Is this good for the TV service? And if so, in what way?

[HDFootyMan]

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=137029

COLOGNE, Germany – ANGA Cable 2011 – - Motorola Mobility, Inc. today introduced additions to its European hybrid fibre coax (HFC) network portfolio, demonstrating the company’s continued innovation in evolutionary HFC network solutions that address key operator issues. These solutions include Gallium Nitride (GaN)-enabled nodes and amplifiers that extend the reach of any N+x architecture and high-performance electro absorption optical transmitter solutions that are designed to enable the simple and economical evolution of operators’ networks.


Motorola’s new European form factor nodes and amplifiers include the MPN100 modular pedestal node, the Mini Bridger Node (MBN) and the MBV3 and broadband line extender (BLE) amplifiers – all of which incorporate GaN technology which delivers 3 dB gain or twice the increase in performance compared to competitive solutions. By introducing GaN enabled nodes and amps into their network operators can avoid costly re-spacing of amplifiers when adding new subscribers, or in greenfield situations reach distances further from the headend. Virgin Media is the first customer in Europe to deploy these new solutions from Motorola.


Virgin Media is also utilizing Motorola’s new GX2-EA1000 series of transmitters which includes the 1550nm - the industry’s first multi-wavelength transmitter which directly integrates electro absorption. The Motorola EA1000 suite satisfies various applications such as full band loading of analog and digital content as well as fiber deep multi-wavelength of mixed analog and digital content or digital only. By multiplexing EA1000 transmitters with different wavelengths onto a single fiber, operators can segment nodes in the network up to eight times with distances of up to 30 km. Smaller segments can allow for 40 km and even 60 km distances. This enables operators to add more subscribers to existing infrastructure without the need to lay additional fiber.