Author: Phil Miguelez, Director, Access Network Architecture The growth in demand for unicast services—high-speed Internet and VOD—is both a gift and curse for cable operators. More demand means more opportunity for revenue, but it also means more strain on cable networks. Across the board, North American MSOs see downstream bandwidth running out in the next [...]
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There’s lots of TV news making the rounds today, and interestingly, two of the three headlines below include Netflix. Is it any wonder cable companies are hot on OTT video for 2011? Cable Industry Grooms Its Netflix Killer: Vutopia By, Andrew Wallenstein — paidContent, Dec 7, 2010 6:30 PM ET It’s trendy nowadays to challenge [...]
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If 2010 was the year for kick-starting TV Everywhere initiatives, 2011 may be the year cable really gets into an OTT frame of mind. First there’s the mad rush to integrate TV services with mobile applications. Comcast’s Xfinity TV app is getting a major promotional blast, and the momentum has pushed CableLabs to create its [...]
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Time Warner Cable announced this week that it’s taking the Look Back service out of field trials and into general availability. Close kin to Time Warner’s Start Over service, Look Back lets subscribers catch shows they may have missed up to three days after an original airing. The MSO is launching Look Back with 48 [...]
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