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News & Views Most Popular Latest TiVo-Comcast Patent Scrum Ends in Draw By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/3/2019 Both sides declare victory in mixed court opinion centered on a TiVo video search patent. Post a Comment TiVo Debuts Pricey Connected DVR Lineup, Ad-Supported Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/2/2019 Company adds TiVo Edge models for cable customers and cord-cutters, tags content partners for soon-to-launch ad-based OTT service called TiVo+. Post a Comment Looking Back: Comcast's Breakthrough X1 Video Service Turns 10 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/27/2019 Whispers about Comcast's next-video platform began to spread a decade ago at Cable-Tec Expo in Denver. Here's a look back at its journey from a secretive project originally called 'Excalibur' to a widely deployed product under the X1 banner. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast Restores Remote DVR Recording Function After TiVo Patents Expire By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2019 TiVo counters expiration of two patents have 'no impact' on the company's licensing deals and reinstatement of feature is 'implicit admission' of value of TiVo's tech. Post a Comment Another Cable Operator Gives Pay-TV the Heave-Ho By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2019 Massachusetts municipal cable operator Beld Internet said 'out-of-control' programming costs left it no choice but to dump its pay-TV service and direct broadband subs to OTT options. Post a Comment TiVo Rolling Out Skippable Pre-Roll Ads for Retail DVRs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/20/2019 New ad inventory, to be inserted in front of DVR recordings, will be rolled out to eligible retail devices within 90 days, company says. Post a Comment Comcast's Trojan Horse for Pay-TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/20/2019 Xfinity Flex, now offered for free to broadband-only subs, provides streaming apps and smart home capabilities – but it's also something else. Post a Comment Advertisement Cox Also Flexing Its Streaming Muscles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Cable op has quietly launched the Contour Stream Player, Cox's twist on Comcast's Xfinity Flex video streaming product for broadband-only subs. Post a Comment Comcast Offers 'Xfinity Flex' for Free to Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Video streaming platform features a video client, voice remote and integration with Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and, soon, an upgrade path to Comcast's full pay-TV service. Post a Comment Charter Taps Stephanie Mitchko as CTO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 Mitchko, a former Cadent exec and engineer who worked on Cablevision's pioneering remote-storage DVR service, succeeds the retired Jay Rolls. Post a Comment Comcast Snares Set-Top App Specialist Metrological By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/16/2019 Comcast pulls more engineering and software development expertise in-house for its X1 and Xfinity Flex video and smart home platforms. Post a Comment Charter Seeks Buy-In for Piracy Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/12/2019 In addition to working with Disney, Charter is urging other programmers and MSOs to get behind a common set of 'authentication principles' designed to clamp down on password sharing, CFO says. Post a Comment Orby TV Links Up With Eutelsat for New Prepaid Satellite TV Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/12/2019 Launched earlier this year, Orby TV's prepaid offering is renting transponder space to power a prepaid offering that starts at $40 per month. Post a Comment Altice USA Loves What Locast Does, CEO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/12/2019 A formal relationship has yet to materialize, but Altice USA's Dexter Goei confirms company has held talks with the embattled provider of OTT-delivered local broadcast TV. Post a Comment Why CenturyLink Bought Streamroot By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/11/2019 Streamroot's peer-assisted CDN technology will help CenturyLink extend a video streaming bridge to hard-to-reach parts of the globe. Post a Comment Apple TV+ to Debut November 1, Fetch $4.99 Per Month By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/10/2019 Apple to offer a free year of the new subscription VoD service with purchase of any new iPhone, Mac or Apple TV. Post a Comment Broadcom Tunes Up Video Play for RDK By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/10/2019 Aiming to speed up service provider deployment cycles, Broadcom's new RDK-infused chips for video set-tops and gateways weave in new app framework and Metrological's App Store. Post a Comment Comcast Sparks Streaming App for LG TVs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/5/2019 Beta of Xfinity Stream app for LG supports Comcast's live TV, VoD and cloud DVR services and works on 4K and HD models from 2017 to 2019. Post a Comment Amazon Stokes Up Fire TV Platform as Active Users Surpass 37M By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/4/2019 Amazon introduces 15 smart TVs that run Fire TV, alongside a new 'Cube' device with 4K and Dolby Vision support. Post a Comment TiVo Hones 'Edge' DVR Ahead of Company Split By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/4/2019 New family of connected devices for cable TV customers and cord-cutters will reportedly pack six tuners, 2 terabytes of storage and support 4K and Dolby Atmos. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors ESPN Set to Offer Select College Football Games in 4K Thursday, October 10, 2019 You.i TV Nets UI Deal With Australia's Network 10 Thursday, October 10, 2019 Midco Picks Evolution for Android TV Boxes Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Consolidated Teams With MobiTV for Next-Gen TV Tuesday, October 1, 2019 TiVo Intros 'Edge' DVR, TiVo+ Streaming Service Tuesday, October 1, 2019 ZEE5 Chooses Kaltura TV Platform Player Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Protected Media Launches Ad Fraud Detection for TV & OTT Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Tubi Connects With Vizio's SmartCast Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Roku Rolls New Player Line-Up, Updated OS Thursday, September 19, 2019 Plex Gets Lionsgate for Its Ad-VoD Service Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Altice USA to Integrate Amazon Prime Video Monday, September 16, 2019 Gracenote Boots Up ID System for Movies, TV Shows Thursday, September 12, 2019 ActiveVideo Activates 'AppCloud' Wednesday, September 11, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now CISO No Longer the Last Word on Security – Radware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/14/2019 The rise of DevSecOps may be the reason that 70% of respondents to Radware's ... 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10/8/2019

Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says

New Orleans -- Cable-Tec Expo -- The wired/wireless network "revolution" is well underway, though the speed at which that revolution will proceed won't be constant. ...