The hardware takes the form of a computerized unit installed at a cable television headend.

The fiber network connects to the Cable television headend in Copenhagen with the 32 distribution points spread around the country.

A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system.

At a traditional cable television headend, multitudes of satellite dishes and antennas are used to grab cable stations from dozens of communication satellites.

He expanded on its concept with a proposal for a contemporary bidirectional hybrid copper and optical cable television headend, with a 1 GHz bandwidth and privacy capabilities.

These channels are used for sending video back to the cable television headend, such as by Public, educational, and government access (PEG) stations on a cable TV system.

Broadband cable Internet access requires a cable modem at the customer's premises and a cable modem termination system at a cable operator facility, typically a cable television headend.