Comcast at Work on Secret IPTV-Video Convergence Project

Written by Jeff Baumgartner

Wednesday, October 28. 2009 at 05:00 PM EDT Post a comment

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Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has an underground IPTV and video convergence project underway, code-named "Excalibur," Cable Digital News has learned.

Comcast hasn't released any details about the project, said to be near the top of the MSO's priority list. But sources familiar with Excalibur say its aim is to develop a "services overlay" that would put all IP services, including video, into a common provisioning and management system. Sources also say Excalibur will use a form of digital rights management (DRM) for security.

However, a Comcast official said it's more appropriate to call the work a "natural extension of the work we're doing" with IP. Comcast has been using IP for years to deliver voice, Internet access, and even some video applications, the official added. (See SCTE Expo: MSOs Prep IPTV Push .)

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