IP Democracy: Time Warner Tests Cable Service on the Web

Courtesy of Cory Bergman at Lost Remote, Broadcasting and Cable magazine has an item on Time Warner Cable San Diego and its test of delivering basic service to PCs.

According to Ken Kerschbaumer’s report, Time Warner is shipping its expanded basic tier of service (which typically only includes basic cable channels and no off-air signals) via high-speed connections to 9,000 trial homes. Company execs say they are testing how consumers use the service and are positioning the TV-over-the-web option as a value-add to Time Warner’s Road Runner customers.

But in my ongoing conversations with cable operators, virtually every major cable company is hard at work trying to figure out how to move their entire range of video services to IP-based or web-based platforms. Top decision-makers at the leading cable companies say such a move would 1. cut costs in the long run and 2. enable a range of enhanced TV services, such as checking emails on the TV set, getting caller i.d. displays on the TV screen and more.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on July 15, 2005 4:16 PM to IP Democracy