News@Cisco: Cable Operators News

The Cable Show 2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

The Cable Show 2008 May 15, 2008 The Cable Show hosted by, NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Association), is the annual event that brings together the cable telecommunications ...

Scripps Networks Selects Cisco's Bandwidth-Saving HD Encoding and Transcoding Technology

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

ATLANTA, GA, April 9, 2008 - Cisco today announced that Scripps Networks' leading lifestyle brands HGTV HD and Food Network HD will use Cisco infrastructure equipment to transition from Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 high-definition (HD) video delivery to MPEG Advanced Video Coding (AVC) HD distribution. The new advanced Cisco® MPEG AVC HD Encoder, Cisco Advanced Receiver Transcoder and Cisco Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-S2 modulation platform will help Scripps Networks expand ...

Hallmark Movie Channel HD to Launch with Cisco Transcoding Technology

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PST

ATLANTA, March 31, 2008 - Cisco® today announced that Hallmark Channel will deploy Cisco's MPEG Advanced Video Coding (AVC)-to-MPEG-2 transcoding technology and use its MPEG AVC encoder to launch high-definition (HD) service in the United States. "The launch of Hallmark Movie Channel HD in April 2008 will come at a time of high demand from our distribution partners who are hungry for family-friendly content," said Jim Bennett, vice president, engineering at Hallmark Channel. " ...

Cisco Technology Helps Kabel Deutschland Provide Bundled Digital Communications Services over Cable

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:00:00 PST

Do not be fooled by the name: Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator, is offering a lot more than television these days. Almost 25 years since antenna-free television was introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany, KDG has found that moving information among people's homes is almost as important as getting the content in. "Today, a large portion of our infrastructure has ...

Videotron Delivers North America's Fastest Internet Access over Cable for Residential and Business Customers

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 PST

MONTREAL and SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 6, 2008 - Vidéotron today announced that its customers in the city of Laval, Quebec can now experience Internet speeds up to 50 Mbps. This service is enabled by the Cisco® Wideband solution featuring Cisco cable modems working together with the Cisco® uBR10012 cable modem termination system (CMTS). Vidéotron is the first cable operator in North America to roll out services based on Cisco Wideband, which uses channel bonding as ...

thePlatform Unveils Largest Ecosystem of Partners and Open Approach for Online Video Publishing

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:00:00 PST

Pre-integrated solutions with Adobe Systems, Adap.TV, Akamai, Apple, AT&T, BitGravity, Cisco Systems, ClearStory, Comcast, Digital Rapids, DoubleClick, EdgeCast Networks, GoTV, Helio, Internap, Limelight Networks, Lightningcast, MobiTV, On2 Technologies, Onstream Media, PayPal, Panache, QuickPlay Media, Microsoft, Move Networks, Rhozet, SpotXchange, Sprint, Telestream, Verizon Wireless, Widevine, Yahoo, YouTube and others SEATTLE, February 7, 2008 - As the market for ...

Shanghai's Oriental Cable Network Selects Cisco to Deploy First ROADM Optical Networking Technology in Mainland China

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 17, 2008 - Cisco® today announced that Shanghai's Oriental Cable Network Co. Ltd. has selected the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology for its digital television optical transport platform. Oriental Cable, the world's largest cable television city network, becomes the first network service provider in mainland China to deploy ROADM technology. Cisco ROADM is a part ...

Cisco Takes Consumers Beyond Connectivity to 'Visual Networking' with Internet Protocol Next-Generation Home Gateway

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - International CES 2008 - January 7, 2008 - Cisco® today unveiled its Internet Protocol (IP) Services Gateway (Model DRG2800) which is designed to expand consumers' entertainment and personal content choices and bring network-based and home-based applications together in one device. With this product, consumers can use their set-top and large-screen, flat-panel televisions to watch videos, listen to downloaded music in surround sound, and view photos accessed from ...

Cisco Announces Comprehensive IPTV Strategy for Asia Pacific

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:00:00 PST

IPTV WORLD FORUM ASIA 2007, SINGAPORE, December 5, 2007 - Cisco® today announced its strategy to help service providers in Asia Pacific deliver an end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV) solution. The solution, which delivers high quality video with optimal service reliability, will be demonstrated at its booth at the IPTV World Forum Asia 2007. Cisco is the Diamond Sponsor of IPTV World Forum Asia 2007, which runs Dec. 5-7 in Singapore. "Cisco is perhaps the only ...

Scientific Atlanta's Switched Digital Video Platform Crosses 7 Million Committed Homes Passed Mark

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:00:00 PST

ATLANTA, November 19, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced that commitments for its Switched Digital Video (SDV) platform in the U.S. have exceeded 7 million homes passed. Scientific Atlanta's heritage in digital video has driven its success in the SDV arena, and this milestone shows that Scientific Atlanta's proven SDV architecture is truly open and confidently accepted in the ...

Hanaro Telecom Delivers World's Largest Deployment of 100Mbps Broadband Services with Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:00:00 PST

SEOUL, Korea, October 4, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that Hanaro Telecom, Korea's major broadband service provider, has chosen Cisco's standards-based channel-bonding technology for the world's largest deployment of 100-megabits-per-second broadband services, now reaching more 200,000 customers. The Cisco technology was designed based on the downstream channel-bonding specifications defined in CableLabs®' Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS®) 3.0 ...

UPC Broadband and Cisco Drive Broadband Speeds to 120 Mbps and Beyond in Amsterdam

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

First European Field Trial of EuroDocsis 3.0 and M-CMTS Technology Fiber Speeds over Coax demonstrated in IJburg (Amsterdam) Speeds of up to 200 Mbps now within reach AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, September 10, 2007 - Cisco® and UPC Broadband have broken a new broadband over cable speed record of 120 megabits per second (Mbps) in consumer homes on UPC's cable network in Amsterdam. Achieving these fibre-speeds over coax ...

New Cisco Channel-Bonded Cable Modem with EMTA Triples Downstream Data Speeds to Satisfy the 'Need for Speed'

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, September 7, 2007 - Cisco® today extended its ultra-high-speed channel- bonding solution, designed to deliver broadband services at up to 100+ megabits per second (Mbps) broadband services, with the new Cisco EPC2607TM channel-bonded cable modem with an embedded media terminal adapter (EMTA). The EPC2607 with embedded media terminal adapter (EMTA) integrates voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services, helping cable operators to ...

New Cisco Universal Broadband Router Cable Modem Termination System Helps Dansk Kabel TV and A Improve Operational Efficiencies and Launch Services Rapidly

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2007 -- Cisco® today unveiled a new version of its Universal Broadband Router (uBR) cable modem termination system (CMTS) designed to give cable operators a service-enabling CMTS solution that allows them to improve operational efficiencies and more rapidly launch new services. Available later this year, the compact Cisco uBR7225VXR CMTS platform offers cable operators a superior, cost-effective platform for the delivery of high-speed data, voice ...

Cisco Accelerates Delivery of 'Any Stream to Any Screen' with Adobe Flash Streaming Enhancements to the Cisco Content Delivery System

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 6, 2007 - Cisco® and Adobe® Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that the Cisco Content Delivery System (CDS) will be the first system of its type to natively support Adobe Flash® streaming capabilities, in addition to traditional progressive delivery. Service providers and organizations of all types using the Cisco CDS will be able to deliver Adobe Flash Player compatible video to PCs, and TVs using Adobe Flash streaming capabilities, ...

Social Media Release: Cisco Connected Life Contest

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

Highlights / Key Facts: Cisco is inviting the public to help shape the future of the Connected Life by sharing their ideas . The company is offering $10,000 for the most innovative, entertaining and pervasive entry. Cisco will work with leading service providers around the world to select the top ideas, awarding one Grand Prize winner $10,000 and ten runner-up winners $1,000 each. Contest participation is easy - just submit an ...

Cisco and Texas Instruments Complete First Interoperability Testing of DOCSIS 3.0 Network Upstream Channel Bonding

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 13, 2007 - Cisco® today announced successful completion of interoperability testing of the Cisco uBR10012 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) platform with Texas Instruments' Puma 5 DOCSIS® 3.0 CPE development platform. The Cisco uBR10012 CMTS solution demonstrated upstream channel bonding, an important feature of CableLabs'® DOCSIS 3.0 specifications and a key advancement for cable operators. The DOCSIS 3.0 specification defines interface ...

Cable Operators Can Deliver and Extend the Connected Life via Complete Cisco Cable ServiceMesh Solution

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 18, 2007 - Cisco® today announced it is launching the Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution, the industry's first integrated, end-to-end wireless architecture designed for cable operators who want to extend indoor Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) to outdoor mesh networks in municipalities, tourism centers, small businesses and universities in North America. This new architecture offers the foundation layer for broadband mobility. Building on the Cisco Internet ...