Cisco Systems has built a software platform it says will let service providers blend TV with web content, personal media and social-networking. “We think the future is going to be about reinventing the TV,” Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers said and described Videoscape as a comprehensive TV platform for service providers that will deliver […]

The CSIRO has commenced testing its wireless broadband technology, which uses existing TV antennas, at the first National Broadband Network roll-out site of Smithton in Tasmania. The system, named Ngara, works by installing antennas on existing TV broadcasting towers that transmit wireless broadband to households through their existing TV antennas, although slightly modified as some […]

Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS),  provider of PC-based subscriber management and billing systems for the cable television industry, and Telelynx have successfully automated digital video service delivery at Mediatti Broadband .  Based in Okinawa, Japan, Mediatti offers advanced cable TV and high-speed Internet services to more than 14,000 military members and their families. GLDS has […]

RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution services, has confirmed the opening of its 111 8th Ave POP (Point of Presence) in New York City. It is RRsat’s second POP in the New York metropolitan area with a third POP at 60 Hudson St. scheduled to launch in the near […]

French telcos, SFR and Bouygues Telecom, have confirmed a joint initiative to cut costs by sharing the roll-out of high speed fibre-optic networks in some cities. The joint agreement will allow Bouygues, which is a newer and smaller player in the country’s fixed line services segment, to avoid having to construct a costly fibre network […]

Hitron Technologies, a global provider of branded networking solutions, has announced that cable MSO ZON Multimedia is the latest service provider to deploy its new DOCSIS 3.0 8×4 Wireless-N Cable IAD for cable operators. ZON provides comprehensive service, including HD cable television, high-speed Internet access, fixed and mobile telephony. Hitron’s CVE-30360, enables ZON to offer […]

Bridge Technologies will host another in its series of Train-the-Trainers courses for business partners and distributors this December. The BridgeTech Academy series of training courses is designed to help digital and media TV operators understand and master monitoring and service quality control issues, and the Train-the-Trainers courses equip Bridge Technologies distributors with the expertise to […]

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, has confirmed that Com Hem has selected SmarDTV to launch CI Plus products in its network in Sweden. Com Hem is one of the leading distributors of TV, broadband and telephony in Sweden and has more than 40 per cent of Swedish households (1.76 M households) connected to their cable […]

Broadcom is to acquire Gigle Networks, a privately-held company that develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for home networking over power lines. When combined with Broadcom’s portfolio of wired and wireless solutions for the home, Gigle Networks’ technology will widen the breadth of Broadcom’s intellectual property and enable the design of more highly integrated SoCs that allow […]