Comcast offered an inside look at the Xfinity X1 platform that underlies its video offering. Xfinity X1 technology provides content providers with tools to give subscribers new ways to interact with programming, the company notes in a blog post. One…
Innovative Systems’ MG-TV platform aims to provide younger video subscribers with the functionality that their demographic desires while also serving older users who generally are more comfortable with traditional linear approaches. The system lets users integrate set top boxes and…
TDS will move to the TiVo platform for its next generation TV platform, bringing it to both its cable and IPTV operations across the country. The new TiVo platform will be featured with both existing and new video subscribers, the…
A new offering from MOBIV is designed to provide what amounts to a ‘cloud-based’ headend and eliminates the need for a set-top box to deliver IPTV. The goal is to enable broadband providers to offer pay-TV services without a large…
March 19, 2018 — Forest City, PA – As Forest City PA’s NEP approaches 120 years of providing communication services for North Eastern Pennsylvania, the complexities of the telecommunications business have increased exponentially since the early 1900s. According to NEP’s Network Manager Bob…
A new NCTC, MobiTV deal, announced today, will help shape an ongoing debate about the future of pay-TV. Is that future based on a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) app model, or will customers continue to opt for the status-quo operator provided set-top-box…
CENTENNIAL, Colo., September 20, 2017 – Evolution Digital today announced the expanded deployment of its fully-packaged eVUE-TV® IP video platform with additional pay-TV operators nationwide. Newly-announced operators deploying eVUE-TV include Cablevision of Marion County, BELD, DTC, LHTC Broadband, Tullahoma Utilities Board,…
A new Innovative Systems set-top-box is now in market trials and should be available by the end of 2017. The set-top-box currently works exclusively with Innovative Systems’ IPTV middleware platform, an Innovative Systems (IS) spokesperson confirmed with Telecompetitor. The new…
Time is running out on the voluntary agreement (VA) between pay TV operators, set-top box (STB) makers and energy advocates that has resulted in significant energy and cost reductions. Hopes are high, however, that the 15 organizations can strike a…
Regional operator C Spire has launched a new app based TV service, C Spire TV, which leverages third party streaming devices as a replacement for set-top-boxes. C Spire has been working on this evolution for over a year and announced…
New research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that U.S. TV households with a connected TV has risen to 69%, up from 24 percent in 2010 and 50 percent in 2014. Connected TV devices include smart TV sets or other…
Roku announced the U.S. release of its beta Xfinity TV app Jan. 31. The trial Roku Xfinity app includes an enhanced viewer guide that incorporates graphics, personalized recommendations and detailed information that makes for easier content searching and discovery, Roku’s…
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