- AT&T Upgrades U-verse Total Home DVR to Control Live TV on any TV in the Home – TVover.net
AT&T continues to expand the ways U-verse TV customers can control and watch their TV shows. AT&T today announced the launch of new AT&T U-verse TV Total Home DVR features which give U-verse customers the ability to pause and rewind live TV on any U-verse receiver in the home.
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- Shaw Communications Deploys the ARRIS Whole Home Solution, Offers New Multi-Room PVR Service
ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) announced today that Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX – SJR.B, NYSE – SJR), Canada’s largest television provider with over 3.4 million subscribers, has launched the ARRIS Whole Home Solution in its Calgary system, to be followed by a nationwide launch in its other markets.
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- Carriers identify critical IP STB features | Advanced Television
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its STB Features and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which captures service providers‚ requirements for IP-based STBs to deliver video services.
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- Pay-TV subs fare well in face of free OTT | Advanced Television
“We’re seeing continued growth in the pay-TV market, driven by providers‚ ability to offer voice/video/data service bundles, a broad range of linear and on-demand content, and advanced services, such as multi-room DVR and multi-screen video delivery. Although cable MSOs continued to be challenged by competition from IPTV and satellite operators, the overall market remains robust, despite the attractiveness of over-the-top (OTT) services,” notes Teresa Mastrangelo, directing analyst for video at Infonetics Research.
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- Time Warner Cable Adds Funding To BlackArrow Financing Round | paidContent
BlackArrow, a company that provided video-on-demand ad insertions for DVRs and other “advanced TV” systems, has added Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) to its $20 million third funding round, which it secured last month. With the add-on by TWC and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility, the total amount raised for the round is now $27 million.
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- Netflix Accounts for 30% of Peak Internet Traffic – As Real Time Entertainment Sees 60% Jump Since 2009 | DSLReports.com, ISP Information
A new study released by intelligent network gear vendor Sandvine notes that Netflix traffic accounts for 29.7% of peak downstream traffic.
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- Are customers satisfied with pay-TV service? Eh, sort of – FierceIPTV
A new customer service survey shows that American’s satisfaction with their pay-TV services hasn’t changed in the past year, as improvements in quality-like an increase in the availability of high-definition TV programming-have been muted by rising prices.
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- Sky and Virgin reveal 3D strategy | Broadband TV News
3DTV WORLD FORUM-LONDON. Sky has no plans to offer its dedicated 3DTV channel Sky 3D as a stand-alone service, preferring instead to provide it bundled for HD subscribers. It has also, according to John Cassy, director of Sky 3D, detected evidence that some customers are upgrading in order to receive 3D.
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- Cox Communications Launches TV Online
Cox Communications announced today that it has once again increased the viewing choice and flexibility available to its TV customers by introducing TV Online. Now customers have the choice to view favorite shows: on TV, On DEMAND and now Online via the cox.com/tv site anywhere they have access to a broadband connection.
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