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UXP Systems, Motorola winners of CIO.IT | Competition 2012
May 25, 2012 2:31 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsUXP Systems and Motorola Mobility bested 35 other companies to win The Cable Show’s CIO.IT | Competition 2012 in Boston.
Cox CTO Hart shares thoughts on Cable Show, big picture at MSO
May 25, 2012 2:01 pm | by Mike Robuck | Blogs | CommentsCox Communications CTO Kevin Hart outlines the company’s key projects and initiatives.
SeaChange sells media services company
May 24, 2012 2:21 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAvail-TVN has purchased SeaChange International’s On Demand Group (ODG) for $27 million.
Azuki, Arris team on TV Everywhere platform
May 23, 2012 11:41 am | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsService providers can now use the combination of the Azuki Media Platform and the Arris ConvergeMedia Management Suite (CMM) software to deploy on-premise, multi-screen video services to their subscribers.
@ The Cable Show: Verizon debuts video portal; Comcast a partner
May 22, 2012 12:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless President and CEO Dan Mead announced his company’s new mobile video portal app, which is called “viewdini,” and he said that Comcast is the first announced cable operator partner.
@ The Cable Show: User interfaces that don’t stink?
May 21, 2012 4:36 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsEven though HTML5 is still evolving, creating user interfaces using the Web-based markup language are perfectly feasible today.
@ The Cable Show: Boston will soon get Xcalibur, renamed X1
May 21, 2012 2:08 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsComcast is set to commercialize the app, which turns the second screen into a remote control and a host for interactive applications complementing what’s on TV.
Suddenlink’s Kent sounds off on cable industry, Vanguard Award
May 21, 2012 11:42 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSuddenlink Communications Chairman and CEO Jerry Kent will be honored with the NCTA’s Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership during a luncheon and awards ceremony.
Itaas licenses Comcast’s tru2way RDK
May 21, 2012 11:38 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsItaas has signed a license agreement for Comcast’s Reference Development Kit (RDK), which is a pre-integrated software bundle that powers tru2way, IP or hybrid set-top boxes, along with other open source components.
TWC taps BlackArrow for nationwide deployment of DAI in VOD
May 18, 2012 2:52 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable has turned to BlackArrow in order to provision a system-wide rollout of dynamic ad insertion in video-on-demand content.
Azuki, D-Link partner on OTT sidecar
May 18, 2012 2:41 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe partners have devised a means to enable MSOs to provide multi-screen services without major upgrades to their existing QAM and set-top environment.
SeaChange, Avail-TVN to demo VOD ad insertion
May 18, 2012 2:39 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe two have integrated their products to create a system that can place ads at any place within a VOD stream.
Time Warner Cable blends Vutopia into TV Everywhere mix
May 16, 2012 2:41 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable MoviePass subscribers now have access to Vutopia’s movie service on their PC and Mac computers and laptops across the cable operator’s entire footprint.
Avail-TVN bows DAI tools
May 16, 2012 2:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | Products | CommentsAvail-TVN has come up with some new dynamic ad insertion (DAI) tools to help content providers monetize VOD viewing.
SeaChange, Tellabs cue up OTT ad targeting demo at Cable Show
May 16, 2012 2:34 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSeaChange and Tellabs will jointly demonstrate a new ad-targeting technology for over-the-top video that is based on Web browser activity.


