SeaChange International and TiVo will solicit tier 2 cable operat...
SeaChange International and TiVo will solicit tier 2 cable operators in offering video-on-demand through CableCARD-equipped DVRs, a SeaChange official said. Those service providers are the target because larger ones have “fairly mature” plans for tru2way, a SeaChange official said. The…
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service -- billed as a way for MSOs to increase VoD revenue without waiting for tru2way deployment -- uses TiVo electronic program guide to search for VoD content, company officials said. Video will continue to be transmitted using QAM multiplex, but the broadband connection will be used as a return path to set-up streaming and to pause, rewind and fast-forward programing, company officials said. TiVo also signed an agreement with Alticast to graft its DVR software onto Alticast’s middleware platform that’s used in cable set- top boxes and Blu-ray players. Alticast counts Broadcom and Intel among its customers for Blu-ray, and its technology has been used in Samsung, Best Buy’s Insignia and Vizio players, a company spokesman said. Alticast’s tru2way customers include Humax, Kaon, LG Electronics, Pace and Samsung. Alticast’s electronics program guide and DVR software are used in South Korea and the U.S.