Motorola’s Mobile Devices and Home business announced today that Cincinnati Bell has deployed its multi-room DVR (MR-DVR) platform to its subscribers.
Motorola’s whole-home DVR platform uses a media software application running on a combination of up to eight DVR and non-DVR DCX all-digital high definition set-top boxes. The home networking system, which uses MoCA, lets Cincinnati Bell subscribers pause live TV, record and play back content, and manage their aggregate recorded library and DVR settings on any set-top in the home, even if it is not a DVR set-top.
“We recognize that winning new video subscribers is becoming more challenging as new competition emerges. Our subscribers expect us to deliver high quality content and innovative services, and this latest MR-DVR solution from Motorola allows us to do that,” said Darrick Zucco, vice president and general manager of Cincinnati Bell’s wireline services. “Consumers love the flexibility DVRs provide, and we are excited about working with Motorola to take that DVR experience throughout the home. Motorola’s solution gives us a cost-effective way to quickly extend our brand while offering service packages that appeal to broader audiences, which helps grow our business.”
Cincinnati Bell competes with Time Warner Cable in the Cincinnati area.
Motorola’s MR-DVR platform also features bookmarking capabilities that allow users to set bookmarks for each room in a home, as well as the ability to retrieve bookmarks set in other rooms.
On the parental control front, the system imports existing parental controls that were previously set up by parents.