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As the cable industry continues to look for ways to embrace Internet video, MSOs are taking increased interest in new devices that can handle both traditional TV and broadband data. A single box includes a cable modem and TV tuners, along with home-networking capability and other bells and whistles. This movement is an extension of an age-old concept of installing a single box in the home that can manage and distribute media and services all around the home.
These new "superboxes" go by many names – including digital media centers, whole-home solutions, multimedia gateways and hybrid gateways. The latter seems most appropriate, since the current devices are combining video and data technologies into a single platform.
But what is a hybrid gateway really? Is it a souped-up set-top box (STB) that provides whole-home DVR and IP capability? Or is it a Docsis 3.0 modem that also supports QAM video and provides home networking? During a Light Reading Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference in April 2011, the definition of a gateway was described as "murky."
At the 2011 Cable Show in June, the picture became much clearer. Major STB and cable modem suppliers displayed hybrid gateways that showcased what these new devices can do. The key technologies include a Docsis 3.0 modem, QAM video tuners, a big DVR hard drive, transcoding technology, and home networking capability to spread media to thin client boxes and broadband-connected devices. Consumers likely will get a new user interface for media navigation, while cable providers will have new software tools to remotely manage the devices and services.
These hybrid gateways are to cable devices as SUVs are to cars: Where SUVs combined the familiar features of a car with the muscle of a pickup truck, hybrid gateways provide the familiarity of TV with the power of broadband. The result will be a user experience that is currently unimagined.
STB suppliers and makers of cable modems will come together on the new battlefield of hybrid gateways. In addition to Arris and Pace, hybrid gateways were displayed at the Cable Show by Cisco, Motorola, Samsung and Technicolor. Other suppliers vying for attention at the show included Echostar Technologies, Hitron Technologies, Huawei and TiVo – all of which offer souped-up boxes that could morph into hybrid gateways.
The Superbox Arrives: Hybrid Gateways to Unify TV & IP explores the prospects for hybrid gateways, including the market drivers, key technologies, MSO roadmaps, benefits and challenges. It also profiles six suppliers that showed hybrid gateways at the 2011 Cable Show.
U.S. MSOs have been busy sorting through their IP video strategies, so their commitments to hybrid gateways are only beginning to emerge. All of the major MSOs are known to be at least exploring gateway deployments. Worldwide, some deployments are underway, as listed in the excerpt below. In addition, other MSOs are said to be engaged in lab trials and field tests over the next six to nine months, with rollouts expected next year.
Companies profiled in this report include: Arris Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS); Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO); Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI); Pace plc (London: PIC); Samsung Corp. (Seoul: 5930); and Technicolor S.A. (NYSE: TCH; Euronext Paris: TMS).
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