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Tech Guide IP Epgs, CT'S INSIDE THIS ISSUE DIGITALHOMEVIDEO RF Remotes, ................page 3 Smart Home News, .....page 4 TEch GUIDE IP EPGs, .......................page 4 Vendor Data, ............ page 5-7 March 2009 New Era in Digital Video Dawns By Jonathan Tombes It’s been more than a dozen years Digital video has a way of creat- since cable operators, following in ing victims—or at least challeng- the wake of their direct broadband es—from its own success. satellite (DBS) competitors, first First, digital compression by trialed digital video. definition increases the number Looked at long term, digital of video streams. That’s good, but video looks like a nearly irresistible what cable ops are still working force. While DBS hit the all-digital out is how to optimize (A) consum- standard at once, in the U.S. cable er interaction with those choices industry digital penetration is now and (B) network management and at 62 percent, according to the capacity for that increased volume NCTA. Comcast is at 70 percent. of channels and choices. Individual cable systems at large Second, the ease with which dig- REPORT: HDMI ON THE MOVE and small operators have flipped ital video can be produced, stored the all-digital switch. and transmitted has ramped up As adoption of HDMI ports approaches 100 percent in digital TV Even the long-awaited transition the number of ways that consum- sets, the interface is now moving into set-top boxes, DVD equip- to digital over-the-air broadcast— ers can receive content. There’s ment and mobile PCs, according to In-Stat report "DVI and HDMI rescheduled from February to satellite, cable and broadcast. But 2008: A Time of Transition." The research firm expects HDMI- June—appears to be at hand. increasingly, video is arriving at the enabled product shipments to increase at an annual rate of 23 home via high-speed data connec- percent between 2007 and 2012. BIG CHALLENGES tions, even displacing the DVDs A range of device segments spanning consumer electronics As the all-digital day dawns, how- consumers once purchased or (CE), computers and computer peripherals is seeing increased ever, not all is sweetness and light. rented. (See Netflix.) adoption of HDMI as well. In the near future, portable elec- Cable operators face substantial That means that the set-top tronic devices, such as camcorders, digital still cameras, and promise but hard work as well. box, or even the TV set, is no lon- portable media players (PMPs) will be among the emerging While the 62 percent nation- ger the only focus of digital video categories to watch. wide figure is strong, as Linda and that the competitive stakes The report further indicates the following: Hardesty notes in this month’s have risen. HDMI adoption in mobile computers is estimated at nearly a cover story, “the remaining 38 per- quarter of all machines shipped in 2008. cent is a tough nut to crack.” USER INTERFACE IPTV set-top boxes will see the highest adoption among pay “(The last decade) was the Given the “archaic” (O’Carroll’s TV set-tops, growing to 85 percent penetration and 17.6 million decade of the Internet and phone word) user interface that prevails boxes by 2012. ... where the next five years today, getting that navigation tool HDMI penetration in portable media players will approach 10 are the era of video again,” said right is an urgent task. percent by 2012. Rogers Cable Communications “We are at a huge risk of being Rising adoption of HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces will nega- SVP Engineering and Network the incumbent in technology,” said tively impact DVI adoption. DVI-enabled product shipments will Operations Dermot O’Carroll at O’Carroll. decline at an annual rate of 30 percent through 2012. the SCTE Summit in February. continued on page 3 Deliver More. Faster. Subscribers want more… more HD, more VoD, more speed, more VoIP, more of everything. We can show you how to do more over your current network with our full set of advanced video solutions. Innovative Cisco solutions deliver a high-quality subscriber experience: DOCSIS 3.0, Powerful Optical Platforms, Switched Digital Video, Business Services, and Connected Home Solutions can help increase service velocity of today’s digital services and act as a platform for a new generation of services. Learn more at www.cisco.com/go/cablevideo. 2 ©2008 Cisco Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved. RF REMOTES RISING Time Warner’s Mystro Digital being deployed in Europe, “where Navigator (MDN), deployed the guide is all done in IP.” (See ABI Research forecasts a 55 percent compound annual growth widely in support of last year’s related sidebar, page 4, on ATIS rate through 2014 for radio frequency (RF) remote controls to transition to the tru2way (OCAP) metadata specs.) command consumer electronics equipment. The move toward platform, took years to devise. Relative scale helps explain RF is expected to displace the traditional infrared (IR) technology for remotes. IR one-way line-of-sight remote controls have traditionally been “ (The last decade) was the decade of the used to command TV sets and set-top boxes, said ABI Senior Analyst Jason Blackwell. RF enables two-way communication Internet and phone ... where the next five between the remote and the device. "That opens up a whole new world of options for the service years are the era of video again.” providers and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers," said Blackwell, who cited possibilities such as delivering content to a – Dermot O'Carroll small screen on the remote control or allowing programming of the digital video recorder (DVR) without interrupting programming Also going back several years O’Carroll’s interest. “There are on the TV set. is TVWorks, the joint venture many developers in the IP world,” The ABI research found that the move to RF remotes is being between Comcast and Cox he said. “There’s not a lot of driven by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), not by con- Communications that took control OCAP TVs.” sumer demand. the assets of interactive TV pio- The promise of OCAP/tru2way "RF in the past has been developed by the tech guys and kind neers and once dot.com darlings is its potential for nurturing the of pushed on the CE guys," Blackwell said. "Finally, the CE manu- Liberate Technologies and MetaTV community of developers who facturers are developing a standard they are comfortable with and in 2005. are eager to build to that rela- then pushing that down." Are these investments panning tively open platform. There remain Four of the major CE manufacturers—Panasonic, Philips, out? The initial MDN rollout left additional questions, such as how Samsung Electronics and Sony—have founded the Radio some unimpressed. An Oct. 14, much effort it takes to certify that Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE) industry consor- 2008, post on engadgetHD had an operator’s digital video infra- tium. The RF4CE Web site states that the purpose of the consor- one Bright House Networks sub- structure is OCAP-compliant. tium is to develop a new protocol that will further the adoption of scriber pining for the “antiquated In any case, a closed platform is RF remote controls for audio/visual devices. but perfectly usable Passport appli- not an especially attractive alterna- The consortium founding members will work together with cation,” with most of the 12 com- tive. At the Canada Summit, Shaw Freescale Semiconductors, OKI and Texas Instruments to create ments agreeing. (Passport was the Cablesytems VP Engineering a standardized specification for RF-based remote controls that guide built by clever programmers Dennis Steiger described the deliver richer communication, increased reliability and more flex- at Aptiv, formerly Panasonic.) implementation of a proprietary UI ible use, states the site. The question is open on wheth- as “brutally painful.” er cable-specific solutions will pre- vail, with analyst Bruce Bahlmann TWO NETWORKS continued from page 1 said one engineer close to the voicing doubts in a December col- How to transport increased vol- Moving into a leading edge project. The impressive display umn in CT. He’s not alone. umes of digital content across position is no trivial task. The for AT&T’s U-Verse product sug- “OCAP may be where we end the variously configured and design of the navigation tool for gests heavy investment. up,” said Rogers SVP O’Carroll at sized cable networks is a ques- Verizon’s cable-like FiOS video ser- The industry’s largest the February event. Yet he con- tion that has preoccupied a large vice involved thousands of coders, MSOs have not stood idle. fessed interest in hybrid boxes contingent of industry engineers editorial design/production editor Jonathan Tombes senior graphic designer Vince Lim [email protected] senior production manager John Blaylock-Cooke managing editor Ron Hendrickson [email protected] Access Intelligence associate editor Linda Hardesty, 4 Choke Cherry Road, 2nd Floor, [email protected] Rockville, Maryland 20850 3 SMART HOME NEWS IP EPGS? Report: Set-Top Volumes to Grow in '09 In July 2008, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Despite the economic downturn, set-top box shipments will see Solutions (ATIS) announced two metadata specifications promot- almost 10 percent growth over the previous year according to ing the delivery of critical information via IP to the set-top. IMS Research. The firm said television remains one of the most Developed within the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) economical forms of entertainment available and is traditionally and added to an existing suite of specifications were the IPTV one of the last expenses to be cut in tough times. Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Metadata Specification (ATIS- IMS Research expects the growth of digital TV households to 0800020) and the IPTV Emergency Alert System (EAS) Metadata continue as digital services become available to new markets.
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