Networking

GreenPeak, Bosch partner on home security

September 4, 2012 2:21 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

GreenPeak has introduced a set of integrated circuits to enable wireless RF connectivity based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standards, long known as ZigBee and more recently as RF4CE, intended for use in home network products, including but not limited to home security systems.

IBM gets into the IPTV delivery business

August 31, 2012 12:25 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

The development of content delivery networks (CDNs) made it almost inevitable that IP content delivery would become a service, which in turn made it a near certainty that a business services company like IBM would enter the market. IBM has introduced a cloud platform for delivering content on behalf of CE firms.

Elemental sets up video cloud service

August 31, 2012 12:23 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

The company plans to introduce Elemental Cloud at IBC in Amsterdam. At the same time, it will begin making available Elemental Server Cloud Edition (CE), a file-based solution for high speed, multi-format video conversion in the cloud.

Bain-owned cable STB company files for bankruptcy

August 31, 2012 12:16 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments

A cable box repair company owned by the private equity firm Bain Capital is filing for bankruptcy protection, citing weakened demand for its services in recent years. Contec Holdings said it will continue to operate as usual during its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Pace’s software provides quick gateway updates to French provider

August 30, 2012 2:07 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

France’s Bouygues Telecom is installing Pace’s Helium Unified Gateway Software to enable faster rollouts of new services and apps across a range of gateway devices. Bouygues Telecom will sell Pace’s new Helium software across all of its new BBOX Sensation gateways, as well as legacy devices, in 1.3 million subscriber homes.

TiVo's Q2 loss narrows on DVR subscriber gains

August 30, 2012 2:03 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments

TiVo whittled its losses as more subscribers signed up for the digital video recorders that turned the company into a household name. The results were highlighted by a gain of 230,000 subscribers. That left TiVo with 2.7 million subscribers.

TiVo set to market multi-screen streamer

August 29, 2012 2:57 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

TiVo is preparing to hit the market with its retail transcoder/router that enables TiVo Premiere DVR users to distribute up to four simultaneous streams to Apple iOS devices. The TiVo Stream, announced earlier this year, will sell for $130 and will be available from TiVo on Sept. 6 and at Best Buy shortly thereafter.

Indian cable company goes with Envivio

August 27, 2012 3:14 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

AJK is the first cable operator in India to use a single headend to serve the full range of display devices – TV set-top boxes, connected TVs, PCs, tablets and mobile phones – according to Envivio. AJK’s service, called Reena TV, is targeting more than 200,000 customers for their digital service.

Tek upgrades Sentry with RF monitoring

August 27, 2012 3:05 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

Tektronix expands its family of solutions for network-wide video quality monitoring to complement monitoring in the digital domain. Tektronix introduced a new version of its video quality monitors that adds the ability to monitor video post-QAM RF video, complementing the ability to evaluate video quality in the digital domain.

Carlson antenna a big gain for white spaces

August 24, 2012 2:44 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

Carlson announced a new antenna specifically designed to support the use of white-space spectrum. The company’s new omnidirectional base station antenna provides high gain across the entire UHF spectrum, which will help improve overall performance of white space transmissions.

Report: Cisco still No. 1 in router market; Huawei 2nd

August 23, 2012 3:35 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

When it comes to worldwide router revenues, Cisco is still the top dog, but in a recent report, Huawei came in second overall. Overall, a report by Infonetics Research found that the global service provider router and switch market, including carrier Ethernet switches and IP edge and core routers, grew 4 percent, to $3.5 billion, in the second quarter of this year when compared to the previous quarter.

MoCA ups Gelphman to VP of marketing, member relations

August 23, 2012 3:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) recently promoted Rob Gelphman to the newly created position of vice president of marketing and member relations. Prior to his promotion, Gelphman was chair of the marketing work group, a position he held for the last seven years. He continues to report to MoCA president Charles Cerino and the entire board of directors.

Lantiq prepares for VoLTE home gateway

August 22, 2012 3:37 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | Comments

The chip designer is working with two software companies, D2 Technologies and Ecrio, to create a gateway reference design that will support voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in consumers’ homes. VoLTE, a software stack built around the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), provides native voice and other rich media services on LTE networks.

Harney takes helm at broadband start-up

August 21, 2012 3:16 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments

INovo Broadband has hired former Cisco Systems executive Michael Harney as CEO. He’ll be reunited with a large handful of other veterans of the old Scientific Atlanta (acquired by Cisco) at the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) start-up.

TiVo strikes deal with GCI

August 21, 2012 1:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments

Alaskan telecommunications company GCI announced that it is going with TiVo for its next-generation whole-home TV platform. It will start deploying TiVo’s platform this year before offering it across its entire footprint next year. GCI will rely on TiVo to enable its whole-home platform.