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Motorola Presents the Future of the IP Connected Home at IBC2012

September 7, 2012 : BY Motorola

For nearly 70 years, Motorola Mobility has pioneered the future of the connected home – from digital TV to the first wireless cable modem to modern home automation services. At IBC2012, that tradition continues by combing today’s consumer insights with smart technology to prepare service providers for tomorrow’s IP connected home.

Let’s take a look at what’s new for Motorola at IBC 2012…

New Set-Top Technology

Motorola Mobility is launching new IP and cable set-top technology designed to meet consumer demand for multi-screen, over-the-top (OTT) and time shift TV, while reducing energy use and maintenance.

HEVC – The New Video Standard

Motorola Mobility will be demonstrating the revolutionary HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) video compression technology, which is transforming the viewing experience across multiple platforms. For providers looking to stake a claim in the True Entertainment Everywhere landscape, HEVC represents a major breakthrough in the way video quality can be managed and improved.

Medios Multi-Screen Software Suite

Motorola unveiled its early vision for converged media experiences two years ago when it launched the Medios Multi-Screen Software Suite. Since then, Motorola has continued innovating the Medios platform and will showcase its latest advancements at IBC2012, including Medios DreamGallery™, Medios Merchandiser, Medios VideoFlow CMS and Medios SecureMedia®.

Managed Home Solutions

Motorola’s Managed Home Solutions – including the award-winning 4Home platform – provide a full-service suite of platform, network and cloud-based tools for enabling connected home services that help consumers save time, energy, and money via remote monitoring and control of their home.

High-Density Video Processing

Motorola continues to advance video processing technology that delivers the highest quality video, bandwidth efficiencies and dramatically improve deployment economics to European operators.  At IBC2012, Motorola will be demonstrating how its high-density MPEG-4/AVC video processing empowers service providers to deliver the best video experience possible based on their network requirements. 

Motorola Appearances at IBC2012

  • Home Product Architect, Mike Gannon, will speak on “Delivering the Capacity Requirements of Next-Generation Cable Networks” in the Advances in Technology Stream in the main conference hall on Monday 10th September @ 14:00 – 15:30
  • CTO Customer Architecture Team, John Ulm, will present themes from his technical paper “Managed IP Video Service“ during the ‘Future Zone’ reception on Friday 7th September 16:00 – 18:00
  • Home EMEA Vice President and GM, Steve McCaffery, will join speakers from Opera and Comigo on a panel discussing “The Changing Face of TV” at Stand 14.365 on Sunday 9th September 15:30. Moderated by Martin Bryant from The Next Web

Please come by Motorola Mobility’s Home stand at IBC 2012 (Stand D31, Hall 1) to learn more.

For live updates throughout the show, please follow us on Twitter at @motomedia2go and #IBCSHOW and visit our blog, MediaExperiences2Go.

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Instant Evolution – Plugging into the Future of TV at IBC

September 4, 2012 : BY Motorola

For the past five decades, IBC has showcased fresh thinking, new ideas and industry-leading innovations in video, television and broadcast. And this year’s show is no exception. Over time, we’ve seen the very meaning of “broadcast” evolve from analog tapes to digital files, from living rooms to on-the-go social networks, with new technologies leading the charge in delivering killer content to meet consumers’ evolving needs.

This year’s keynote speech is “Creativity and Technology Forces Combine – Transcend the Barriers of Convention and Rethink What Can Be Achieved.” And who better than 7-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, actor, producer and entrepreneur, wil.I.am to kick off the creativity?

TV viewing experiences are constantly changing and evolving, and we must “rethink what can be achieved” if we want to unleash the power of true innovation. With this in mind, Motorola Mobility Home will be exhibiting the transformation of the TV ecosystem through ubiquitous connectivity and ever-evolving content discovery trends. Perhaps most importantly, Motorola Home executives will be on hand to discuss how service providers can take full advantage of this unprecedented consumer demand for richer, more personal TV viewing experiences.

As always, we’re excited to hear your thoughts about these important trends and see what new innovations will define this year’s IBC.

Please come by Motorola Mobility’s Home stand at IBC 2012 (Stand D31, Hall 1) and rethink the future of TV.

For live updates throughout the show, please follow us on Twitter at @motomedia2go and #IBCSHOW and visit our blog, MediaExperiences2Go.

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Top 5 Tech Articles You Might Have Missed – Week of August 6, 2012

August 10, 2012 : BY Motorola

This week coverage focused on trends around Social TV and viewer adoption of multi-screen experiences. Broadcasting Engineering detailed a new study from the Pew Research Center, which found that an increasing number of consumers are blending their TV viewing and online experiences to further enhance their Olympic experience. Furthermore, The Council for Research Excellence announced plans to conduct a three-pronged study in order to better determine how social media is impacting the TV industry. Advancements in DVRs were highlighted in a World TV PC article featuring quotes from a Bob Scheffler interview with Multichannel News in May discussing Motorola’s vision to deliver a “whole world DVR” solution.

Things are starting to gear up for the fall trade show season as TechRadar reported that American entertainer Will.i.am will kick-off IBC 2012 with a keynote on the role of technology in the creative process. Additionally, Multichannel News shared that the Spotlight Pavilion at the Cable-Tec Expo 2012 will host a special “Digital Video 2.0″ exhibit area for advancements in multi-screen video delivery and the next-generation digital home. Stay tuned to see what innovations we’ll showcase in the evolution of TV and smart, simple connected home.

1.     Americans augment Olympics TV viewing with social networks, online video, finds Pew (August 8th) By Phil Kurz, Broadcast Engineering: As America becomes a multiscreen society, so too has the way Americans are following the London Olympics, according to the latest findings from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

2.     CRE to Study The Impact of Social Media On TV Viewing (August 6) By George Winslow, Broadcasting & Cable: In a sign that advertisers and TV programmers would like better data on how social media is impacting the TV industry, the Council for Research Excellence has announced that it will be conducting a three-pronged study on the relationship between social media and TV viewing.

3.     Motorola Developing Whole World DVR For Multi-Device Viewing (August 8th) By Aaron Monopoli, WORLD TV PC: Think of a world where DVR is Everywhere. This is exactly what the team at Motorola Mobility is focused on assembling as we speak.

4.     Cable-Tec Expo To Train Spotlight On Next-Gen Digital Home (August 7) By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News: The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is angling to sign up vendors to showcase their multiscreen-video wares in a special “Digital Video 2.0″ exhibit area at its flagship Cable-Tec Expo 2012 in October in Orlando, Fla.

5.     Will.i.am to deliver mind-boggling keynote at IBC 2012 (August 8th) By Kate Solomon, TechRadar: Musician, judge, autotune devotee, torch-carrier and serial tech-event-attendee Will.i.am is to deliver a keynote speech at IBC 2012.

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Motorola Participates in the 2012 NCTC Independent Show

July 31, 2012 : BY Motorola

Last week, Motorola Home participated in the National Cable Television Cooperative’s (NCTC) Independent Show in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. With more than 320 operator attendees, representing 180 service providers (cable and telco), and a total show attendance of more than 1,100 – this year was the highest attended event in NCTC history.

Motorola’s participation in this show helps to emphasize our commitment to regional service providers by highlighting our cost-effective, next-generation, consumer experiences that can be easily deployed across their existing networks. Attendees received live booth demos of Motorola’s DreamGallery, 4Home and Carrier Ethernet solutions, to name a few.

During the show, it was announced that Motorola won request for proposals (RFPs) from the National Cable Television Cooperative Inc. (NCTC) for standard- and high-definition Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) devices. DTAs are inexpensive, one-way “channel-zappers” that convert digital signals to analog signals, allowing operators free up spectrum for DOCSIS 3.0 and more HD services, and can help small- and mid-sized operators kick-start their all-digital video migrations.

NCTC members can buy DTAs from any vendor, but this deal gives members access to special pricing on Motorola equipment that’s lower than they can probably get on their own. According to NCTC President and CEO Rich Fickle, Motorola “really stepped up” on product pricing and support to secure the organization’s first RFP on the video devices. To learn more, check out this article from Light Reading.

Tagged as: 4home, DreamGallery, home, independent show, light reading, nctc

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Demonstrating the Evolution of TV at the Japan Cable Show

July 25, 2012 : BY Motorola

Consumer hunger for connected homes and social TV is driving huge change in the consumption of media around the globe, including in Japan. Motorola Mobility had a chance to demonstrate the evolution of TV and the smart, simple connected home at the Japan Cable Tech Show 2012, held 18-19 July.
 
At the show, Motorola showcased the latest in Cable Wi-Fi and CMTS, as well as software platforms from our Converged Solutions business, including DreamGallery and 4Home/EDGE. The Motorola booth was highly trafficked throughout the show, and Hiroshi Suzuki, president of Motorola Mobility Japan, was in attendance to help demonstrate to Japanese media how Motorola is delivering interactive and exciting TV experiences to consumers.

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Network Infrastructure

Motorola Mobility Continues to Innovate POL Infrastructure Portfolio

June 27, 2012 : BY Motorola

Motorola continues to enhance the capabilities of its Passive Optical LAN solution with the introduction of the WT24004 (Workgroup Terminal). Leading the migration to the smart, simple and connected enterprise, Motorola’s WT24004 further reduces network complexity by consolidating Passive Optical LAN (POL) connectivity in applications with a high concentration of end users and IP-enabled devices, such as wireless access points, security badge readers and security cameras. Read more in today’s press release here.

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Top Ten Reasons Cable Needs Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming

June 19, 2012 : BY Motorola

Author: Gerry White, Chief Architect, Network Infrastructure

Nobody is disputing the value of adaptive bit rate (ABR) video streaming, but in the cable industry, there continues to be debate over when ABR or multicast should be used for IP video delivery. We believe ABR is almost always the superior option. And in the David Letterman tradition, here’s a look at the top ten reasons why.

  1. Adaptive bit rate is better than multicast for dealing with home firewalls – Since ABR protocols use HTTP, they are far better suited that multicast streaming video protocols for navigating firewalls on a home broadband network.
  2. ABR makes it easier to support advanced services – Using playlist manipulation, ABR provides tremendous flexibility for re-directing a client device on the fly to deliver targeted content.
  3. ABR is good for second screens on net and off net – ABR protocols have become the de facto standard for IP video delivery to consumer devices, which means service providers can take advantage of built-in compatibility as new gadgets are developed.
  4. ABR handles unpredictable latency well – Home wireless networks often have variable latency levels, which make ABR a good option for delivering video because the technology can adjust video streams as network quality fluctuates.
  5. Adaptive bit rate is CDN-friendly – Multicast video can’t exploit Internet-based content delivery network (CDN) technologies because there is additional complexity involved with session management and resulting error detection and recovery requirements.
  6. ABR provides better QoE – ABR allows operators to deliver high-quality video when network conditions allow, rather than default to a lower quality in order to support all users.
  7. ABR has error recovery built in – ABR is built on a reliable TCP protocol that has error recovery already built into it, so any packets lost during congestion are automatically retransmitted.
  8. ABR reduces capacity needs for on-demand content – While multicast streaming reduces bandwidth requirements for linear video delivery, it does nothing for on-demand video streaming, while ABR provides bandwidth advantages in both situations.
  9. ABR supports fast channel changes – ABR protocols are well-suited to fast change times as they can quickly load lower bit rate streams, then switch to higher bit rates as bandwidth is available.
  10. Adaptive bit rate delivers immediate advantages – Multicast video streaming will only provide significant bandwidth savings when IP video penetration levels are high, but ABR advantages apply immediately.

For more information, check out these videos:

Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming for Cable Operators

Using the CMTS as a Control Point for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming

Other blog entries from Gerry:

  • Five Reasons Why Multicast Video Won’t Save Bandwidth in an IP World, Part 1 and Part 2

Note: Motorola will be participating in the “Managing and Monetizing OTT Video” conference hosted by Light Reading on Thursday, June 21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information about the conference, which features sessions on ABR and multi-screen video, visit this link.

 

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Enabling Europe’s Cable Operators to Address the Lucrative Enterprise Network Services Market

June 13, 2012 : BY Motorola

ANGA Cable is now in full swing and we’re enjoying our visit to Cologne. If you’ve been keeping an eye on our blog, you’ll know that we’ve been making a number of European announcements and, today, we have some more news to share.

New to Europe, and debuting at this year’s show, we’re launching our innovative Carrier Ethernet product line. The availability of the product portfolio in Europe should be good news for European operators who will now be able to leverage their HFC infrastructure for flexible deployment of integrated or independently-deployed enterprise services and mobile backhaul.

Our Carrier Ethernet portfolio is versatile portfolio is designed to help service providers deploy cost-effective enterprise networking and mobile backhaul services to satisfy a diverse set of needs and offer an end-to-end solution.  Cable service providers can utilize the existing hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) infrastructure to expand their service offering, generating new revenue streams and increasing the return on investment from their installed HFC plant. This is a “one-stop shop” offering service providers high-quality Carrier Ethernet products at competitive price points, enabling service providers to continue to expand their share of the lucrative Ethernet enterprise network services market.

Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Network Infrastructure, Motorola Mobility, said: “Cable service providers are looking for new and innovative ways to expand their business services offerings, including serving the exploding bandwidth requirements in the enterprise and mobile backhaul market.  A key differentiation point is that these solutions can be addressed by using the service provider’s existing HFC infrastructure or deployed independently, directly to the Ethernet end-point.”

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Motorola Mobility Booth Photos @ ANGA Cable 2012

June 12, 2012 : BY Motorola

Check out some photos below from the Motorola Mobility booth @ ANGA Cable 2012 below.

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Live from ANGA Cable 2012: Introducing APEX3000 to Europe

June 12, 2012 : BY Motorola

We’re reporting, this week, from the ANGA Cable show in Cologne, Germany. Hot off the press on the first day of this year’s event is the news that our super-dense, fully redundant APEX3000 Universal Edge QAM has now arrived in Europe.

As a result European operators will now be able to migrate to IP and CCAP simply and easily and, as a result of a number of new features, operators will be able to take advantage of their UEQAM investment across multiple different narrowcast services including both video and DOCSIS (M-CMTS) QAM channels.

New features include the addition of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) capabilities which help operators design powerful and scalable IP home connectivity services whilst keeping operational costs down.

Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Network Infrastructure Solutions, Motorola Mobility, said at ANGA Cable today: “Operators who select the APEX3000 will have the opportunity to standardize on a single high-density platform that will support DVB, M-CMTS and unicast based services today and reduce the cost of migration to CCAP in the near future.  This demonstrates our continued commitment to innovate and provide solutions our customers are asking for, and Motorola is ready to deliver.”

For more information on Motorola’s APEX3000, visit here.  Also, watch this space for more news from ANGA Cable this week or follow us on Twitter for regular updates.

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