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Cubiware integrates with ALi Corp

TiVo subsidiary Cubiware, a provider of software for Digital TV devices and systems is partnering with set-top box system-on-chip specialist ALi Corporation in which it will integrate the full-featured CubiTV Hybrid Middleware on ALi STB chipsets, with the intention of bringing highly competitive solutions to operators around the world. The joint solution will enable pay-TV […]

May 31, 2016

4K STB market to quadruple in 2016

Proving itself to be the one bright spot in a challenging set-top box sector, the 4K set-top box market is forecast to quadruple from less than two million units in 2015 to more than 7 million in 2016, and then grow by 46 per cent annually through 2021. According to technology innovation market intelligence specialist […]

May 19, 2016

Sckipio G.fast solution

Sckipio Technologies, a specialist in G.fast, has announced what it claims is the world’s first G.fast solution to deliver up to 1.5Gbps in combined upstream and downstream performance by dynamically allocating the bandwidth in each direction in real time. Called Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (or DBA for short), Sckipio is giving consumers a user-experience that achieves […]

May 18, 2016

Mediamorph secures Hulu, Millicom deals

Platform and data management services specialist has confirmed that premium streaming TV service Hulu has selected Mediamorph’s best-of–breed cloud-based software platform better to manage contracts and content costs as it expands its rich title library. With content deal structures growing increasingly sophisticated, Mediamorph’s flexible and scalable platform will provide Hulu improved insight into the utilisation […]

May 11, 2016

LPWA IoT will represent 55% of IoT connections by 2020

Low Powered Wide Area (LPWA) Internet of Things (IoT) connections will witness huge growth, from just 20 million in 2014 to 861 million by 2020, which will be equivalent to 55 per cent of all IoT connections, according to Pyramid Research. The company’s report states that huge volume growth is expected from 2018, particularly when […]

April 28, 2016

Xfinity TV Partner app for Roku, Samsung

Cable MSO Comcast is partnering with Roku in a move that will continue to expand the range of retail devices Comcast’s customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service without the need for a set-top box. Later this year, Xfinity TV customers will be able to enjoy their cable subscription in the home via […]

April 21, 2016By Colin Mann

Future of TV Coalition: ‘Wheeler’s STB gaffe’

The Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has suggested that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made a serious error in comments made before the House Energy and Commerce […]

March 23, 2016By Colin Mann

Coalition launches ‘Unlock The Box’ website

Stepping up its efforts to bring competition to the cable and pay-TV set-top box market in the US, the Consumer Video Choice Coalition (CVCC) – comprised of a diverse group of organisations and companies that believe consumers would benefit from a competitive ecosystem of third-party devices and services that can be used across multichannel video […]

March 22, 2016By Colin Mann

SNL Kagan: Cable infrastructure spending down 3%

Research from SNL Kagan indicates that global cable operators spent 2015 taking advantage of low downstream channel prices and boosted shipments of converged cable access platforms (CCAP) to record levels. Total Data over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) downstream channels jumped 41 per cent for the full year to top 6 million, according to SNL […]

March 21, 2016

Altice selects ARRIS for edge

Global telecommunications company Altice has selected the E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) from ARRIS International to enable the delivery of gigabit Internet services to its subscribers.  Altice will deploy the ARRIS E6000 CER with SFR in France and Orange-Tricom in The Dominican Republic, and it will expand the E6000 CER footprint in its recently acquired […]

March 16, 2016