tvplus.com Chosen as Best New Idea At CableLabs® Winter Conference
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- During informal polling of CableLabs® Winter Conference attendees Monday, tvplus.com was named the best new idea most likely to succeed in the cable market place. The company, formerly known as Spot411, displayed audio recognition technology to allow any Internet-enabled device with a microphone to automatically identify a television program or movie that is currently on TV.
The technology demonstration was part of the Innovation Showcase segment of the winter conference. The showcase contained 11 companies each of which had 10 minutes to explain their innovative solutions and then demonstrate the technology.
Other participants were Alcatel-Lucent, BigBand Networks, Cisco, Gracenote, Motorola, RGB, RightScale, Sandvine, Technicolor, and VideoSurf. Key trends of this year’s showcase were technologies to search video content, cloud computing and IP migration strategies.
Another highlight was Cisco showing a demo of downstream broadband speeds above 1.5 gbps using DOCSIS 3.0. Please go to http://www.cablelabs.com/downloads/wc2011_innovation_showcase.pdf to see a complete list of the 11 participating showcase companies.
“The trends exhibited in the showcase hit the mark for a lot of new technologies that cable operators may use in coming years,” said Marwan Fawaz, Chief Technology Officer of Charter Communications.
“It’s always exciting to see such great selection of innovation being presented for the industry,” said Mark Coblitz, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Comcast Cable Communications.
“We're delighted to be a part of the CableLabs Innovations Showcase, and to have been recognized for our product and capabilities. We greatly appreciate the invitation to present in front of this influential group, as the Industry continues to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of consumers,” said Ajay Shah, tvplus.com CEO and Co-Founder.
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