Time Warner’s San Diego IPTV Experiment

By Rafat Ali Aug. 8, 2005, 3:10am Comments Off

(via LR): We mentioned about Time Warner Cable’s IPTV experiment in San Diego…some more technical details. TWC is working with RealNetworks for the tech infrastructure.

Currently, the system can send out only one video stream, which requires about 880 kbps. TWC is looking into ways to make it more efficient, such as having two households share a stream if they are watching the same channel, which would help cut the required bandwidth by up to 50%, leaving more bandwidth for other services.

TWC is also looking into offering DVR for the computer, as well as multicasting (the ability to open up several RealPlayer windows simultaneously). Closed captioning will be featured in version 1.2 in the next couple of months, and VOD is on the horizon as well.