tiger72
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to billy2313
Re: Time warner SDV deployment
Kansas City is getting SDV during Summer 2008. |
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Dampier
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join:2003-03-23
Rochester, NY
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said by Steve Mehs  :I find it interesting that New York and Texas divisions always get upgraded first. Not just SDV, but in general. - Rochester and San Antonio were two of the first three franchises to get Start Over - Rochester was the first to get upgraded to 7Mb Road Runner - San Antonio was one of the first to get upgraded to 10Mb Road Runner Turbo - Rochester and Syracuse were the first ones to get upgraded to 10MB Road Runner and 15Mb Road Runner Turbo - San Antonio and Austin were the only ones to have Starz HD and Cinemax HD for a while - Rochester and Syracuse were amoung the first to do digital simulcast of the analog line up - Rochester is one of the few areas to offer Voice Mail at no additional charge and Caller ID on TV has been avalable for at least 2 years now here. Rochester has historically always been considered a major TW test market for new products and services due to its high adoption rate of new technology, comfort with fast-paced changes in service offerings, a well educated high-tech oriented workforce, but a more "middle class" income base that gives key indications about price level tolerance and resistance. We were early adopters of Road Runner in general, beginning consumer beta tests in 1998. The DVR box was market tested in this area first as well.
However, we are not the only test market for Time Warner. Multi-room networked DVRs have not tested here, nor interactive cable system platforms (central Florida had that honor first).
Some of the product offerings and enhancements you mentioned come not because of a need to test those products, but rather to respond to market competition issues. Frontier Telephone gives Time Warner a real run for the money in offering value to telephone customers. Phone rates in this market are much lower than in other NY cities, requiring more value on TW's part in their telephone bundle (which still does not do as well here as in many other cities where phone rates are higher).
FIOS will drive broadband speeds upwards as TW adopts the position that stable markets with no competitive pressure don't require significant speed upgrades.
Channel lineups are developed both locally and nationally. Starz! is a premium product that was created by the old TCI, Inc., (AT&T Cable -> Comcast) that has never been heavily promoted or rolled out by Time Warner cable systems, which prefer to push HBO & Cinemax. Rochester barely mentions Starz! and does not offer its on demand counterpart to local subscribers.
Corporate TW signs affiliation agreements with networks guaranteeing x million households will have access, and then assigns priority to the addition of those networks to the various divisions' lineups. That's the primary driving factor for the addition of new networks. But local management can also play a significant role on which networks stay and which go from a market's cable dial based on subscriber demand. |
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embj
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join:2003-09-12
Fayetteville, NC
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Yup...anony23423 is right. We have the OCAP boxes, in the Raleigh/Fayetteville division, but no SDV yet. I'm sure that it's eminent, though. I've gotten a few things in the mail about them discontinuing a few On Demand interactive channels because of SDV. |
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anony23423
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TWC has not deployed SDV in Raleigh NC yet!
The boxs with the OCAP software are capable, but there is no channels and the service hasnt been implemtned yet.
On the new OCAP boxes press and hold SELECT on the remote, once the mail indicator on the box flashes press down arrow on the remote. Page through the diagnostics and there are 2 pages that pertain to SDV services, and mine say DISABLED or something like that. |
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MyDogHsFleas
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join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX | reply to routerman90
I was getting them again just last night. I flipped back after a couple of minutes and it was OK again. |
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routerman90
join:2008-03-20
Austin, TX
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said by MyDogHsFleas :I know which channels are SDV because they often put up a screen with the message: "Channel not currently available." This lasts anywhere from a few minutes to hours and seems to occur randomly. I am also in Austin. I used to see these occasionally but lately I have not seen these on any channels. I do have friends that tell me they see these. I guess it depends on what part of town you live in. |
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bulvai
join:2006-01-20
Dallas, TX
1 edit | reply to luckykevin
Kevin,
I've been waiting a while to get more HD out of my box, here in Plano. So, are you saying on March 27th we'll be able to receive all those channels on my HD tier?
Thanks,
~B |
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swintec
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join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME | reply to MacLeech
Have you seen it in action at all yet? Does it work well?
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MacLeech
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SoCal
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said by swintec :said by Kichigai :I am curious how SDV will affect my Tivo since I am in the Dallas area? It wont be positive. Last i knew it made the TiVo a paperweight but TiVo was working on a solution, I cant remember if I saw they found one yet. Yes, there is a solution, it's called a "tuning resolver" and it's a modem sized unit that'll be issued by the cable company for these sorts of situations. The Tivo will need a software update and an open USB port.
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said by Kichigai :I am curious how SDV will affect my Tivo since I am in the Dallas area? It wont be positive. Last i knew it made the TiVo a paperweight but TiVo was working on a solution, I cant remember if I saw they found one yet.
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Kichigai
join:2008-02-21
Mesquite, TX | reply to luckykevin
I am curious how SDV will affect my Tivo since I am in the Dallas area? |
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oachalon
join:2002-10-03
Mentor, OH | reply to billy2313
Like stated before northeast ohio does have ocap boxes. My area was motorola boxes the other day one of my boxes died and it was replaced with a sa 8300hdc with mystro software. |
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MyDogHsFleas
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Austin, TX
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Yeah, we have SDV in Austin, and they've deployed a bunch more HD channels (still not on a par with the satellite providers).
I know which channels are SDV because they often put up a screen with the message:
"Channel not currently available."
This lasts anywhere from a few minutes to hours and seems to occur randomly. When I call Time Warner they tell me to "reboot my box" which is BS because it's not my box. Then I ask them to check it themselves and they respond, "We can't. We don't have an HD TV here in our support area." They have to call up to someone else to check it. Unbelievable. |
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luckykevin
join:2005-04-30
Arlington, TX
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dallas-fortworth metro will be getting sdv in 2008
first cities to see it:
arlington
dallas
mesquite
richardson
plano
these channels will be sdv:
vesus/golf hd
national geographic hd
cnn hd
tbs hd
a&e hd
history channel hd
discovery hd
animal planet hd
fsn southwest hd
hgtv hd
food network hd
as of 3/27/2008 |
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Rombus
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join:2007-04-11
Columbus, OH | reply to Steve Mehs
Just a point, the list is incorrect for SDV Deployment.
SDV is not yet launched in TWC NEO |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16 | reply to ignorant
Thanks, I knew about that I just didn't know what it called called. I thought all franchises were now handing out C and HDC terminals. |
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ignorant
join:2006-03-26
| reply to Steve Mehs
Any new box being issued will be an OCAP box, odds are must systems if not all are only purchasing HD boxes and HD DVR boxes at this point, no point in buying new non HD digital boxes.
Steve Mehs- OCAP (now called Tru2Way I believe) is the OpenCable Platform. It's basically a set of middleware for the separate security (Cable Card) boxes. Any new box being issued to a customer after July 1 2007 needs to be an OCAP box, however refurbished boxes can still be issued. |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| reply to XPAMD
What's OCAP anyways?
I find it interesting that New York and Texas divisions always get upgraded first. Not just SDV, but in general.
- Rochester and San Antonio were two of the first three franchises to get Start Over
- Rochester was the first to get upgraded to 7Mb Road Runner
- San Antonio was one of the first to get upgraded to 10Mb Road Runner Turbo
- Rochester and Syracuse were the first ones to get upgraded to 10MB Road Runner and 15Mb Road Runner Turbo
- San Antonio and Austin were the only ones to have Starz HD and Cinemax HD for a while
- Rochester and Syracuse were amoung the first to do digital simulcast of the analog line up
- Rochester is one of the few areas to offer Voice Mail at no additional charge and Caller ID on TV has been avalable for at least 2 years now here.
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XPAMD
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join:2002-06-08
united state | reply to Vchat20
Well, my division (MidOhio) only has OCAP on the HD boxes. |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16 | reply to billy2313
We're reaping the benefits of SDV here. 14 new HD channels announced. |
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