Comcast, NCTC Agreement Paves Way for DOCSIS 3.1

A new Comcast, National Cable Television Cooperative Agreement will provide the NCTC’s small cableco members with advanced technology that reduces the bandwidth and equipment needed to support video services. As Comcast Wholesale explains, the cablecos can use the reclaimed bandwidth and equipment to offer additional advanced services such as video on demand or higher-speed broadband based on DOCSIS 3.1.

Several hundred members of the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) use the HITS digital video platform from Comcast Wholesale, a Comcast Wholesale spokeswoman said in an email to Telecompetitor. HITS is delivered from a centralized platform operated by Comcast Wholesale, an approach that minimizes the investment and resources required for the smaller cablecos to offer digital video. The Comcast, NCTC agreement builds on a 20-year relationship between Comcast Wholesale and NCTC.