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Pioneer announces 1M set-tops sold
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPioneer announced last month that 1 million Voyager digital set-tops have been sold since 1999. Pioneer's announcement complements its deployment of 1.3 million copies of ITV Passport. The latest version, the Voyager 3000 set-top, is powered by Broadcom's "system-on-a-chip" single chip MPEG processor.
Nortel announces new Web service strategy
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsNortel Networks is introducing new technology that allows telecommunications service providers and media and Internet content companies to provide new Web-based services to customers. Nortel representatives says its networking devices and software will allow Internet service providers and 'Net content companies to offer new content-based services, such as the ability to download movies from th...
Broadcom delivers first single-chip IP phone solution
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsBroadcom Corp. has announced the BCM1100 Internet Protocol Phone Engine, the world's first single-chip solution for enabling Ethernet IP telephones. The BCM1100 will enable manufacturers to deliver IP phones with the features and price levels required for large-scale deployment of desktop IP telephony.
TiVo partners with AOL
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsTiVo has expanded its existing strategic relationship with AOL to include an enhanced multi-million-dollar marketing and promotional campaign with AOL Time Warner. Under this agreement, TiVo will be promoted across AOL Time Warner online, print and television media properties, which will focus on educating consumers about the popular TiVo personal television service.
PayForView.com streaming conferences
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsWeb-based entertainment and advertising company PayForView.com, is entering into B2B partnerships to stream professional conferences on its site using its streaming media and triggered content template. So while company budgets may be spared the T & E expenses of sending employees to conferences, there will still be a per-use or subscription fee charged for virtual attendance.
BroadJump trucks with Time Warner
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsBroadJump has inked another deal for its Virtual Truck self-provisioning technology. Time Warner plans to launch the Virtual Truck Qualifier in 17 of its markets. Time Warner will re-brand the technology as Road Runner System Qualifier. The technology can determine if potential subscribers have the necessary computing resources to support a broadband connection.
Scientific-Atlanta hosts iTV forum
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsScientific-Atlanta 's first consortium, the CreativEdge Developer's Conference, brought together 68 interactive TV developers to discuss iTV applications and how cable operators can maintain an advantage over DBS in offering new services. "The goal of this developer's conference is to accelerate the deployment of interactive TV services by giving developers the opportunity to collaborate with e...
Agere develops agile chip
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsAgere Systems has developed a low-power ringing subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) chip that connects directly to Broadcom Corp.'s customer premise equipment (CPE) chips for VoIP solutions. The low-power SLIC chip provides the interface between a standard, in-home telephone set and other communications equipment, such as cable modems and residential or small-office and home-office (SOHO) ...
Commerce.TV reels in Adelphia
February 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsMeeting ever increasing demand for interactive TV, Adelphia cable subscribers will be getting interactive television services from Commerce.TV Adelphia expects to deploy the interactive platform to its digital cable subscribers as part of its standard digital TV package by the end of the year. Adelphia has approximately 5.
InfoSpace and ICTV do interactive deal
February 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsInfoSpace and ICTV have hooked up to design, optimize and deliver InfoSpace's broadband services and iTV applications through ICTV's digital broadband platform. According to the companies, InfoSpace plans to integrate a number of its broadband services and iTV applications with the ICTV digital broadband platform, including applications like search and reference and finance and games.
Cox buying a whole lot of set-tops
February 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsCox is making a volume purchase of Scientific-Atlanta Explorer advanced set-tops. The number two MSO plans to purchase at least 240,000 of S-A's Explorer 2100 digital interactive set-tops in 2001. The digital box offers enhanced features the company thinks is sure to whet subscribers' appetite for interactive TV applications.
TyCom ahead of schedule
February 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsTyCom 's transatlantic portion of the TyCom Global Network (TGN), scheduled to be placed in service in July 2001, will reach increased capacity sooner than expected and able to meet demand for larger bandwidth increments, including wavelengths. The upgrade to 560 gigabits per second, which will double initial capacity, will be in place by the first half of 2002, approximately one year ahead of ...
COAX and Integra5 team up
February 22, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsHeadend and networking products manufacturer Coax and Integra5, a developer of unified messaging, are blending their technologies to develop UniTVO, a broadband messaging application using Coax's programmable headend architecture. "Our MISTICO headend router and Integra5's UniTVO content-aware gateway will operate with a variety of existing set-top boxes and will require no additional customer ...
Tit for tat…not
February 22, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsQwest has given up trying to talk its way onto AT&T Broadband 's network and now intends to force its way in, reports the Rocky Mountain News. Working through public utilities commissions and possibly the FCC, the broadband networks provider will try to stake what it believes is a legal claim on AT&T's network.
Liberty on the move
February 22, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsA busy week for Liberty Media has culminated in some big deals and the reality of a spinoff. The company is purchasing a majority stake, 55 percent, in six regional cable TV companies owned by German telecom group Deutsche Telekom. By inking this deal, Liberty will gain access to approximately 10 million households in a dozen German states.
