Cisco plans combined TV, Web video set-top box - WSJ
Cisco Systems plans to unveil a television set-top box that combines elements of Web video services with live, on-demand and recorded TV, according to the Wall Street Journal.
January 05, 2011 / 09:41 IST
Cisco Systems plans to unveil a television set-top box that combines elements of Web video services with live, on-demand and recorded TV, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Journal said on Tuesday that Cisco would sell the hybrid boxes to cable operators like Comcast, helping them to fight off competitors offering online video services, such as Google and Apple. Cisco declined to comment on the story and instead pointed at comments it made in and e-mail flagging its Wednesday press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show here.It said it would use the conference to to reveal how it will help service providers and content providers offer a combination of paid television, Internet video services and on-demand video service.The network equipment maker said it would explain its role in helping service providers "meet the challenges and opportunities presented by the convergence of pay TV, online and on-demand video.Cisco entered the TV set-top box market through its acquisition of Scientific Atlanta in 2006. Invite your friends and family to sign up for MC Tech 3, our daily newsletter that breaks down the biggest tech and startup stories of the day
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