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BLOGS Meet Cisco's Battlestar Cisco Systems has been showing off the cBR-8, its next-gen cable access platform, in the so-called "whisper suite" at recent trade events, but used last week's Cable Show here to put it out for all to see. More» Netflix Gets Its Own Channel Netflix's coming debut on MSO-distributed, leased TiVo boxes in the U.S. will feature the streaming giant's iconic branding and logo alongside other IP apps and services that are offered on the platform. More» Gigapower's Potential If – and it's still a huge if -- AT&T decides to do more than talk and expand its fiber-based U-verse with GigaPower network to 21 U.S. metros, just how exposed would the incumbent cable operators be in those markets? More» Can WiFi First Work? Cable's history with mobile services is full of stops, starts and outright disasters. In recent years, we've witnessed the scuttling of the Sprint "Pivot" partnership/experiment, cable's partnership and investment with Clearwire that eventually turned to dust, and Cox Communications' flirtation with building its own mobile network (Cox eventually decided to cut and run). More» Google Places Bet On Drones Drone maker Titan Aereospace reportedly flirted with Facebook, but ended up tying the knot with Google. More» NEWS BlackArrow Targets New VOD Ratings Approach BlackArrow said it has morphed its dynamic ad insertion (DAI) to support Nielsen's On Demand Commercial Ratings (ODCR), a method of viewership measurement that Comcast is testing to enable advertisers to dynamically splice in fresh spots into recently aired TV shows as well as other prior episodes in the current TV season. More» Juniper, Gainspeed Shed Light On Virtual CCAP Plan Juniper Networks and Gainspeed, the startup formed by DOCSIS pioneer Shlomo Rakib, fleshed out earlier disclosed plans to develop a virtualized form of the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP), a super-dense architecture that will run all services under the same roof and combine the functions of the edge QAM and the cable modem termination system. More» Bright House Taps iControl Bright House Networks has joined a growing number of cable operators that have tapped iControl Networks to power a new set of home security and automation services. More» Rovi Reups With Arris Rovi said it has signed a new multiyear, global patent license deal with Arris, a key cable supplier that snapped up Motorola Home last April. More» 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, according to Arris president and CEO. More»

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