Just a short time ago, while looking around on the internet, I found this article from Jan. 2015:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...r-cisco-said-to-unveil-cloud-cable-tv-service
It looks like Charter is getting serious about competing with the big boys!
Here is a quote from that above referenced article:
Charter Communications Inc. unveiled a cloud-based cable-television service backed by technology from Cisco Systems Inc., bolstering the company’s efforts to compete against much larger rivals.
The system is called Worldbox and will let Charter update the look and feel of its services regardless of the set-top box used by customers, the companies said. Charter Chief Executive Officer Tom Rutledge showed the initiative today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, which is supplying data-center and networking equipment to Charter.
“Smart networks make dumb screens smart,” Rutledge said today at a CES presentation. “We can take any kind of device and make it a sophisticated device.”
By using cloud-computing technology to deliver software updates, Charter will be able to add features and content quickly, instead of sending technicians to install new machines in homes and businesses. The approach will let Charter compete more effectively with Comcast Corp. and other pay-TV companies by lowering costs and delivering new products to customers more efficiently, according to Craig Moffett, a founder of research firm MoffettNathanson LLC.
“Charter’s approach is much faster and much cheaper, because there’s no set-top boxes to install,” Moffett said in an interview. “Financially, it’s a transformative strategy.”
And here is just one more Link with a small photo of the Worldbox:
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/charter-unveils-its-worldbox/386685
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...r-cisco-said-to-unveil-cloud-cable-tv-service
It looks like Charter is getting serious about competing with the big boys!
Here is a quote from that above referenced article:
Charter Communications Inc. unveiled a cloud-based cable-television service backed by technology from Cisco Systems Inc., bolstering the company’s efforts to compete against much larger rivals.
The system is called Worldbox and will let Charter update the look and feel of its services regardless of the set-top box used by customers, the companies said. Charter Chief Executive Officer Tom Rutledge showed the initiative today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, which is supplying data-center and networking equipment to Charter.
“Smart networks make dumb screens smart,” Rutledge said today at a CES presentation. “We can take any kind of device and make it a sophisticated device.”
By using cloud-computing technology to deliver software updates, Charter will be able to add features and content quickly, instead of sending technicians to install new machines in homes and businesses. The approach will let Charter compete more effectively with Comcast Corp. and other pay-TV companies by lowering costs and delivering new products to customers more efficiently, according to Craig Moffett, a founder of research firm MoffettNathanson LLC.
“Charter’s approach is much faster and much cheaper, because there’s no set-top boxes to install,” Moffett said in an interview. “Financially, it’s a transformative strategy.”
And here is just one more Link with a small photo of the Worldbox:
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/charter-unveils-its-worldbox/386685
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