Through a ground-breaking agreement with CableLabs, UpdateLogic® and cable operators will provide the DTV industry an “in-band” distribution of software updates over cable networks. The software update is transmitted over digital cable networks as data in-band using the same bandwidth from PBS channels across the United States. Cable operators simply retransmit or “carry” the UpdateTV® software update data along with the video and audio data from each PBS station.

For more information please read CableLabs® Enables UpdateLogic to Provide Software Update Delivery Service to Digital Cable Devices and UpdateLogic™ to Provide Update Services for Tru2way™ Interactive Cable Devices.

(NOTE: The “Public Television Digital Cable Carriage Agreement” between the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), ensures that local PBS digital channels will be carried on cable systems.  The CableLabs/UpdateLogic agreement essentially extends the APTS/NCTA/PBS agreement to also include re-transmission of UpdateTV data across cable systems.)

The UpdateLogic software update service is compatible with the OpenCable™ Common Download SCTE 28 and has been approved by CableLabs. UpdateTV can proactively update software for any digital-cable device, including integrated DTV sets or DVRs, including: two-way OCAP™ devices (iDCR), tru2way™ devices, CableCARD™ devices (UDCP and DCR), and devices with clear QAM tuners.