An older article, URL at the bottom, from 2014, said that Charter was working
on its own combined MPEG-2 TS plus IP STB, to convert everything to IP on
customer premises. It seems like they had a change of heart. Why not just go IP
instead?
Bert
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http://www.multichannel.com/news/video/charter-lineup-joins-roku/394487
Charter Lineup Joins Roku
Spectrum TV App to Be Channel on Streaming Platform
10/12/2015 3:15 PM Eastern
Last updated at 10/12/2015 6:12 PM
By: John Eggerton
Charter's OTT-friendliness, which has been one of its major selling points in
Washington for a proposed Time Warner Cable merger, just got friendlier.
Charter President Tom Rutledge said Monday (Oct. 12) that its customers would
be able to use Roku devices to access TV content on any Roku-connected screen
in the house using the Spectrum TV app, which means the device will offer cable
channels alongside streamed over-the-top (OTT) content on those sets. More info
about the new Spectrum TV app for Roku is available here.
"We congratulate Charter on embracing consumers' desire to stream the video
they want," said Andrew Ferrone, VP of pay TV at Roku, in announcing the
agreement to make the Spectrum TV app a channel on the Roku platform.
The announcement also dovetails with cable operator arguments to the FCC that
the marketplace is combining traditional and new online video content. It also
comes soon after Roku introduced a new 4K-capable model, the Roku 4, and a new
operating system for its streaming platform.
"We will continue to add greater functionality to the channel on Roku devices,
including On Demand, and plan to make Spectrum TV available on additional
consumer electronic set-top boxes and screens," said Rutledge in a statement.
Charter said Spectrum TV will be available on Roku streaming players, its
Streaming Stick and integrated Roku TVs. The Spectrum TV App is also available
on iOS and Android devices.
Charter's support for retail devices fits into a broader, cloud-focused video
and user interface strategy that will also include the Worldbox, a leased
set-top platform that features Charter's new downloadable video security
platform. Charter told the FCC that it had begun to deploy the Worldbox earlier
this year. Cisco Systems, which is selling its CPE business to Technicolor, and
Humax are among the known suppliers of the Worldbox. Industry sources confirmed
earlier this year that Charter is also in talks to extend its downloadable
system to TiVo boxes sold at retail.
According to Parks Associates figures, Roku led the streaming-device market in
2014 with 29% of U.S. sales.
-Multichannel News technology editor Jeff Baumgartner contributed to this
report.
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This is the 2014 article:
http://www.telecompetitor.com/charter-set-top-box-technology-important-breakthrough/
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