--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 30, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- A top executive at Comcast said the cable industry would move toward adopting a networking technology that could significantly increase the use of DVRs. The cable company's COO, Steve Burke, told an investor conference that a trial of new technology recently announced by rival operator Cablevision looked promising. The new system that Cablevision is trying would allow subs to retrieve recorded shows from the cable company's system, rather than from a hard drive installed on a set-top cable box.
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