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Cable-Tec 2011: MSOs continue to grow TV-to-the-tablet; also thinking game consoles


ATLANTA – Following the leads of fellow major U.S. cable operators Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications plans to begin streaming linear TV channels to iPads and possibly other computer tablets in subscribers’ homes later this year. Speaking at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo convention here on Tuesday, Cox President Patrick Esser disclosed that the third largest U.S. MSO will launch a new multi-screen video service, known as Cox TV Connect, in time for Christmas. The move will come just a few months after the MSO launched a similar online video service for the PC, known as Cox TV Online,...