Cable Industry Courts Network DVR

It took years for Cablevision to plow the necessary legal ground for its network-based DVR service. Even once the paperwork was filed, actual deployments didn’t start until January of 2011. However, since that time, the buzz around cloud DVR has ramped up in the cable industry. I’ve been hearing since at least last fall that cable operators … Read more

Network DVR vs. Remote-Storage DVR

Glen Hardin of Time Warner Cable recently wrote a comprehensive (and fabulous) article for Cable360 on the 2008 ruling in favor of Cablevision’s right to offer network-based DVR services. In it he uses the more precise term Remote-Storage DVR (RS-DVR) rather than Network DVR (nDVR) to describe the technology Cablevision has proposed. Is the difference … Read more

A Cablevision Win for Network DVR, AKA Cloud TV

Cablevision has emerged victorious from its latest day in court. If it chooses, Cablevision now has the green light to start introducing Network DVR services. A court of appeals ruled yesterday that Network DVR does not violate copyright law, overturning a decision from March 2007 that pronounced the technology illegal. The ruling should not be … Read more

Network DVR Arrives… But Not in the US

Telefonica, the largest phone company in Spain, is planning to debut a network DVR service in November. Called “Past TV”, the service will offer programs from the previous week on-demand. The shows will include commercials, but unlike similar services in the US, viewers will be able to fast forward through them. Cablevision of course has … Read more

Cablevision’s Network DVR Backed By CEA, AT&T, Verizon

It’s good to have friends, and Cablevision appears to have earned a few in their ongoing network DVR legal battle. Several trade and lobbying groups, representing companies such as the Consumer Electronics Association, AT&T, and Verizon have chimed in… Last week’s joint Amicus brief reads: Network-based services may prove to be both cheaper and technologically … Read more

Cablevision Appeals Network DVR Ruling

Those Cablevision guys sure are persistent… Multichannel News has a nice synopsis of the Network DVR situation. Storing content on the head-end seems like a sensible solution, but the content providers believe it infringes. With only 3+ million subscribers, I’m surprised to see Cablevision press on in fighting 20th Century Fox Film, Universal City Studios, … Read more