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Following announcements by Alticast and Cisco, Samsung Canada also announced its deployment in Videotron‘s new illico digital TV service. Videotron is using two new Samsung set-top boxes, the Samsung HD box and the HD PVR. Both products will be available … Continue reading
While smaller cable operators face the same competitive pressure as larger operators to provide more bandwidth, more channels, more services, they do not have a resource pool anywhere near as deep. Yet many, including Fenelon Falls, Ontario-based Cable Cable, are … Continue reading
The American Cable Association is calling on the FCC to retain an exemption to allow eligible small cable operators to distribute in analog format “must carry” TV signals received at their headend facilities in digital HD. “The record makes plain … Continue reading
Amino Communications is debuting its Amino Freedom Live media gateway in Europe at the IP&TV World Forum 2012 in London this week. The hybrid/OTT media gateway is powered by the new Intel Atom Processor CE 5300 SoC and is designed … Continue reading
Envivio announced product support for mobile devices and video technologies, including support for the new Apple iPad and Apple TV, as well as technology demonstrations of the emerging MPEG-DASH adaptive bitrate standard. Envivio Muse transcoding software, available on the Envivio … Continue reading
Advanced Digital Broadcast is showcasing its latest technologies for the U.S. cable market at CableLabs Winter Conference in Philadelphia this week, including set-tops and a hospitality video system. ADB’s Commercial Video Solution (CVS) is a video service platform for hotels … Continue reading
Apple announced the new Apple TV featuring 1080p programming including iTunes movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, photos and more in HD. With iTunes in the Cloud, customers can purchase and play movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store … Continue reading
Spanish cable operator ONO and TiVo announced that following their initial launch in Madrid and Barcelona, ONO’s hybrid TV offering is now available to ONO fiber-optic subscribers in Valencia. ONO subs in Valencia can now get HD and 3D video … Continue reading
The new IPTV forecast from MRG indicates that the number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 53 million in 2011 to 105.1 million in 2015, a CAGR of 18.7%. The service revenue for the global IPTV market was $21.8 … Continue reading
Canadian cable operator Rogers Communications has selected the Cisco Videoscape TV architecture to evolve its current TV platform with Web Services-based technologies to deliver new and improved television viewing experiences to complement the Rogers NextBox 2.0 Interactive Program Guide and Whole Home … Continue reading
According to new NPD In-Stat research, nearly 23 million wireless HD video-enabled devices will ship in 2015. The category comprises three technologies: wireless home digital interface (WHDI), WirelessHD, and Wireless Gigabit (WiGig). Earliest applications for wireless HD video technologies were … Continue reading
Shaw Communications announced successful bid to provide Snamprogetti Canada with communications services for Husky’s Sunrise Energy Project construction camp. The three-year agreement will service 1,500 individual camp rooms with VoIP, HD video (including VOD, PPV and several channel packages) high-speed … Continue reading
