Time Warner picks up Pace for Indy VOD launch

Jeff Baumgartner, CED
From the October 28th edition of CED Broadband Direct

Time Warner Cable maintained its aggressive stance on video-on-demand by launching the service to digital customers in Indianapolis last week.

Pace Micro Technology added that the MSO is “rapidly” deploying the vendor’s 500-model digital boxes in the market to advanced analog customers who opt for the digital tier but aren’t taking other set-top-enabled digital applications such as high-definition television and digital video recording. Scientific-Atlanta, whose base digital set-tops also populate Time Warner’s Indianapolis digital network, is filling that need with models such as its Explorer 3100 HD and DVR-capable Explorer 8000.

Time Warner Cable also buys digital set-tops from Pioneer Electronics.

Pace, the latest vendor to benefit from Time Warner Cable’s multiple set-top vendor strategy, has been shipping boxes to the MSO since November 2001. Since then, Time Warner Cable has deployed Pace set-tops in several markets, including Binghampton, N.Y., Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Wis.; San Antonio, Texas; and Rochester, NY, among others.