UK set top maker Pace Micro Technology announced a new family of MPEG-4 set-tops for cable operators in North and South America at the Cable Show in New Orleans this week. The new devices had support for IP content delivery using DOCSIS channel bonding and tru2way (OCAP) and include the Aspen with a dual-tuner, HD DVR and CableCARD; the Apache, a HD CableCARD set-top and the Denali for SD, again including CableCARD.
Arris announced this week that it has entered into an agreement with Comcast, for the purchase of the latest generation of C4 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) chassis from ARRIS. The DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS enhances the existing hybrid-fiber coax infrastructure to deliver higher Internet connection speeds of up to 160 Mbps using channel bonding technology.
Tandberg Television, now part of Ericsson said that its OpenStream Digital Services platform has been chosen by Portugal’s ZON TVCabo for its VoD services and that Tandberg will also be the integrator for the VOD play-out.
Sweden’s Dreampark, an IPTV middleware providers said this week that Sweden’s government-owned media company, Teracom, has chosen Dreampark’s Dreamgallery and plans to offer IPTV services through its recent acquisition of IPTV operator Svenska Basboxbolaget.
Israeli conditional access supplier NDS said this week it has upped its presence in India with a new office in New Delhi. India’s established Pay TV market leaders, Tata Sky, Hathway Cable and Datacom, as well as new market entrants Bharti and Digital Entertainment Network (DEN), all rely on NDS systems to protect their pay TV services.