SUWANEE, Ga., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) announced today that Shaw Communications Inc.,
Canada's largest television
provider with over 3.4 million subscribers, has launched the ARRIS
Whole Home Solution in its Calgary
system, to be followed by a nationwide launch in its other
markets.
To be marketed as the Shaw Gateway experience, the platform will
initially feature the solution's multi-room Personal Video Recorder
(PVR) functionality -- consisting of a six-tuner, multi-room HD PVR
with 500 GB storage; customized, intuitive User Interface; 4 port
Ethernet home networking router; MOCA® 1.1+ home networking
technology; and optional 802.11n capabilities. Additional features
will be rolled out to Shaw customers on a market-by-market basis in
the near future.
"The ARRIS Whole Home Solution is a powerful and full-featured
platform that will accelerate and ease the transition of content
delivery to a cost-efficient, all-IP model," said ARRIS Broadband
Communication Systems President Bruce
McClelland. "We are delighted to be working with a
technology innovator like Shaw Communications to bring the complete
and customized broadband experience of the future into their
customers' homes."
The ARRIS Whole Home solution consists of the ARRIS Media
Gateway, a multi-services platform providing integrated multimedia
entertainment to the entire home, and ARRIS Media Players, which
connect to each television to enable individual service
delivery.
The solution's centralized gateway provides multimedia
entertainment services including broadcast and narrowcast video,
video on demand, DOCSIS® 3.0 high-speed data and two lines of
carrier-grade voice over IP, as well as Internet over-the-top and
media sharing of user-generated content. It also supports DLNA™ to
connect with subscriber owned DLNA-enabled devices across the home
network and it supports CableCARD™ conditional access.
ARRIS Media Players located throughout the home support full HD
video delivery via HDMI, component, and composite outputs, front
and rear USB ports, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and MoCA 1.1+. The Media
Player also features front panel navigation and clock along with a
backlit remote control.
For more information, please visit:
www.arrisi.com/get/ipvideo/
About Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications and
media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television,
High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services
(through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through
Shaw Direct) and engaging programming content (through Shaw Media).
Shaw serves 3.4 million customers, through a reliable and extensive
fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional
television networks in Canada,
Global Television, and 19 specialty networks including HGTV Canada,
Food Network Canada, History Television, and Showcase. Shaw is
traded on the Toronto and
New York stock exchanges and is
included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, NYSE –
SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit
www.shaw.ca.
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting
triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and
business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband
operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver
carrier-grade telephony, network video processing, whole home
video, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network
and workforce management solutions, access and transport
architectures and ultra high-speed data services. Headquartered in
Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has
R&D centers in Suwanee;
Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State
College, PA; Wallingford,
CT; Waltham, MA;
Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and
sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS
products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com.
SOURCE ARRIS