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Ops Link Troops and Family

Cable World, Feb 7, 2005

By Shirley Brady

Comcast and Time Warner used their advanced platforms to connect U.S. military serving overseas and their loved ones over the holidays:

Comcast digital cable subscribers in its Eastern division (from Maine to northern Delaware) and Salt Lake City could access video greetings from GIs posted abroad under the "Get Local" section of the free-on-demand menu. (Military families in Utah that do not subscribe to digital cable were offered Comcast On Demand for free over the holidays.) The 30-second video messages were taped by the Army/Air Force Hometown News Service at U.S. bases in Iraq and around the world.

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Time Warner's Oceanic Cable system in Hawaii set up a videomail kiosk featuring Vibe Solutions Group's software at its offices so military families could tape 90-second video greetings. Local Road Runner subscribers also received Vibe's software for free so customers with computer-mounted webcams could send 45-second video greetings. The kiosk was available throughout January, and the system hopes to move it permanently to the shopping center at Hawaii's Schofield Barracks. (Other operators using Vibe's broadband videomail software include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Insight, Susquehanna Communications and Charter.)

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Ops Link Troops and Family

Cable World, Feb 7, 2005

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