Motorola and NCTC Sign Set-Top Agreement

By Anuradha Shukla

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) has placed an order for all-digital, high-definition and digital video recording-capable Motorola set-tops. The announcement was made on Monday at The 2006 National Show, held at the Georgia World Congress Center  in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Cooperative members are jointly making this purchase in an effort to accelerate the delivery of digital services to the connected homes of over 8 million subscribers they service nationwide.

 

NCTC claims to represent more than 1,000 independent cable operators and their 6,500 individual systems. NCTC companies will rely on Motorola (News - Alert) set-tops to introduce digital video recording (DVR) and offer high-definition television (HDTV).

Cooperative members will deploy the latest in Motorola digital video technology, including the DCT2500E home media network-ready core interactive set-top, the DCT6412 and DCT3412 high-definition digital video recorders, and Motorola’s DCT3080 standard-definition digital video recorder.
 
”We are committed to the NCTC and the strength it lends to independent operators nationwide. Through the NCTC we can help drive the adoption of new connected home services and create revenue-building opportunities for a huge number of cable providers,” said John Burke, Motorola’s corporate vice president and general manager of digital video solutions, in a statement to the press.

 

Burke continued: “Our digital video platforms not only offer technologies that consumers expect today, they also create a foundation for greater connectivity in the future.”

 

The National Cable Television Cooperative is a not-for-profit, member-operated purchasing organization with a mission to reduce the operating costs of its member cable companies.

 

For more information visit Motorola, Inc., The National Cable Television Cooperative.