| Top Stories - May 28, 2014 | Vyve Calls On The Cloud
Vyve Broadband, the tier 2 operator formerly known as BCI Broadband, has picked a cloud-based, turnkey platform from Alianza to power next-gen IP voice services and apps that are being tailored and customized for both residential and small business customers. More »
Verizon's FiOS Quantum TV Tunes In SoCal
Verizon Communications' new top-shelf FiOS Quantum TV packages debuted this week in several cities and towns in Southern California, including Cerritos, Culver City, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Oxnard, and Palm Desert, among others. More »
TWC Brings More Automation To WiFi
Looking to ease the sign-in process for its growing wireless broadband network, Time Warner Cable has launched a "my WiFi" portal that lets customers preregister all of their family's WiFi-enabled devices so that they automatically connect whenever they're within range of a TWC-operated hotspot. More »
AT&T's Fixed Wireless Service Goes Nationwide
Following trials in select Northeast markets last year, AT&T has moved ahead with the national launch of AT&T Wireless Home Phone and Internet, a service that leans on the telco's 4G LTE network, and allows customers to hook up as many as 10 WiFi-capable devices. More »
Envivio Serves Up Some 4K Action
Envivio is taking a big swing at Ultra HD/4K. The video tech specialist said its 4K compression platform is being used by French broadcaster TDF for live coverage and streaming of this year's French Open tennis tournament. Envivio said the digital terrestrial television broadcast coverage in the format will be delivered using HEVC (H.265) compression, which is about 50% more efficient than H.264/MPEG-4. More » |
| | Blogs | Apple, Google's $900B "TV" Warchest: Traditional Stakeholders, Beware
Steve Jobs, quite a time before he died in October 2011, bragged about his interest in TV being something of a "hobby" in search of a real business. It was a good enough idea that Jobs' successor and that team at Apple have continued that mission, albeit arguably without any of the true success that Apple would measure among the standards set by its iPod, iPhone, and iPad
Apple Eyes Connected Home Platform
Apple will unveil a new "smart home" platform next week, an architecture that could pose strong competition to the "Internet of Things" projects now underway at Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and other cable operators, as demonstrated in the large IoT exhibit at last month's Cable Show in Los Angeles.
How Big Can Netflix Get?
As Netflix prepares to invade six more countries in Europe later this year, Berstein Research analyst Carlos Kirjner attempted to size up the streaming giant's global opportunities in a recent report. |
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