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Top Stories - May 2, 2014 Cable Show: Cable Unveils 'Gigasphere' Brand   DOCSIS, the acronym long tied to cable's broadband platform, isn't going away, but it's going to be pushed far into the background as far as consumers are concerned, with operators preparing to deploy a next-generation version that promises to pump out multi-gigabit speeds. More»   Cable Show: MSOs Prepared To Enter Gigabit Era   In a wide-ranging discussion at  Cable Show 2014, a handful of the cable's top tech and engineering execs said technologies such as DOCSIS 3.1 position them well to offer Gigabit-level broadband services as they increasingly find themselves matched up with competitors such as Google Fiber and AT&T and the potential expansion of the telco's fiber-based "U-verse with GigaPower" platform. More»   Cable Show: 'CableWiFi' MSOs Hit New Deployment Mark   The CableWiFi Alliance -- the roaming partnership of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications – has surpassed 250,000 hotspots deployed. More»   Cable Show: Arris CEO: OTT Boxes Pose Threat, Opportunity The emergence of the Apple TV device, Google Chormecast, Roku Platform and the new Amazon Fire TV represent both threats and opportunities to Arris's set-top box unit, Bob Stanzione, Arris's president and CEO, said during a Cable Show opening general session More»   Cable Show: Cox To Offer 1-Gig To All Cox Communications has developed a broadband roadmap that calls for the cable operator to offer 1 Gbps speeds to all residential customers, and will kick off that plan in select markets in the coming weeks. More»   Charter Inches Toward Cloud UI Rollout   Charter Communications continues to test a new cloud-based user interface in employee homes, and expects to start expanding it to customer homes in "certain markets" by mid-year as the MSO moves ahead with its ambitious all-digital upgrade plan. More»   Cable Show: Comcast Going Big With WiFi   Using a mix of quasi-public hotspots deployed in outdoor locations, businesses and on customer-side DOCSIS gateways, Comcast said its WiFi network will span 8 million hotspots by the end of the year. More» Cablevision Upgrades Interactive TV Ad Platform Cablevision Systems is making notable improvements to its interactive advertising capabilities with the deployment of ActiveVideo's new CloudTV AdCast platform later this year. More»     Comcast Tees Up New X1 Features Comcast said it will add several new features to its IP-capable, cloud-based X1 platform, leading off with an element that will allow triple-play subscribers to live stream personal video from their mobile devices to the TV via the Internet. More»

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