Digital TV News: Multimedia over Coax Alliance

IEEE 1905.1 industry standard moves to product design stage
Jan 9, 2012 – The IEEE 1905.1 Working Group has approved its Hybrid Networking (P1905.1) draft standard. The industry standard combines the mobility of wireless with the performance of wires to enable the next-generation networked home.
News categories: Powerline Alliance, IEEE 1905.1, Blu-ray, Gaming, Gateway, Home Server, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Pace server hub to enable DIRECTV multiroom DVR service
Sep 19, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced that the company's HR34 server is the central hub in the DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) Home Media Center, set to launch October 2011. The HR34 enables the satellite industry's first fully interconnected DVR experience.
News categories: Pace plc, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Satellite, Smart Home, USA

ViXS Announces Highly Integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance, MoCA®, System on Chip Solutions
Aug 11, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced the XC1020, an optimized MoCA 1.1 Ethernet over Coax Bridge (ECB) solution to create whole home networking over existing coax in the home.
News categories: ViXS Systems, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

HomePlug Node Shipments to Surpass 30 Million by 2014
Jun 29, 2011 – Acording to In-Stat, set-top box home networking will be dominated by MoCA over the next five years. However, G.hn will make impressive gains becoming the second most popular standard by 2013 and challenging MoCA by 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ViXS Announces the First Network Media Processor with Quad Transcoding and Integrated MoCA®
Jun 15, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced the XCode® 5195, the first network media processor, with quad transcoding and an integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) networking functionality.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home

TiVo Uses Entropic Communications' Silicon to Deliver Unparalleled Home Entertainment Performance
Jun 14, 2011 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has adopted its MoCA®-based silicon to support its multi-room streaming solution.
News categories: Entropic Communications, TiVo Inc, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

HomePlug, HomePNA and MoCA Networking Nodes Shipments Surpass 40 Million in 2010
Apr 26, 2011 – The demand for more bandwidth-consuming applications is causing service providers to turn to wired networking solutions, propelling non-Ethernet home networking node shipments past the 40 million units in 2010, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces Its Complete Hardware and Software GPON Residential Gateway Solution
Oct 27, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the availability of its BCM6818 Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)-based residential gateway system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.
News categories: Broadcom, BBWF, Fibre, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Cincinnati Bell Launches Motorola Multi-Room DVR to Subscribers
Jul 27, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) is now deploying Motorola's market leading multi-room digital video recorder (MR-DVR) solution to its subscribers.
News categories: Motorola, Cincinnati Bell, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA