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TVN joins with Concurrent, nCUBE for VOD
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsnCUBE Corp. has validated TVN's video-on-demand (VOD) asset management and distribution systems for use with its n4 streaming video appliance. Concurrent Corp. has also successfully validated TVN's Digital Content Express VOD asset management and distribution system for use with Concurrent's MediaHawk video servers.
Gatespace to ally with Digital Pockets
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsGatespace is partnering with Digital Pockets Inc. to develop service gateway applications for single-family home and multi-dwelling units in the U.S. Homebuilders of "intelligent communities" and service providers to those residences will benefit from Gatespace's distributed service platform, delivering applications in conjunction with Digital Pockets' Application Integration System.
Philips and OpenTV announce support for Nexperia
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPhilips Semiconductors, a division of Philips Electronics, will port OpenTV's interactive television (iTV) middleware to the Philips Semiconductors' Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine line. The integration of OpenTV's iTV middleware solution with the Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine platform is expected to empower service providers to deliver interactive TV applications on both today's set-to...
Prime time for interactive TV
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsBroadcasters, content providers and software vendors are preparing for a revolution in the way consumers watch television. The developing interactive TV (ITV) array of services, which were being used by 14.9 million households at the end of 2000, will experience an explosive annual growth rate of 59 percent, totaling more than 244 million households worldwide by 2006.
Motorola to qualify Microtune amplifier chips with modems
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsMotorola plans to qualify Microtune's RF silicon amplifier chips with its line of cable modems and digital set-top terminals. The contract will enable operators to provide customers with advanced video, voice and data services. Microtune will provide Motorola with its MicroStreamer MT 1530 Upstream Amplifier, which Motorola plans to integrate into its line of SURFboard cable modems and its DCT ...
IPCablecom specs released
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsThe Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently released specifications defining an advanced IP architecture for cable systems called IPCablecom, an evolution of CableLabs' PacketCable initiative. The IPCablecom specs define an end-to-end system for the delivery of communications services, including IP telephony to the homes of ...
Panasonic and Jetstream partner to deliver a broadband telephone
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPanasonic and Jetstream Communications are partnering to deliver a Broadband Telephone for integrated consumer communications services. Pooling of technical and marketing resources will result in a new class of product with ease of use, installation, and integrated voice and data services functionality.
Pace signs one of the largest orders for IPTV with Myrio
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPace Micro Technology Americas has signed one of the industry's largest orders for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) with Myrio Corp. Under the terms of this agreement, Myrio has agreed to purchase 85,000 home gateways. The initial order will be for 10,000 DSL4000s over the next 12 months. The remaining volume will be delivered during the subsequent 18 months and will include Pace's next- generation...
CableLabs debuts CableB2B royalty-free IPR pool creation
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsCableLabs recently announced that 20 companies have joined a royalty-free pool for intellectual property rights (IPR) in CableLabs' CableB2B program. The CableB2B program is an initiative to create specs to support the automation of regular, day-to-day business communication between cable system operators and Internet content providers.
AlphaStar International is providing satellite broadband access
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsAlphaStar International is providing satellite broadband access directly to commercial and institutional users as part of its SkyCrossing Direct service. It provides access directly from satellites to dishes mounted at the user's premises. SkyCrossing provides "Broadband Backbone in The Sky" based on the technology of Bandwidth-on-Demand.
CableLabs concludes 18th certification wave
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsCableLabs has concluded the 18th Certification Wave of DOCSIS equipment. A total of 17 cable modems received CableLabs' Certification in this wave. The equipment certified is part of the DOCSIS 1.0 specification. Three new companies including Hitron, Infinite and US Robotics joined the large list of DOCSIS cable modem equipment suppliers with certified products.
West Virginia changing the way the state communicates
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsThe Governor's Office of Technology (GOT) recently announced a cutting-edge initiative that will change the way West Virginians communicate electronically. The state is supporting the creation of a next-generation network. This proposed network lays the foundation for Governor Bob Wise's e-government initiative.
Optical Solutions and Motorola develop home entertainment solution
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsNetwork service providers with fiber-to-the-home networks can now offer customers an advanced set-top system for enjoying a wide range of consumer broadband multimedia services such as digital-quality broadcast TV, high-speed Web access, 2-D and 3-D games, video and music-on-demand and online shopping.
DSL industry unites for CVoDSL specs
June 30, 2001 8:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsIf Voice-over-DSL hopes to make a dent in the market and win consumers over, interoperability issues must be overcome and standards could be the answer. A group of DSL companies are banding together to promote Channelized VoDSL. CVoDSL chipsets reserve a dedicated channel of DSL bandwidth to enable up to eight simultaneous voice calls over a single phone line.
Agere to cut 4,000 more jobs, takes $900 M charge
June 28, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsA scant three months after it went public, and only two months after it announced 2,000 job cuts, Agere Systems says it will cut another 4,000 jobs, shut down or sell facilities, and take a $900 million charge this year — $725 million in this quarter. It also revised its guidance for the third quarter.
