IP Video

Luc Ceuppens, senior director, head of product marketing for the High-End Systems Business unit at Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR), tells xchange a key opportunity for telcos in 2009 will be wholesaling their IP networks to companies like Google.The comment is just another indication that Google could be interested in cutting deals with telcos to ensure its traffic gets special treatment on ...

In a challenge to satellite TV provider DIRECTV (DTV), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) has begun offering a package that leverages its high-definition (HD) video-on-demand content assets and includes digital video recorder (DVR) service and programming from Showtime.The new Comcast package does not include Internet access or VoIP, but does include Digital Cable with HD On Demand, Showtime and DVR Service for $49.99 per ...

Web TV, 3-D TV and – no surprise – the economy, are expected to be key themes this week at the Consumer Electronics (CES) show in Las Vegas.LG Electronics and Netflix Inc. (NFLX) today announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV. The TVs, to be demonstrated at CES this week, are slated for availability in ...

Two years ago, the FCC changed the rules dictating how cities and states award video franchises to telecom service providers. Two years later, Verizon Communications Inc., the front-line proponent of video franchise reform, is building FiOS networks in AT&T Inc. (T) and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) territory. The tactic, according to some analysts, could transform the industry.Traditionally, Bell companies’ boundaries have overlapped little, ...

Attempting to bring the benefits of full network convergence to the residential market, a growing number of major IT vendors are asking consumers to ditch their CDs, their DVDs and their cable-only TVs and install so-called “home servers” — essentially, storage-area networks for various forms of digital media. Whether they can be as successful in this effort as they have ...