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I've just returned from The Cable Show in Chicago, the cable industry's annual conference. My big takeaway: after years of near-glacial pace of change with respect to innovation in TV services the cable industry has finally (really) begun to move. The two biggest technology themes were cloud computing and multiscreen delivery.
Comcast CEO/Chairman Brian Roberts illustrated the accelerated pace of change and the power of new cloud technologies via an impressive live demo of the "next generation" of Xfinity TV (you can see a video of his presentation here). Based on Comcast's Xcalibur hybrid IP/cable platform, the new service is currently available to Comcast subscribers in Augusta, GA. So this "next generation" Xfinity TV is already in market, a break from cable's past behavior of "much talk, little action" with respect to TV innovation.
This just scratches the surface of Comcast’s new efforts.
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