Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log

CopperGate Announces Low Cost Solution for Broadband Access in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) for Cable Operators in China’s Rapidly Growing Market

Today at the International CATV Technology Conference (ICTC 2007), our client, CopperGate Communications, announced the availability of its latest reference design aimed at Chinese cable service provider requirements for high quality, low cost provisioning of triple play IP video, data and voice services over existing cable connections to apartments in MDUs.

The new CG3110MLHRD Ethernet over Coax (EoC) design, implemented in a low cost, small form factor, easy to install module, creates new revenue opportunities for cable service providers without the need to make significant investments in upgrading their infrastructure.

Read the news release in English here.

Download coppergate_announces_new_low_cost_mdu_reference_design_at_ictc_20071.doc

 

CopperGate Ships over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 Chipsets

Today at TelcoTV, our client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing home wiring, announced that it has shipped over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 CopperStream chipsets to OEM customers worldwide.

The CopperStream chipset provides a complete HomePNA 3.1 home networking solution that operates over both coaxial cables and phone wires featuring guaranteed parameter-based quality of service (guaranteed QoS) to eliminate collisions between data streams and high user throughput to distribute multiple streams of high definition television (HDTV) as well standard definition television, VoIP and other multimedia data throughout the home. CopperStream chipsets are the first to comply with the ITU G.9954 home networking standard and feature powerful remote management and diagnostics capabilities.

Congratulations to our client.  This is a huge milestone, and it's great to work with a company that is helping to the revolutionize home networking, networked entertainment, and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) broadband access markets.

Read the press release here.

Download coppergate_ships_over_2_million_chips_1007.doc

 

Zhone Technologies Selects CopperGate HomePNA 3.1 for Intelligent FTTH Gateway Product

Today at NXTcomm, Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leader in VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet services over copper or fiber access lines, and our client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing coax and phone wires, announced that Zhone has selected CopperGate’s CopperStream HomePNA 3.1 chipset for Zhone’s new zNID intelligent FTTH gateway.

See the news release below:

Download zhonecoppergate_pr_final.doc

5 Million Channels and Nothing’s On: Discovery and Discovery and Recommendation in an Internet Video World

According to Network2's Chris Brogan , television is no longer a single box.

It's no longer a single tuner.

It's a combination of everything your video service provider offers plus everything available via the Internet today.

Add to this various set-top box content offerings, like the Apple TV ( I just got one and it's way too cool), and you'll see that the battle isn't for your living room; it's for your attention.

Read his take in "KillerApp.com" on where to find, what he calls, "the good stuff," on Internet.  (Hint: it's on sites like Network2.tv)

Network 2 Party in NYC on Tuesday, May 15

network2.tv is hosting a Networking Party in NYC on May 15th from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Proof Bar & Lounge.

If you’re into Video and TV on the Internet, we’d love to have you stop by for a few beverages, snacks, and some chat: May 15th - 6:30 to 8:30 at Proof Bar & Lounge in NYC

Please RSVP if you can attend.

Sonaecom Selects CopperGate HomePNA 3 Technology for Nationwide IPTV Service in Portugal

Kudos to our client, CopperGate Communications, who today is announcing that Sonaecom, Portugal's second largest telecommunications provider, has selected CopperGate's CopperStream technology for Sonaecom's fast growing Clix SmarTV IPTV service.

CopperGate's CopperStream chipsets, available from leading manufacturers embedded in set-top boxes, residential gateways and other equipment, provide a complete HomePNA 3 home networking solution. Products integrating CopperStream are being deployed today by major telephone service providers worldwide for IPTV applications as well as for Multi-tenant Unit in-building access applications.

Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver’s Call – In Internet TV Show Takes Place Monday, April 23 @ 12 PM EDT

Log On. View. Dial In. 

Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver invite you to view and call into their live call in Internet TV show, which takes place on Monday, April 23 at 12 PM EST.

Viewers should log on to the show site on USTREAM.tv and not only watch, but call into Chris and Jeff as they talk about the emerging Internet video space and the people making it happen.  Dial in instructions will be given out during the live show.

Brogan and Pulver are breaking new ground by experimenting with live, Internet TV programming that includes viewers calling in and participating in the show.

Worth watching!  (an archive video of the event may be viewed here.)

When Jeff and Chris Went Live With Their Own Internet TV Call in Talk Show

I'm lucky because I get to work with some very smart and interesting people. 

Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver are showing us how to become our own video broadcasters.

Today, I not only listened and watched my first ever live Internet TV show, but acted as a participant by calling Chris' cell phone and saying "hi" to Jeff and Chris as I watched them on my computer screen in real time.  (I even complemented Jeff on his new, cool glasses.)

Chris and Jeff were broadcasting using a free service called USTREAM.tv. 

Think YouTube in real time. 

Think broadcasting your own show, reaching out to your community and having the chance to  participate in real time - without the need for a studio, a camera man, lighting, and all the rest of the overhead that goes with TV broadcasting.

I know this is not HD and it's certainly not the Discovery Channel in HD. 

But services like USTREAM.tv and the opportunity to create new forms of video-based user generated content that is broadcast in real time is certainly a compelling way to explore new ways to apply and create with your broadband connection.

 

CopperGate's Richard Nesin to Participate in Panel Discussion On Triple Play Support for Home Networks at CONNECTIONS 200

Our client, CopperGate Communications, today announced that Richard Nesin, Vice President of Marketing, will be participating in a panel discussion at CONNECTIONS 2007, May 1-3, 2007 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Nesin is also President of the HomePNA alliance, the industry organization responsible for developing, promoting, and successfully standardizing the HomePNA specifications.  Read the news release here.

If you are a journalists, analayst or blogger wanting to make an appointment with Mr. Nesin, please contact Bage Anderson at: bage at weinkrantz dot com and he will be in touch.

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