Multiscreen Growth: 3.5 Billion Devices in 2015
According to IMS Research, 2012 will be the year the consumer electronics (CE) industry finally realizes the promise of multiscreen content consumption. IMS predicts that shipments of residential data modems and gateways will reach 135 million in 2012, and shipments … Continue reading
SeaChange Intros Gateway Software at CES
At CES, SeaChange International announced its Nucleus Hybrid Gateway software for cable operators’ transition from QAM to IP video. It’s intended to help operators offer consumers multiscreen media sharing, whole-home DVR, access to apps and OTT content, using smartphones as … Continue reading
BTR’s Top 10s, as Chosen by our Readers
Late December is traditionally a time for reflecting on the year just past while gearing up for the new one to come. And so that’s what we’re doing. This year gave us a lot to think about — and now … Continue reading
ARRIS Pulls Whole Home Under Moxi Umbrella
The individual products within ARRIS‘ Whole Home Solution are being converted to the Moxi brand. The Media Gateway is now the Moxi Gateway, the Media Player is now the Moxi Player, the User Interface is now the Moxi User Interface, … Continue reading
SeaChange Plans Cloud-Based Video Demos
For Cable-Tec Expo, SeaChange International is planning a number of multiscreen solutions demonstrations from its Intelligent Video Platform, which is designed to help operators centralize and optimize their video operations. Using SCTE 130 and IAB VAST and inserting on iPad … Continue reading
DTR 2011: ARRIS Whole Home Solution Media Gateway & Player
Just launched in February, the ARRIS Whole Home Solution combines several different components to make one very useful, and Diamonds-worthy, offering. Proclaiming it a “revolutionary platform,” the judging panelists were captivated by the solution’s integrated approach to home multimedia, while … Continue reading
How About a Troubleshooting App?
Though smartphones aren’t strictly a cable thing, their apps increasingly are. Multiscreen and virtual remote apps are probably the most common. But there’s one that’s conspicuous by its absence: a troubleshooting app. The idea isn’t new — Pangrac and Associates … Continue reading
HomePNA Reaches Milestone
The HomePNA Alliance announced that it has certified more than 75 products. HomePNA, a global standard for whole home multimedia networking, is an ITU Standard (G.9954) and is included in the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines. HomePNA certified products, offered by 17 … Continue reading
Android Smartphones to Become Gateways?
Android Smartphone manufacturers are looking to the Digital Living Network Alliance‘s (DLNA) open-standard media sharing as an inexpensive way to differentiate themselves from Apple‘s iPhone, according to a new report by IMS Research. IMS expects Android smartphones to move into … Continue reading
Protecting and Authorizing Multiscreen Content
Cable operators have always worked hard at securing content and ensuring that it is sent only to the devices for which it is intended. That task is far more complex in the multiscreen environment. Indeed, the concept of digital rights management (DRM) – which includes security, conditional access (CA) and the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) protocol — is among the most complex issues with which operators must deal. Continue reading
DLNA Releases Video Interop Guidelines
The Digital Living Network Alliance released new Interoperability Guidelines for the playback of high-quality, premium commercial video at this week’s Connected Home Global Summit 2011 in London. The guidelines address the demand for simplified access to premium content throughout the … Continue reading
Using DLNA to Tame Home Network Confusion
The emergence of three-screen video and the explosion of video-capable mobile devices makes it inevitable that the cable industry will be drawn far deeper into the intricacies of distributing content beyond TV sets. It is a confusing world, both technically and from a business perspective: Myriad vendors — many of them new to the cable industry — are providing equipment and services that address parts of this challenge. Continue reading
CableLabs Joins DLNA
The Digital Living Network Alliance (www.dlna.org) has introduced three new promoter members: CableLabs (www.cablelabs.com), DTS and PROMISE Technology. They join 26 other promoter members spanning the consumer electronics, service provider and mobile device industries in defining the direction of the … Continue reading