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Old 10-05-2016, 22:07   #33
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Re: Virgin Media will launch a new set-top box

Been doing a bit of digging and have found some older articles which I am posting here as I thought it was worthwhile putting all we know about new equipment in one place.

A new router called "Connect" is on the way and it has a VM logo on it according to this article:

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/...w-connect-box/

Arris have been working on a 4k gateway with Liberty which looks like it will be deployed in the UK:

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/...ty-4k-gateway/

Arris has been working on a router too called Touchstone (different from Connect, or the same???):

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/...stone-gateway/

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This is why I think we might get Horizon, as this article talks about Liberty's RDK software spec that its rolling out and the article makes clear that Liberty want economies of scale with regards to equipment:

http://www.multichannel.com/news/tec...t-cable/384141

Finally, a brand new news snippet from today's investor presentation has given a clue what some of Liberty's cablecos might get. No idea if it applies here, but Liberty are launching a new box called EOS with the Horizon UI (user interface) on it. The Horizon UI will get upgraded this year and Liberty are launching a cloud based service called Horizon Lite. This news snippet is from page 8 of here:

http://www.libertyglobal.com/pdf/pre...tion-FINAL.pdf

Very annoyingly, Liberty have left off the webcast off their site, so I can't listen to it. Perhaps there was actually something interesting in it for once....

---------- Post added at 21:07 ---------- Previous post was at 20:29 ----------

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
The more I read about the Horizon box, the less I like it.

http://richardbloomfield.ie/2014/01/...n-set-top-box/

I know this was written 2 years ago, but VM viewers in Ireland are very dissatisfied with it. We can only hope that the new platform resolves the problems, because this is just not good enough.
But he updated that post saying a software upgrade had occurred and it had improved things. And there have been more upgrades since then.

Perhaps someone should get on a Ryan Air flight over to Ireland, hunt down a box and see what its like.

VM Ireland and UK are one company now, so its only a matter of time until services and equipment are aligned too.
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