Charter Communications has ordered 100,000 units of the new Motorola Broadband Media Centers (BMCs) powered by Digeo’s Moxi Service. Motorola said the announcement marks the first widescale deployment by a cable operator of a digital cable media center with advanced features such as dual-tuner “watch and record” personal video recording (PVR), high-definition television (HDTV), and a progressive-scan DVD player. Charter is planning for commercial rollout in the Rochester, Minnesota area during Q4 of 2003. The Rochester market currently serves 55,000 households.
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.
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- 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. The Digeo iTV service, a set of eight interactive channels that are now available to over 700,000 Charter customers nationwide, offers on-demand weather updates, sports statistics, news stories, games and more.