Nxtcomm

Ericsson rolls with 10 Gigabit GPON system

Dan O'Shea — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:19:26 -0400

Ericsson is looking to provide new muscle to IPTV deployments with the announcement at NXTcomm in Las Vegas from the vendor of a 10 Gigabit passive optical networking system. There has been some speculation recently that GPON systems could migrate directly to WDM-PON, but 10 Gigabit PON could likely keep carriers on GPON a bit longer, as they gain more bandwidth for more IPTV-related offerings.

For more:
- see this press release from Ericsson

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Backspace targets mobile IPTV

Dan O'Shea — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:06:04 -0400

IPTV broadcaster Backspace Communications is planning top introduce a mobile TV offering at this week's NXTcomm trade show in Las Vegas. The company, which was formed from the merger of an ISP and a traditional TV station, has thus far focused on the IPTV market.

For more:
- see this post at TMC.net

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The real battle for the living room

Dan O'Shea — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:42:17 -0400

Telcos and cable TV providers are tussling over who will own the TV/video pipeline into consumer living rooms, and it is fun to watch them one-up one another as they pile on the HDTV channels and make promises about what is to come next. But, the real battle for the living room is about to happen on the software front.

Microsoft recently announced the beta version of its Mediaroom Presentation Framework, with all kinds of new goodies for IPTV service providers. However, the Soft At Home consortium led by France Telecom also is looking to work its way into consumer living rooms possibly to challenge Microsoft, and how video content is organized, presented and managed for IPTV services.

Soft At Home was announced a few months ago, but there has not been much detail since (The group's website consists of about three pages).

Next week at NXTcomm, I will be meeting with executives from both Soft At Home and Microsoft Mediaroom (not simultaneously, though that might be fun). Look to FierceIPTV next week for more detailed reports on their distinct approaches, as well as other show news.

-Dan

Nxtcomm

More home networking solutions arrive

Ericsson rolls with 10 Gigabit GPON system

Backspace targets mobile IPTV

The real battle for the living room