Cohen: Comcast's Plant Tru2way-Capable By Year-End

Lee Stewart · 10-26-2009, 07:35 PM

Allows Operators To Deliver Interactive TV content, Applications To Compatible Devices

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John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 10/26/2009 3:21:28 PM

Comcast executive vice presidnet David Cohen says the company's plant should be tru2way-capable by the end of the year.
It had been shooting for a July 1 deadline, along with other top operators, but like them missed that deadline, though he told reporters at a press briefing in Washington Monday that Comcast came "awfully close," with an "enormous percentage" tru2way-capable by that date.

tru2way allows cable operators to deliver interactive TV content and applications to compatible devices including TVs and set-tops.

But Cohen also said the ardor for the technology on the Consumer Electronics side appears to have cooled and that there may be the beginnings of rethinking the tru2way model of embedding them in DVR's or $5,000 TV sets when technology is changing so rapidly that they could become outmoded.

He suggested some solutions might be a replaceable chip or downloadable updates.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/...y_Year_End.php

rslamon · 10-27-2009, 12:18 AM

Didn't Comcast also state that they were going to have more HD channels than the satellite providers by years end? I still waiting on that one.
Sounds more like they're putting the cart before the horse again.

MKHD · 10-27-2009, 12:21 AM

I keep getting e mails from comcast about the 50mb Internet speeds that are coming and how there changing to optical lines. when is that coming?

JohninTenn · 10-27-2009, 09:13 PM

and as far as what I see Comcast is a no brainier. The on demand network showa are enough to keep me.

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Originally Posted by MKHD

I keep getting e mails from comcast about the 50mb Internet speeds that are coming and how there changing to optical lines. when is that coming?

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