DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications) News

Motorola Delivers Enhanced Viewing Experiences and More HD Content with Next-Generation DVR Set-Tops
Jan 3, 2008 – As the cable industry prepares to deliver increasing amounts of high definition (HD) content, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced a new generation of MPEG-4 set-tops that reinforce the company's leadership position in the digital video market.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, CES2025, DOCSIS, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

IPTV Deployments More Than Double In a Year as Broadband Continues to Achieve Strong Growth
Oct 8, 2007 – The DSL Forum today announced new broadband and IPTV statistics at the Broadband World Forum Europe in Berlin. The statistics, prepared for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic, show that the number of people using IPTV services increased by 179 per cent in the 12 months to 30 June 2007.
News categories: Point Topic, DSL Forum, Africa, Asia, BBWF, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

Verimatrix Enters the Cable Market with VCAS for Cable IPTV
Sep 4, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced its latest content security solution VCAS™ for Cable IPTV, an innovative solution for affordable delivery of secure IPTV services over cable.
News categories: Verimatrix, GoBackTV, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DOCSIS, IBCShow, IPTV

Spec Combo Could Boost Cable IPTV
Jul 3, 2007 – CableLabs and its members are starting to noodle a new version of OpenCable that could pave the way for MSOs to offer a broad range of IP-based video applications directly to the set-top box. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Cable Modem Shipments Set New Record
Apr 25, 2007 – Combined worldwide shipments of cable data and voice modems came close to hitting 30 million units for the first time in 2006, thanks to rising MSO demand for both standard data-only modems and the newer voice-data combination models. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS

Conexant Launches DOCSIS 2.0+ IC Solutions
Feb 12, 2007 – Conexant Systems (NASDAQ:CNXT) has introduced a new family of DOCSIS 2.0+/EuroDOCSIS 2.0+ cable modem integrated circuits (ICs) for traditional broadcast and next-generation IP-based broadband video services.
News categories: Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Debuts Cable STB IC With HD AVC/VC-1 Decoding, Channel Bonding and Downloadable Security
Jan 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a cable STB chip that includes support for DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 cable modem specifications, as well as downstream channel bonding compatible with the upcoming DOCSIS 3.0 specification.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box