SUWANEE, Ga., Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cincinnati
Bell, Inc. today launched its new Fioptics TV Everywhere app in
support of its popular Fioptics TV Service. With this app,
Cincinnati Bell Fioptics customers can now access fast and reliable
video streaming throughout the home. This new service is made
possible by ARRIS Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ARRS) Whole Home Solution
Mobile and SecureMedia® technologies.
The combination of ARRIS Whole Home Solution Mobile technology
and proven SecureMedia content protection delivers the TV
Everywhere experience Cincinnati Bell Fioptics customers crave.
ARRIS Consumer Entertainment Index found 41 percent of North
American tablet owners, and 38 percent of smartphone owners use
their devices to view content in the bedroom. Now, Cincinnati Bell
Fioptics customers can enjoy some of the best shows, movies and
live streams on their iOS or Android-based tablet or smartphone
from any room inside their homes.
"ARRIS Whole Home Solution Mobile and SecureMedia technologies
allow us to deliver the kind of versatile viewing experience our
subscribers demand," said Mark
Fahner, vice president, consumer & SMB product
operations, Cincinnati Bell Inc. "With the launch of our TV
Everywhere app, Fioptics customers now have more freedom and
control over when and where they choose to watch their favorite TV
shows."
ARRIS Whole Home Solution Mobile delivers a differentiated
mobile device video subscriber experience that integrates with
Cincinnati Bell's existing back-office systems. Cincinnati
Bell's Fioptics TV Everywhere service offers personalized,
device-specific, and future-ready features, converged into a
single, intuitive user interface for the subscriber.
"Cincinnati Bell is taking an exciting step forward to deliver
their TV Everywhere entertainment choices to subscribers using
ARRIS Whole Home Solution Mobile and SecureMedia content
protection," said Debbie Stackis,
SVP & GM, consumer solutions, ARRIS. "Consumers want to watch
more media on more screens. Now, Cincinnati Bell can provide its
subscribers with that multiscreen experience around the home…on the
devices they want, any time they want, all while protecting
studios' rights."
About Cincinnati Bell, Inc.
With headquarters in Cincinnati,
Ohio, Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (NYSE: CBB) provides integrated
communications solutions, including local and long distance voice,
data, high-speed Internet and entertainment services that keep
residential and business customers in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton connected with
each other and with the world. In addition, enterprise customers
across the United States rely on
CBTS, a wholly-owned subsidiary, for efficient, scalable office
communications systems and end-to-end IT solutions. Cincinnati Bell
owns approximately 44% of CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), which provides
best-in-class data center colocation services to enterprise
customers through its facilities with fully redundant power and
cooling solutions that are currently located in the Midwest,
Texas, Arizona, London, and Singapore. For more information, please
visit www.cincinnatibell.com.
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global innovator in IP, video
and broadband technology. We have continually worked with our
customers to transform the experience of entertainment and
communications for millions of people around the world. The
people of ARRIS are dedicated to the success of our customers,
bringing a passion for invention that has fueled our history: We
created digital TV, delivered the first wireless broadband
gateway and are pioneering the standards and pathways for
tomorrow's personalized, Ultra HD, multiscreen, and cloud services.
We are dedicated to meeting today's challenges and preparing for
the tasks the future holds. Collaborating with our customers,
ARRIS will continue to solve the most pressing challenges of 21st
century communications. Together, we are inventing the
future. For more information: www.arrisi.com
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