Arris Group has announced that Turksat, Turkey’s leading satellite communications and cable TV operator, has selected its E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) to prepare for future IP interactivity and higher speed broadband services. Turksat said it selected the E6000 CER to support today’s CMTS requirements and also to support the company’s strategic transition to Converged […]
Netgem, a provider of telcoTV, has announced its ‘Fiber & TV as a service’ solution bringing TV services and unlimited premium content at a super fast speed of 200 Mbps, thanks to FTTH technology. The solution provides immediate access to the world of sophisticated TV (multicast bouquet, premium unicast channels, TVoD, SVoD, EST, Replay services, […]
Residents of Huntingdon – a market town in Cambridgeshire – have became the first people in the UK to take part in the field trial of a new type of ultrafast broadband technology from BT which will allow people to stream live ultra-high-definition 4K video content to multiple devices at once. The trial, which is […]
Major international cable service providers are backing RDK and Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, has said it is as transformational as DOCSIS. So, is RDK set to become a world standard for CPE as cable ups the innovation rate to try and match OTT challengers? Advanced Television gathered four top executives to debate the […]
Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments are expected to reach 153.6 million by the end of 2015, according to ABI Research. “Fibre-optic broadband CPE device shipments are expected to increase
Qualcomm subsidiary Qualcomm Atheros is to acquire Ikanos Communications, a high performance broadband networking semiconductor and software provider enabling both central office and home gateway solutions. Pursuant to the agreement, Qualcomm Atheros, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Ikanos […]
American consumers have saved more than $500 million (€458m) in energy bills through two years of the voluntary set-top box energy conservation agreement among the pay-TV industry, consumer electronics manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates, according to a new report issued by an independent auditor, D&R International. The Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the Energy […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has selected Digital TV Labs and RT-RK as suppliers for the HbbTV 2.0 specification test suite. The HbbTV 2.0 specification and the tender process for the supply of HbbTV […]
Advanced Television talks to Rob Gelphman, VP Marketing & Member Relations, at the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MOCA) about how MOCA works alongside WiFi to guarantee fast and reliable access inside the modern multi-device home. MOCA ensures fast and reliable access to all the services the provider brings to the home and thereby underwrites QoE […]
Advanced Television talks to Peter Alexander, SVP, CMO at Harmonic about the deal with WISI of Germany that sees WISI OEM Harmonic’s Digital Access Architecture switching from fibre deep in the network for coax distribution in multiple dwellings. The idea is to take a ‘micro headend’ as close to the subscriber as possible increasing efficiency […]