Cable operator Cogeco will launch Rovi’s TotalGuide xD with...
Cable operator Cogeco will launch Rovi’s TotalGuide xD with remote recording capability, bringing to market technology that’s been in trials for a year. Canada-based Cogeco, which operates cable systems in Canada and the U.S., will use Rovi’s TotalGuide xD iPad…
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app to allow subscribers to access TV listings on their DVR to schedule recordings. TotalGuide xD also allows users to tune channels from a smartphone or tablet. It initially only will be available in Ontario and Quebec, Canada to Cogeco subscribers with a DVR, a Cogeco spokeswoman said. Subscribers also will be able to use the app to browse listings and search for programs. The free Cogeco Remote Recorder app starts as a Rovi reference interface before switching to the cable operator’s brand. Cogeco also has licensed Rovi’s TotalGuide for cable set-top boxes. Cogeco has been making a push into managed hosting, and acquired Web hosting provider Peer 1 for $526 million earlier this year. It entered the U.S. in July, buying Atlantic Broadband for $1.36 billion. Atlantic had customers in western Pennsylvania, southern Florida, Delaware, Maryland and South Carolina. Cogeco had 863,115 television services customers as August 31, 2102, the Cogeco spokeswoman said. Armstrong Cable and BendBroadband began trials with TotalGuide xD a year ago, and are among the other cable operators expected to deploy the technology along with TotalGuide for set-tops.