we can help reduce upgrade expenses and support the scale of narrowcast video capacity that cable providers need. It’s a “pay-as-you-grow” QAM model, offering investment protection even as the industry migrates to CCAP for converged video and data delivery.
Motorola will be demonstrating the APEX3000 at SCTE in Atlanta, Booth # 1268. Stop by and visit us.
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Motorola Mobility has announced today that Henan Cable, one of China’s largest cable operators, has deployed the M3 video server for both VOD and Network DVR. To efficiently and cost-effectively manage the rapidly growing library of content, Henan Cable has skipped the traditional VOD architecture and implemented a VOD content delivery network. This announcement is important because it allows Henan Cable to offer its customers a wider selection of personalized content, deliver advanced services and reduce operational complexity and cost. See today’s release more info.
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