Tag Archives: OCAP

Comcast Finally Deploying TiVo Software For General Customers

Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 by MegaZone

It seems that Comcast is finally letting the TiVo software out in the wild. Sure, there have been awkward statements about it running on some ‘non-employee’ boxes for a while and such – which very likely means ‘friends and family’ … Continue reading →

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OpenCable Platform vs. Digital Cable Ready Plus

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2007 by MegaZone

Multichannel News has a good article on the disagreement between the NCTA, backing OCAP, and the CEA, backing DCR+. It doesn’t go into painful detail, but I think it serves as a decent overview for someone curious about the standoff. … Continue reading →

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TiVo To Embrace OCAP On Their Hardware

Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 by MegaZone

Yesterday, in an exparte filing with the FCC, TiVo revealed potential future product plans. The first part of the filing covers the Tuning Resolver solution for Switched Digital Video. Pursuant to this arrangement, TiVo and the cable industry have developed … Continue reading →

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Interesting TiVo mention

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by MegaZone

SearchNetworking.com has an article about Cisco’s movies into the IP video market which contains a couple of TiVo mentions: Second, the Scientific Atlanta deal helped Cisco find an ally in TiVo, the digital video recording company. “The combination of Scientific … Continue reading →

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TiVo: Cable DVR software “much easier said than done”

Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 by MegaZone

Broadcast Newsroom has a new article on TiVo’s software development efforts for Comcast, which shed some light on the lengthy development process. “The idea was” if you could somehow take a generic [set-top] box and download the TiVo software over … Continue reading →

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