Consumer electronics manufacturer, Samsung, and cable MSO's, Time Warner Cable and Advance/Newhouse Communications, announced earlier this month that interactive digital cable services have now gone live on OCAP-compliant Samsung HL-S5686C DLP HDTV sets and SMT-H3050 HDTV set-top boxes on Time Warner Cable's New York City systems; and that those services will soon be rolled out in other cities (including Milwaukee, Wisconsin) served by Time Warner Cable, as well as in cities covered by Advance/Newhouse's Bright House Networks cable systems. The announcement was made during the opening night of Time Warner Cable's "Home to the Future" exhibit, a four-story, interactive installation inside the Time Warner Center in New York City's Columbus Circle (note: the exhibit opened January 17th and will run for three weeks).
New interactive cable services from Time Warner Cable that are running on the OCAP-enabled Samsung devices include its OCAP Digital Navigator and its in-house-developed EPG. "This underlines our commitment to fully deploy OCAP on all of our systems, and confirms our growing relationship with Samsung, a leader in consumer electronics," Time Warner Cable president and CEO, Glenn Britt, said in a prepared statement. "OCAP will foster the national launch of interactive applications and these Samsung products will enable consumers to enjoy the full range of interactive services with or without a set-top box."
Originally Published: January 31, 2007 in [itvt] Issue 7.16 Part 2
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