The Company Introduces a New Suite of All-Digital Set-Tops and Progressive
Software Options That Will Enable Consumers to Seamlessly Move Digital
Entertainment Throughout Their Homes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Society of
Cable Telecommunications Engineers Cable-Tec Expo (Henry B. Gonzalez
Convention Center, San Antonio), Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) unveiled a unified
hardware and software strategy that will enable digital cable customers to
move and share digital media throughout their homes.
As the leading provider of digital video solutions for the cable industry,
Motorola's strategy of integrating its all-digital set-tops with home media
networking software presents operators with a compelling, cost-efficient path
for increasing the advanced digital services they offer to subscribers.
Robust Software Platform Enables Sharing of Media Throughout The Home
Motorola's software strategy for whole-home media takes advantage of the
industry-leading Ucentric Digital Home Platform, acquired by Motorola earlier
this year. This suite of applications enables seamless access to digital
entertainment -- such as recorded video on a set-top, music on a computer hard
drive, or pictures on a laptop -- stored on any connected device in the home.
Because of the growing momentum for the open cable applications platform
(OCAP), Motorola plans to offer extensions for OCAP that will enable operators
to tap into the robust networking capabilities of the Motorola Ucentric
platform by Summer 2006. This will enable cable operators to take advantage of
features such as the sharing of tuners and storage across the network from
within their own custom OCAP applications.
All-Digital Set-Tops Extend the Whole-Home Media Network
Motorola's hardware strategy begins with the introduction of the DCT3412,
an all-digital, dual-tuner, high-definition digital video recorder. This
model, along with its sister set-top (the widely deployed Motorola DCT6412,
which also includes analog recording), can serve as the centerpiece of a
whole-home media network. With operator-selectable hard drive sizes (120GB,
160GB, 320GB), this product can serve hours of digital recordings, along with
music, pictures, and more, to any room in the home.
Motorola will also offer a sneak peek at cost-effective, all-digital set-
top concepts designed for secondary rooms in the home. These products will
support OCAP and the Ucentric Digital software, and include built-in adapters
that will enable the creation of a whole-home network as easy as connecting a
coaxial cable to the set-top.
These products will include a "proxied" DOCSIS(R) set-top gateway (DSG)
feature that can simplify the operator's ability to administer multiple set-
tops in the home. With this functionality, operators can independently access
each set-top attached to the home media network through a single cable modem.
"An integrated all-digital and OCAP software strategy allows our operator
customers to offer a seamless access experience within their consumers' homes
on a platform that offers maximum flexibility and reduced costs," said John
Burke, Motorola corporate vice president and general manager, consumer
entertainment solutions. "It also affords them an all-digital solution that
efficiently reclaims bandwidth and gets valuable features and functionality,
like DVR, into the second and third rooms in the home."
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides
seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems
and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in
between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and
information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power
of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and
flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For
more information: http://www.motorola.com/ .
Motorola and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. DOCSIS is a registered trademark of CableLabs, Inc. All
other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.
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