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Motorola Televation Streams Live TV Slingbox-Style

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June 15, 2011
  • At the 2011 Cable Show in Chicago this week, Motorola Mobility showcased a new Slingbox-style device that allows customers to stream live TV to connected devices within range of their home network.
  • Motorola Televation, a broadband device that works with a Wi-Fi router, was developed with engineers from Comcast (the cable provider is also demoing Televation at the Cable Show).
  • Televation uses a 1GHz digital tuner and CableCard to access channels directly from a coax outlet and real-time transcoding of live MPEG-2 TV broadcasts into MPEG-4 IP streams for devices such as Android and iOS tablets, IP-connected TVs, etc.
  • “Consumers love entertainment, and want easy access to TV no matter where they are in the home. Coupled with the explosive popularity of tablet devices, this represents a terrific opportunity for MSOs to increase customer satisfaction while generating new revenue,” explains John Burke, senior VP and GM, Converged Experiences, Motorola Mobility. “Televation gives our customers the ability to launch a new service that puts innovation back into TV, enabling their subscribers to enjoy TV beyond the TV.”

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4 Comments

  1. Dennis Kuba June 15, 2011 at 07:49am

    Motorola’s cable box transcodes MPEG-2 into MPEG-4 to allow streaming but only if the device is on the same local network.

  2. Dennis Kuba June 15, 2011 at 07:49am

    Motorola’s cable box transcodes MPEG-2 into MPEG-4 to allow streaming but only if the device is on the same local network.

  3. Rob Scott June 15, 2011 at 07:50am

    Motorola has a new Slingbox-style device that allows customers to stream live TV to connected devices within range of their home network.
    Developed with engineers from Comcast.
    Televation transcodes MPEG-2 TV broadcasts into MPEG-4 IP streams for devices such as Android or iOS tablets, IP-connected TVs, etc.

  4. Rob Scott June 15, 2011 at 07:50am

    Motorola has a new Slingbox-style device that allows customers to stream live TV to connected devices within range of their home network.
    Developed with engineers from Comcast.
    Televation transcodes MPEG-2 TV broadcasts into MPEG-4 IP streams for devices such as Android or iOS tablets, IP-connected TVs, etc.

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