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From CCBN: Set-Top Box Tech Tailored For China’s Growing Cable Market

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Mar. 21, 2013

BEIJING — From the floor of the China Content Broadcasting Network show this week, one trend is clear: Growth is on the horizon for the cable television landscape in China.

Today’s cable industry in China is expanding at full tilt for a number of reasons. First, a change in administration is expected to bring a boost to the economy and increase capital spending on infrastructure. Second, a sweeping Next-Generation Broadband initiative and a nationwide transition from analog to digital broadcast …

Report: Broadcom’s Home Networking Technologies Rank First for Innovation

 By: Natalie Martinez Posted: Jan. 24, 2013

When it comes to home networking technologies, Broadcom is an industry leader that is “well-positioned to lead” the hybrid wired-wireless networking space, according to an analyst report issued today by ABI Research.

In the report, Broadcom was named first among the top five chipmakers for innovation and implementation of home networking technologies. That conclusion was based on a competitive analysis by ABI that looked at the top home networking standards, such as HomePlug, MoCA, Wi-Fi and others.…

Broadcom’s Michael Hurlston on CES Panel: “Six Wireless Technologies You’ll Want to Know”

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

Things got seriously geeky during one of the hundreds of specialized breakout sessions at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Certainly, everyone here at the show wants to know what the next big thing will be. So it’s no surprise that a panel called “Six Wireless Technology You’ll Want to Know” would attract a standing-room-only audience.

Among those talking shop and debating the future of wireless tech was Broadcom’s own Michael Hurlston, senior vice president and general manager of wireless …

CNET’s Next Big Thing: How to Handle Ubiquitous Connectivity?

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

What do you get when you put a hot-headed entrepreneur, a consumer electronics exec, a mobile carrier exec and an automotive futurist together in a room? About a dozen different opinions about ubiquitous connectivity.

That’s what CNET editors discovered when they hosted the Next Big Thing panel Tuesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show. The topic up for debate was the “post-mobile future,” which is yet another phrase to characterize the burgeoning “Internet of Things” trend. The overall …

Tech Overdrive: Inside the Broadcom Booth at CES

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

The technology practically jumps out at you when you walk into Broadcom’s booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

As the annual CES show kicked off in Las Vegas, a flood of industry analysts, reporters, customers and executives converged on the the company’s red-emblazoned private booth, complete with 350 linear feet of live demos. All were there to gawk at Broadcom’s latest and greatest connectivity-related designs, which will roll out in consumer devices over the next year and a half.…

IPTV Gets Supercharged with 5G WiFi

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

Perhaps the most salient feature of the “always-on” digital age is that consumers want their content, and they want it now.

Whether it’s viewed on a smart TV, a tablet or a smartphone, streamed via an Internet-connected set-top box or stored on a laptop and beamed to another device, the expectation is still the same: Access to content should be easy, seamless, and available anytime, anywhere in the home.

For cable, satellite and other pay-TV operators around the world, the …

Home Theater of the Future: Ultra HD Gets Real at CES

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

By now you’ve likely heard that the buzz around 4KTV, or Ultra HD, has reached a deafening roar during the first day of this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show.

Hundreds of thousands of show-goers are flocking to exhibitors’ booths today to watch television — not for the programming, but rather for the picture quality. Ultra HD TV (or Ultra High Definition) is the insider’s lingo for an upcoming display technology the Consumer Electronics Association has defined as delivering a …

Broadcom and Samsung Bring Google’s Android Experience to the TV

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

The momentum behind the growth of Google’s Android ecosystem is showing no signs of a slowdown. Android’s online store, counts some 700,000 apps and games in its portfolio and last year added movies, TV shows, music, books, news and magazines to the lineup. In September, Google’s Eric Schmidt said there are already more than a half-billion Android devices on the market and that more than one million new devices are activated daily.

Now, Google is taking it to the next …

Netgear Picks Broadcom for Powerline Push

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Jan. 07, 2013

They call it “no-hassle networking.”

It’s a phrase that’s music to our ears this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where every kind of shiny, new gadget is vying for both an Internet connection and spot in our homes.

We’ve talked about the simplicity and intuitiveness of Powerline Communications and how the HomePlug Alliance, a Broadcom partner and champion of Powerline networking standard HomePlug AV, is taking the technology to the next level with new products all …

Comcast Picks Broadcom for Cloud-based IPTV Set-Tops

 By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Jan. 07, 2013

Comcast is on the road to an all IP-based set-top box, and Broadcom’s helping it get there.

It’s one of the many cable innovations being delivered through powerful new set-top boxes on display across the convention center floor at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

Cable operators like Comcast are hoping to thrill subscribers with new offerings that go beyond the typical “triple play” broadband package. 

The rise of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) boxes and …

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