Charter Communications began offering the Motorola Broadband Media Center (BMC) with Digeo’s Moxi Service in Charter’s Rochester, Minnesota market. The Motorola BMC is an advanced digital set-top that integrates high- definition television (HDTV) with a dual-tuner digital video recorder (DVR), providing the ability to watch one channel while recording another.
In July 2003, Charter made a commitment to purchase 100,000 Motorola BMC units. The companies said consumer trials of the BMC has been positive.
Separately, Comcast announced a planned commercial trial of Motorola Broadband Media Centers (BMC) with Moxi. Deployment of approximately 40,000 Motorola BMCs is slated to begin later this year. http://www.motorola.com
- Earlier this year, Digeo and Adelphia Communications announced plans to deploy 25,000 Motorola BMCs with Moxi.
- The BMC platform with the Moxi Service is part of Motorola’s “connected home” strategy. The BMC enables consumers to store, manage and share all types of media (television programming, movies, music, photos, games, etc.) throughout their home. MSOs can use the BMC to offer features such as dual-tuner PVR, HDTV, DVD, video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view (PPV) through an integrated gateway with one consistent interface.
- Paul G. Allen founded Digeo in 1999. In the spring of 2002, Moxi merged with Digeo to provide advanced media center platforms and iTV services.