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0'8 7HFKQRORJ\ 3URYLGHUV Company DIRECTV DISH Network Featured Products/Services Whole-home DVR; TV Everywhere services; media share from PC to TV; bulk service options. Whole-home DVR; TV Everywhere services; Blockbuster @Home library; bulk service options. Hotwire Communications Data speeds to 100 Mbps over fiber optic networks; IP security and surveillance systems; TV solutions tailored for the community. Multiband National Wi-Fi Pavlov Media RCN Corp SeniorTV SpeedCast Connect Spot On Networks TV Everywhere services; common-area wireless solutions; bulk service offerings. Pavlov's Tesseractiv solution hosts the Web's most popular content and delivers it to end users at transport speeds up to 1 Gbps. Internet speeds up to 75 Mbps; whole-home DVR; TV Everywhere services. Community channel for resident messaging; accessibility hardware such as hospital-grade TVs, remotes and iPad mounts; customized therapy programming for memory loss. Bulk service options; common-area wireless; services tailored to individual communities. UserSafe technology ensures that no user can view or access another user's Wi-Fi–enabled device; Smart Building technology enables energy management and building automation and control. Suddenlink Communications Time Warner Cable/TWC Community Solutions Verizon Communications, Verizon Enhanced Communities Windstream Communications WOW! Wireless home networking; whole-home DVR; home security services; TV Everywhere services. TDS Telecommunications TV Everywhere services. Whole-home DVR; TV Everywhere services; SignatureHome premium services. Fiber optic services that include Internet access at speeds up to 300 Mbps/65 Mbps; whole- home DVR; Verizon Concierge, a community management platform; and home monitoring and control. Online backup service; over-the-top, Roku- based video service. Whole-home DVR; wireless access to PC-based content on the TV. Time Warner Cable and Viacom partner to provide TV Everywhere, bringing live TV to computers, iOS and Android devices in customers' homes and on-demand content available via the Web from anywhere. Verizon announces FiOS Quantum Internet tiers with download/upload speeds of 50/25, 75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 Mbps and increased flexibility for consumers to order personalized bundles. Windstream announces Merge, a high-speed Internet and streaming entertainment service that allows high-speed access to Internet programming directly to a TV. WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone introduces Ultra TV, a next-generation multiservices platform that includes a whole-home HD DVR and Emmy award–winning Smart Menu. Spot On Networks launches WiFiPlus+, which combines managed, monitored Wi-Fi networks with wireless energy management, building automation and security monitoring, allowing multifamily, hospitality and commercial building owners to implement energy management and controls without the expense of wiring. Suddenlink offers TV Everywhere as part of bulk services in student housing communities. Recent News DIRECTV offers live programming through its own iPad App, live streamed inside or outside customers' homes. Smartphone apps will follow this fall. DISH Launches dishNET Broadband, bringing next-generation satellite-based Internet to rural areas. Hotwire wins bids to become the provider for a large number of communities left without service providers after Connexion and its affiliated companies filed for bankruptcy. Multiband enters into an agreement to acquire private cable operator MDU Communications. Pavlov Media announces that its new Pavlov Connect 3.0 integrated provisioning and billing platform has cut support inquiries by more than 45 percent on upgraded sites. Customers subscribing to RCN's Internet service in the Philadelphia area are upgraded to 40 Mbps as a standard minimum. OCTOBER 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 45