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Sigma Systems gives voice to Cable Bahamas’ residential subscribers
June 5, 2013 12:27 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsCable Bahamas has tapped Sigma Systems to help provision its residential voice services throughout Nassau, Grand Bahamas, Abaco and Eleuthera. Cable Bahamas is using Sigma Systems’ service fulfillment solutions to automate the provisioning of its SIP-based residential VoIP service
Visible World, FourthWall Media draw a bead on targeted ads
June 5, 2013 12:23 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTargeted TV ad developer Visible World and interactive TV vendor FourthWall Media announced this morning that they have joined forces to create an addressable advertising platform for one-to-one set-top box targeting. FourthWall is extending the capabilities of its EBIF platform to support Visible World's addressable advertising offerings.
Cox rolls out SMB payment service
June 4, 2013 1:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAfter a succesfull pilot, Cox Business is launching a payment service for small and medium-sized businesses across its footprint. Cox Business, which partnered with Acculynk to provision the PayLeap service, said it was the first MSO to offer a managed payment service
TWC: IntelligentHome rollouts nearly complete
June 4, 2013 1:18 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsTime Warner Cable’s home automation and security system, IntelligentHome, will make its way into the cable operator’s Ohio and Wisconsin service areas this month and then New York City in the fall. Once those launches are complete, Time Warner Cable said IntelligentHome would be deployed across all of the major markets in its footprint.
BHN updates app to include free text messaging
June 4, 2013 1:12 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsBright House Networks has updated its “easy gadget” utilities app to include unlimited two-way SMS text messaging for free. With the update, Bright House Networks subscribers can send text messages to and receive text messages from any mobile phone in the United States and other easy gadget users using their Bright House Networks home or business phone numbers.
T-Broad tunes in Alticast’s Windmill
June 4, 2013 1:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsT-Broad, which is Korea’s largest cable operator, has selected Alticast’s Windmill Ecosystem to provision its new user interface and next generation services. Alticast’s HTML5-based Windmill platform features a modular approach that allow cable operators to cost effectively build and deploy services.
VeEx to purchase Sunrise Telecom
June 3, 2013 2:45 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsVeEX is buying Sunrise Telecom, a deal that will combine the former’s telecom and cable test equipment business with the latter’s expertise in test, monitoring and workflow management solutions for cable, telecom, wireless operators, and equipment manufacturers. VeEX said it will acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Sunrise Telecom.
Idaho mapping extent of broadband deserts
June 3, 2013 1:38 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsLook at a map showing broadband Internet access in Idaho and you'll see broad swaths of online nothingness. About 85 percent of Idahoans have good access to some form of high-speed Internet, but that population is concentrated in the urban areas that make up a fraction of the state's land mass. Scattered across the vast spaces that remain, rural Idahoans are often hard-pressed to communicate and do business.
Virgin Media testing MPEG-DASH
June 3, 2013 1:30 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsVirgin Media is trying out Harmonic's ProMedia Suite as a delivery mechanism for MPEG-DASH. Harmonic's ProMedia Live transcodes MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC H.264 content to multiple adaptive bit-rate streams optimized for the Virgin Media MPEG-DASH service. Virgin Media and Harmonic are demonstrating the MPEG-DASH workflow at the ANGA show this week in Germany.
Mobile video consumption growing at 60 percent / year
June 3, 2013 1:23 pm | by Brian Santo | CommentsVideo consumption on mobile devices continues to increase at an extraordinary rate – 60 percent annually, and it is expected to continue to grow at that clip for at least another 5 years, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. Video consumption is on average 2.6GB per subscription per month in some networks.
AT&T goes country with new interactive app
June 3, 2013 12:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsAT&T, accompanied by support from the Country Music Association (CMA), has released a new interactive TV app for fans of county music. The app, which is called “Country Deep,” is currently available only on U-verse customers’ TVs, but content will soon be available on AT&T’s web portal and on the U-verse app for smartphones and tablets.
Cable One ditches overage fees, adds two new data tiers
June 3, 2013 12:38 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsStarting June 10, Cable One will cut out data plans that include overage fees, and will start offering two faster data tiers. Instead of the overage fees, next week Cable One will allow subscribers of its 50 Mbps plan 300 GB per month after previously giving them a threshold 100 GB before implementing the fees.
Numericable picks Casa Systems’ CMTS
June 3, 2013 12:32 pm | by Mike Robuck | CommentsNumericable, which is France’s largest cable operator, has selected Casa Systems C10G cable modem termination system (CMTS) to support the deployment of its 100 Mbps data tier and VoIP service. Usin the C10G puts Numericable on the evolutionary pathway to the cable industry’s CCAP architecture that combines an edge QAM and CMTS onto one dense platform.
Time Warner Cable offers one-hour service windows in NYC
May 31, 2013 12:39 pm | by Mike Robuck | Commentsime Warner Cable is polishing up its customer service by offering its subscribers in some areas of New York City one-hour appointment windows for installation of its triple play services. The nation’s second-largest cable operator is also offering expanded nighttime appointment time slots daily from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Lower and Midtown Manhattan
AMC has second screen app for "The Killing"
May 31, 2013 12:37 pm | CommentsEncouraged by the response to its first two second screen apps associated with specific shows, AMC is releasing a third, this one launching in conjunction with the premiere of the third season of “The Killing.” “The Killing: Story Sync” will be available on computers, tablets and mobile devices. AMC previously offered Story Sync apps with “The Walking Dead” and “Breaking Bad.”
