Bright House Networks has deployed Arcom Digital’s Hunter Technology throughout its entire Florida footprint. This follows a 2008 installation of Hunter in the Tampa market of the nation’s sixth-largest operator. Hunter, a network interrogation and predictive maintenance tool, helps cable operators locate the root cause of network impairments. And Hunter not only alerts ops to […]
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Logitech bails on Google TV
Calling it a gigantic mistake, Logitech is killing its Google TV Revue product. Logitech calculates that mistake cost it more than $100 million in operating profit in the year since the product was introduced. The company made its remarks during a widely reported discussion with financial analysts. Logitech CEO Guerrino De Luca called the 2010 […]
SureWest climbs aboard BigBand’s SDV bandwagon
SureWest has dropped BigBand Networks’ switched digital video platform into its Kansas City system in order to free up bandwidth for more HD channels and pave the way for IPTV services. SureWest opted for the switched digital video (SDV) route for bandwidth reclamation instead of digital terminal adapters (DTAs). “In addition to meeting our needs […]
Cisco’s latest results show signs of turnaround
Cisco Systems, the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear, is showing signs of pulling a turnaround, exceeding analyst sales expectations for the second quarter in a row. “We made very solid progress,” CEO John Chambers told investors and analysts on a conference call Wednesday. The San Jose, Calif., company posted net income of $1.8 […]
Arris extends Moxi label to entire whole-home solution
It seems to be old brand week. While Motorola was reviving the Razr name, Arris has decided to affix the Moxi name to its entire whole-home product suite. To that end: Arris’ Media Gateway is now the Moxi Gateway. Its Media Player is now the Moxi Player. The user interface is now the Moxi User […]
Charter signs on for Dallas data center
Charter Business will be offering its business customers in the Dallas/Forth Worth area more interconnection choices, thanks to a deal to use Cologix’s Dallas-based data center. “Charter Business is strategically focused on the carrier market, enabling high-capacity, fully redundant interconnect capabilities,” said Jim McGann, senior vice president of Charter Business. “Cologix will enable Charter to […]
Comcast debuts 100 Mbps, voice trunking service in Mich.
Comcast is now offering its DOCSIS 3.0-enabled 100 Mbps tier to businesses in Michigan, as well as a voice trunking service. The Comcast Business wideband tier features up to 100 Mbps on the downstream and 10 Mbps on the upstream, which is up to 60 times faster than download speeds for a T1 line. The […]
Google angling to enter MVPD biz
Google is laying the groundwork to start distributing video, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The company has long talked about being in the TV business. The issue was whether it would voluntarily restrict itself to over-the-top (OTT) content or attempt to compete with multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). If the latter, […]
Wi-Fi Networks: A New Frontier for Cable Operators
Outdoor Wi-Fi is red hot as cable operators look to reduce churn. Outdoor Wi-Fi is the new black when it comes to data services for cable operators. Not only does Wi-Fi reduce customer churn in the face of increased competition from telcos, it does so by leveraging the existing DOCSIS plant while laying the groundwork […]
Verizon, AT&T Dominate TelcoTV
Both get keynotes, but Verizon lets a surprise slip. Verizon might drop a bomb on the rest of the communications industry next year. Maybe. It’s still thinking. At a keynote address at TelcoTV, during the last question he fielded at the concluding Q&A session, the last thing Verizon senior vice president of consumer product management […]