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itaas demos RDK solutions, IntelligentHome porting at The Cable Show
itaas executives demonstrated at The Cable Show a home network leveraging its licensed Reference Design Kit (RDK) technology with a media gateway that connects to an IP client device and streams from a tablet.
DirecTV expands into home security with LifeShield acquisition
DirecTV said it plans to begin offering subscribers a home security service early next year, using a platform from its acquisition of Langhorne, Pa.-based LifeShield.
Time Warner Cable expanding home automation to NYC, Ohio, Wisconsin
Time Warner Cable said Tuesday that it is launching its home automation and security service, IntelligentHome, in Ohio and Wisconsin and that the service will hit its New York City system this fall.
Week in research: Internet costs still high in Africa; Media streaming dominates home networks
Despite big improvements in telecommunications infrastructure on the African continent in the past five years, the quality and affordability of Internet services has not improved, a study conducted by Analysys Mason for the Internet Society finds.
AT&T's Digital Life appeals to the OTT broadband audience
AT&T finally introduced its Digital Life home automation and service, one that will appeal to its wireless customers who in many markets are outside of their traditional wireline network footprint.
Top 10 Cable Technologies of 2013
FierceCable 's list of the top cable technologies of 2013 leads with a look at the video gateways--or "super DVRs"--that Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other major MSOs will deploy this year as they attempt to stave off competition from products such as DirecTV's Genie and Dish Network's Hopper multiroom DVRs.
50 percent of broadband homes would purchase security, says Strategy Analytics
Consumers who have an in-home broadband connection are more willing to purchase remote monitoring and control professionally monitored interactive security services, research firm Strategy Analytics said.
Watching the home automation opportunity in 2013
Home automation as we know it has been around for two decades, but in 2013, it may finally come into its own, with analysts predicting a compound annual growth rate of as much as 45 percent. But what's driving the projected growth in home automation? And what could stop that growth in its tracks?
Lower prices driving home automation sector
In today's spotlight, FierceTelecom takes a look at how lower pricing from Verizon and other providers is driving growth in the home automation sector.
AT&T to start offering home automation service in March
AT&T is using this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce that it will begin delivering its Digital Life home security and automation services to homeowners in eight markets beginning in March.
