Mediacom has chosen TiVo to provide its next-generation consumer video experience utilising TiVo’s whole-home, multi-screen suite of products. Mediacom, the eighth largest US cable operator, plans an initial deployment in early 2013 with the rollout to continue across its footprint over the course of the year. The TiVo whole-home solution selected by Mediacom will deliver […]
In a move designed to give its customers even more flexibility, BSkyB’s Sky+ personal video recorder is launching a brand new Catch Up TV service, offering more personal storage and new ways for customers to interact with their favourite TV shows. Sky says the wave of new features marks the latest stage in the ongoing […]
The court verdict that awarded at least $250 million to TiVo from telco giant Verizon means that the ‘time warp’ patent-holder has now earned more than $1 billion for its IP, part of its DVR time-shifting technology. And the cash will continue to come in. Most of the awards are also tied into royalty payments […]
The Espial TV Browser has been selected to power Mitsubishi Electric’s latest STBs deployed by NTT Plala, a specialist in the Japanese IPTV market, to deliver a more compelling IPTV service to its customers. Leveraging a sophisticated range of features and technologies, the Espial TV Browser enables NTT Plala to distribute customised, interactive IP video-on-demand […]
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay TiVo at least $250.4 million to settle patent litigation, sending TiVo shares up almost 10 per cent. Under terms of their agreement, TiVo said Verizon will initially pay $100 million in cash and recurring quarterly payments totalling $150.4 million through to July 2018. In addition to the guaranteed compensation, […]
Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Video & Collaboration Group, predicts that Internet TVs and other consumer IP devices will be powerful and ubiquitous enough within about 10 years to receive any pay-TV service directly – eliminating the need for service providers to deploy set-top boxes. The hardware side of the equation is […]
YouView’s £10 million (€12.4m) launch advertising campaign broke this weekend, as the long-delayed service attempts to convince consumers that it represents the future of TV. The launch campaign will focus heavily on TV advertising. Spots were bought during ITV1’s The X Factor on Saturday with ads running simultaneously on Channel 4 and Channel 5, supported […]
BT will offer a free YouView set top box with no TV subscription to all new BT Infinity customers. Broadband customers not in an Infinity enabled area will also be able to get a free YouView box when they subscribe to TV Essential, starting at £4 per month (€5). YouView from BT will be available […]
The ubiquity of broadband connectivity and the advancements in home networking technologies introduce into market a new breed of consumer premises equipment which Altech Multimedia has termed Hybrid Home Gateway (H2G). Bringing together Altech Mulitmedia‘s expertise in developing, designing, manufacturing and testing set top box software and technology, as well as integrating the DVB stack, Middleware, Conditional […]
Middle East and North Africa pay-TV network OSN has launched OSN Plus HD, claimed as the region’s first Internet-enabled satellite receiver and recorder with full 3D and HD capabilities. OSN Plus HD also offers an online Video on Demand library. At launch, over 500 programmes will be available to download including family and kids genres, […]