Comcast is the first service provider to deploy Broadcom’s FastRTV technology in its uDTA deployments to transition from analog to standard definition (SD) digital TV broadcasts.
Highlights:
* Broadcom’s FastRTV technology provides the following benefits:
o Enables providers to offer services with significantly accelerated channel change speeds by up to 5 times for digital cable STBs and uDTA deployments.
o Minimizes delays or pauses as consumers surf through channels.
o Works with existing conditional access (CA) systems and does not require changes to broadcast streams, which in turn, makes it easier to deploy in both existing and new cable systems.
* The first Broadcom SoC solution to support FastRTV technology for digital cable TV deployments is the Broadcom BCM7002 cable uDTA SoC:
o FastRTV technology within the BCM7002 helps providers make the all-digital experience even better for consumers by providing near instantaneous channel changing.
* Broadcom’s FastRTV technology is now available in a wide range of cable SD and HD set-top box SoC solutions as follows:
o For Broadcom cable STB solutions, FastRTV is included in the BCM7400, BCM7405, BCM7420, BCM7410, BCM7119, BCM7125, BCM7019 and BCM7025.
o For Broadcom cable DTAs and uDTAs solutions, FastRTV is included in the BCM70xx SD DTA product family and the BCM75xx HD DTA product family.