News@Cisco: Cable Operators News

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, November 2, 2009 – Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). Listed in Hong Kong with major operations in China, DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China and shares Cisco's vision of a high-performance, ...

Cisco Helps Assure Internet's Future Amid Device Growth

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2009 – Cisco today announced significant enhancements to its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture that are designed to secure the foundation of the Internet, which must accommodate the exponential increase of connected devices for highly secure, efficient video delivery and collaboration. With the new Cisco® Carrier-Grade ...

Liberty Sports Group Launches Regional Sports Networks on Cisco MPEG-4 High-Definition Video Platform

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 3, 2009 – Cisco announced today that Liberty Sports Group is the latest video content provider to select the Cisco® MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and transcoding high-definition (HD) platform for efficient, high-quality distribution of programming. Taking these steps to optimize its networks, Liberty Sports Group is well-positioned to scale and ...

ASTER Relies on Cisco Expertise and Content Delivery System for Launch of Digital Video-on-Demand Service in Poland

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

WARSAW / IBC AMSTERDAM - September 3, 2009 – The extensive video-delivery expertise available from Cisco has powered the launch of a new video-on-demand service for Polish telecommunication operator ASTER. The ASTER VoD service is capable of providing both high-definition and standard-definition programming for customers in Warsaw, Kraków and Zielona Góra. The Cisco® ...

Cisco Doubles Density of Industry's Highest-Performance Edge Router

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 25, 2009 – Cisco today announced it is doubling the density of its flagship edge router, the Cisco® Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series. This enhances the platform's leadership position as the highest-capacity edge router and gives it the industry's highest density. Cisco is introducing a new single-slot 16 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ( ...

Five Years On, the Success of the Cisco Carrier Routing System Continues to Beat Expectations

Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 PST

May 27, 2009 By Jason Deign Con Zwinkels, managing director of LeaseWeb, the largest Website hosting company in the Netherlands, will never forget the point his business switched on its CRS-1s. The company had acquired two of the Cisco Carrier Routing Systems to bolster a network up to then based on Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches. "We were seeing an ...

MegaFon Deploys Cisco CRS-1 Routing Platform as Foundation of Next-Generation Mobile Network

Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 27, 2009 – Five years after being introduced, the Cisco® CRS-1 Carrier Routing System continues to be deployed by telecommunications service providers as the foundation of their Internet Protocol Next-Generation Networks (IP NGNs). The CRS-1 was recently deployed by Russian mobile operator MegaFon, one of the fastest-growing mobile operators in ...

Cisco Hosts Industry Discussion on Data Center for Service Providers

Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8, 2009 - Cisco will host a live, one-hour interactive online broadcast and Q&A session via Cisco WebEx and discuss its strategy for Unified Computing in the data center and service providers' Internet Protocol Next Generation Networks (IP NGN) platforms. Who: Kelly Ahuja, senior vice president and general manager, service provider routing technology group, Cisco ...

FOX Selects Cisco Digital Stream Processing to Complete Transition to Digital Broadcasting and Support Network Affiliates

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. April 22, 2009 - Cisco announced today that the Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is updating its national broadcast affiliate network by deploying the Cisco® Digital Content Manager (DCM) at its main Los Angeles location (FNC - LA) and at approximately 200 FOX affiliate stations across the United States. The Cisco ROSA® Network Management and Element Manager (EM) ...

MTV Networks Chooses Cisco Video Distribution and Enterprise Systems for OpEx Savings and Enhanced Video Content Distribution Performance

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. Apr. 20, 2009 - MTV Networks (MTVN) has teamed with Cisco to create an expanded, more efficient programming distribution platform using Cisco® medianet products and technologies including MPEG-4 advanced video coding (AVC) and transcoding, Cisco TelePresenceTM and Unified Communications systems. Using MPEG-4 AVC, content owners can distribute a single high- ...

Altitude Sports & Entertainment Converts Regional Sports Network Program Distribution Platform to Cisco High- Definition Video System

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif, April 15, 2009 - Altitude Sports & Entertainment, the Denver based regional sports network, has selected the Cisco® MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and transcoding high-definition (HD) platform to enhance its regional sports programming delivery capability. Altitude Sports & Entertainment, the official television network of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado ...

Numericable Brings Next-Generation Home Entertainment to France with Cisco Content Delivery System

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:00:00 PST

PARIS - March 25, 2009 - Cisco announced today that Numericable, France's leading cable operator, is delivering highly advanced, on-demand entertainment services to French consumers using the Cisco® Content Delivery System (CDS). Numericable can now offer its customers the most advanced video services, including catch-up TV services, access to a catalogue of more than 7,000 programs and ...

Play in Cisco EDGE QUEST 2 Tournament Featuring Cisco ASR 9000 Router

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 2009 - Cisco® today announced that you can now play in its tournament for EDGE QUEST 2, an online game featuring the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR), with ...

Newest Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast Highlights Growth in Mobile Traffic

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 10, 2009 - Cisco today announced the results of a Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Mobile Forecast for 2008-2013, providing key findings on a variety of Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends driven largely by the increased use of mobile broadband applications. The Cisco VNI Mobile Forecast projects global mobile traffic to increase 66-fold between 2008 and ...

Test Your Cisco Smarts. How Much Do You Know About Mobility?

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 9, 2009 - Cisco® today announced it hosting a web scavenger hunt, known as Cisco Smarts, to educate service providers and mobile operators about Cisco's Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) leadership in the transformation of the mobile experience, network and business. Cisco Smarts begins Monday, Feb. 9 and runs through Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. ...

Distributing High Quality Video Over A Wireless Home Network Is Coming Fast

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

December 9, 2008 By Erik Sherman Seventy years ago, a television set in a private home was not just unusual, but actually exotic. Over the following decades, market penetration of nearly 100 percent has made television today nearly ubiquitous in most developed countries. And over the next several years, video will evolve from an isolated TV in the den or bedroom into a networked resource. ...