Daniel Frankel
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Set-tops and Devices
Latest Headlines
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Vimeo partners get Apple, Roku in-app subscription capability courtesy of VHX
Online video provider Vimeo is already seeing benefits from its recent acquisition of VHX, as the white-label solutions vendor announced that Vimeo partners can now offer seamless subscription to their branded apps on Apple iOS, Apple TV and Roku devices.
Sen. Hatch worried about copyright protections in FCC's set-top proposal
Senator Orrin Hatch voiced concerns over the FCC's set-top box proposal, specifically about the proposal's potential to upend carefully negotiated licensing agreements between multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and content providers.
Charter pursuing Netflix, Hulu integration
Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge said his company, which just completed its acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, is pursuing integration of OTT services like Netflix and Hulu.
House Dems back FCC's set-top proposal, attack 'aggressive campaign to spread misinformation'
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Congressman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) have issued a joint letter urging their colleagues to support the FCC's plan to allow pay-TV customers to purchase their own third-party set-tops instead of renting while blasting the "aggressive campaign that has spread misinformation" since the original proposal.
Comcast mulls selling HDR-capable Xi5 at retail
BOSTON-- As it continues to try to distance itself from the leased set-top business, Comcast is considering making its upcoming Xi5 box available for retail sale, a company rep told FierceCable.
WOW makes first deployment of TiVo-powered hybrid set-tops
BOSTON-- WOW Internet, Cable and Phone has made the first deployments of Evolution Digital's TiVo-powered eBox hybrid set-tops for its low-cost "Swivel" video service.
Powell stands firm against FCC policy proposals, calling them 'tectonic shifts' for cable industry
BOSTON-- NCTA Chairman Michael Powell, in the opening keynote here, lauded the cable industry's shift into "high gear" in terms of innovation and change during a "transformative period," but held fast to his view that Washington regulators are stifling that progress through dramatic policy changes.
Cisco, Roku partner to put VideoGuard security on Roku devices
Cisco and Roku announced a collaboration that will bake the Cisco VideoGuard Everywhere video service protection solution into Roku streaming players and Roku TVs.
RDK now deployed in more than 15 million devices
Reference Design Kit (RDK) is using INTX 2016 in Boston to tout some growth numbers within the global pay-TV market, announcing that more than 15 million devices are now running RDK, a software stack for IP set-tops, gateways and other devices.
Comcast tells FCC it's not "feasible" to run its network code on third-party set-tops
Comcast this week met with the FCC to spell out its various objections to the agency's proposed new set-top rules. The MSO told FCC officials that it's not "feasible" for Comcast's network code to run on third-party devices without its applications.
