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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 …

Ultra HD Heads to the Living Room with Broadcom’s Video Technology

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Mar. 20, 2013

The arrival of Ultra HD (Ultra High Definition) television, which took center stage at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, is poised to be the next big thing in home entertainment. With display resolutions of about 4,000 x 2,000 pixels on screens that reach some 84 inches, the larger-than-life viewing experience is one that consumers are already excited about.

But before people can start enjoying all that those screens have to offer, the video content distributors — the IPTV, cable and satellite …

Pay TV Goes Global: Countdown to Russia’s Digital Transition

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Jan. 28, 2013

Paid television services are on a growth tear in countries around the world — and Russia is emerging as a standout.

At the CSTB Conference in Moscow this week, Broadcom’s Dan Marotta, executive vice president and general manager of the Broadband Communications Group, will address the attendees from the keynote stage to talk about the technologies that enable the portability of video and introduce the company’s latest offerings for the country’s upcoming switch to digital TV.

“Russian audiences increasingly …

VentureBeat Interview: Highlights from CES with CTO Henry Samueli

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Jan. 16, 2013

VentureBeat‘s Dean Takahashi sat down with Broadcom co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer Henry Samueli at the company’s booth during last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The resulting interview, “Explore the Internet’s future with Broadcom’s broadband pipe dreamer Henry Samueli,” zeroed in on the inevitable bandwidth bottlenecks in the home as consumers demand higher quality video content and expect to watch that content on multiple devices. Samueli talks about how HEVC for Ultra HD TVs and …

Boxee’s Latest Set-Top Creation on Display at CES

 By: Nawar Fadil Posted: Jan. 10, 2013

The 2010 debut of the Boxee Box garnered a lot of attention for the scrappy Israeli startup with the same name, drawing some appeal for its hefty tech chops, as well as its eye-catching industrial design.

This year, Boxee TV is back with a new, sleeker design and a $99 price tag that’s sure to catch the attention of price-conscious consumers looking for some extra freedom when it comes to watching television. Certainly, the concept of what Boxee offers — a …

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.…

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 …

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 …

Broadcom and CRI Thwart Set-Top Box Content Pirates

 By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

In the age of on-demand television — where DVRs, Netflix and mobile streaming give viewers instant access to their favorite programming — the broadcasters themselves haven’t moved much. Shaken by the piracy that has been compromising their content since the arrival of the Internet, broadcasters have been almost overly cautious about protecting their programming.

They’re kind of justified. Take this recent example: The uber-popular HBO series “Game of Thrones” saw so much pirating that the number of downloads per episode almost …

C-DOCSIS Greenlighted, Ushers Next-Gen Broadband to China

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Nov. 01, 2012

As the cable TV and broadband experience in China goes through an upgrade, government officials are looking to standardize the underlying architecture so that operators not only can offer a reliable, high quality TV and Internet experience but also accelerate deployment of services for cable devices.

This initiative, known as Next Generation Broadband, or NGB, is driving the convergence of networks in China to accelerate so-called “triple play” services of voice, video and data that are bundled for consumers.

Broadcom …

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