2015年4月14日

新聞分析推特收購是雲,在空中——或者更確切。今天早上,三角集團有限公司(納斯達克:arr)和Charter Communications Inc .)宣布他們正在形成一個新的合資企業的意圖收購置頂虛擬化公司ActiveVideo網絡公司。列出了購買價格約為1.35億美元。棱將擁有新合資企業65%的股份,作為銷售渠道ActiveVideo的技術。預計該交易關閉,根據一個棱的發言人,在未來30天。ActiveVideo了漫長的成功之路的虛擬化軟件。公司的CloudTV平台可以提供基於web的用戶界麵,視頻內容和互動廣告遺留機頂盒和現代ip連接的裝置。盡管關鍵客戶贏得與憲章,有線電視係統公司(NYSE: CVC)和自由全球有限公司(納斯達克:LBTY),然而,作為一個整體服務提供商與ActiveVideo謹慎的技術。這一事實背後的憲章和棱都把他們的錢CloudTV平台應該對建築行業的信心。憲章,投資強調公司是擴展頻譜多麼嚴重的用戶界麵在其客戶的足跡,和在許多代機頂盒。ActiveVideo是背後的主要技術提供商之一雲指南以及星座互動。 Charter President and CEO Tom Rutledge has already said he expects to have Spectrum running on set-tops for about 1.5 million subscribers by the end of 2015. (See Charter Rides Video, Data Growth Wave . ) "ActiveVideo's CloudTV platform is one of the enabling technologies behind Spectrum Guide. We have worked very closely with ActiveVideo on the development of this technology, and now, as a 35% shareholder, are uniquely positioned to support the continued innovation and marketplace adoption of ActiveVideo's solutions," said Rutledge. Perhaps more interesting than the spread of the Spectrum Guide, however, is the possibility that Charter could also use ActiveVideo's platform to experiment with delivering its pay-TV services on new non-set-top devices. At a press event in January, the cable operator showed a demo of the Spectrum Guide running on a Roku box. There is no current relationship between Charter and Roku, but the technology certainly makes one possible. (See Charter Thinks Outside the 'Worldbox' . ) From an Arris point of view, the new joint venture is significant in a number of ways. As Bruce McClelland, president of Network & Cloud and Global Services, explained it in an interview, the partnership with Charter is evidence of the strength of Arris' relationship with the company, and represents an opportunity to get in "on the ground floor on how they think about evolving their network. " This is despite the fact that Arris has so far been left out of Charter's Worldbox set-top initiative, where the cable operator has already announced vendor deals with both Cisco and Humax. (See Arris Likes Its Charter Chances Too . ) The investment in ActiveVideo also shows that Arris is hedging its bets in the set-top market. While continuing to promote and sell high-end gateway devices, the company is also making room for virtualization and a future where more and more services are likely to reside up in the cloud. "I do think it's pretty complementary," said McClelland. "It's easy to get lost in the buzz over this stuff and think about set-tops going away or furthering commoditization. We don't think of it that way. We think it's very complementary that the functionality that makes the most sense to put in the network gets put in the network, and the functionality that makes the most sense to go in the home stays in the home. " Want to know more about video technologies? Video is sure to be one of the hot topics at Light Reading's second Big Telecom Event on June 9-10 in Chicago. Get yourself registered today or get left behind! As for ActiveVideo, the company will remain an autonomous entity in the new joint venture, and CEO Jeff Miller will stay on in his leadership role. "This joint venture gives us the ability to take ActiveVideo's vision to the next level by partnering with two industry forces such as Arris and Charter. This is a great opportunity to extend the promise of ActiveVideo's solutions," said Miller. — Mari Silbey, special to Light Reading (0) |