Time Warner Cable Still Wrestling With Set-Top Guide Bugs
MSO’s Navigator Software Reported to Cause Customer Issues In Ohio
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 7/8/2008 2:50:00 PM

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6576530.html

Time Warner Cable’s homegrown interactive program guide continues to 
cause grief for some customers, with problems reported in the Dayton, 
Ohio area after the MSO upgraded the guide there over the last two months.

The operator has been gradually rolling out the Digital Navigator guide 
to replace the Aptiv Passport IPG (now owned by Macrovision).

Complaints first surfaced last year in the three test markets for the 
software: Lincoln, Neb., Milwaukee and Kansas City, Mo. Issues with 
Digital Navigator reported at the time included spontaneously rebooting 
set-top boxes and loss of channels.

Some problems apparently are still lingering. According to a July 4 
Dayton Daily News article, local Time Warner Cable customers have 
complained that the new guide is slower to change channels and has 
introduced other errors, such as delivering some channels only in Spanish.

Time Warner Cable spokesman Justin Venech, in an e-mailed statement, 
said: “When new technology is being implemented, it is not uncommon that 
some issues arise and need to be worked out. We continue rollout and 
expect to have these issues resolved in the coming months. We are 
confident our customers will find that the new services made available, 
as a result of this new guide, enhance their overall experience."

Venech did not provide details on how widespread the issues are, or 
whether the problems affect only specific models of set-top boxes.
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