In a filing with the FCC, Ron Wheeler, SVP of Content Protection for Fox Group stated that “in the course of renegotiating a contract with one of Fox’s multichannel video programming distribution (“MVPD”) partners, the MVPD has told Fox that it intends in the near future to make its subscription and on-demand video services available […]
Shaw Communications has launched the Shaw Gateway, ‘the new standard in connected entertainment’ that combines the delivery of shared PVR, more than 1,200 HD Video On Demand titles and home networking capability that will allow customers to share pictures and content from their computer onto their television. Shaw says ‘the Gateway brings together the power […]
Pace in 2010 became the world’s No. 1 seller of set-top boxes in terms of unit shipments on an annual basis, surpassing Motorola, new IHS Screen Digest research indicates. Pace’s STB shipments grew by 21.1 per cent in 2010 to 20.7 million units, up from 17.1 million in 2009. Motorola’s shipments rose only 4.2 per […]
Pace, whose share price took a hit when, despite respectable numbers, it missed forecast because, it said, of a delayed US order, has now issued a downbeat interim statement. It says that while volume shipments and revenues have continued to meet Pace’s expectations (Q1 2011 revenues up 24 per cent on Q1 2010), profitability has […]
DVR specialist TiVo has teamed up with entertainment and communications provider Comcast to enable access to Comcast’s robust library of Xfinity TV On Demand content on TiVo Premiere set-top boxes sold at retail. For the first time, Comcast customers in select markets will be able to use a TiVo Premiere box to enjoy a fully […]
Bridge Technologies has announced a partnership with leading South African broadcast and telecommunications system integrator Concilium Technologies. Based in Centurion, Concilium represents many of the world’s leading broadcast video, audio, and monitoring equipment manufacturers, and now includes the VideoBRIDGE line of digital media monitoring products in its portfolio. VideoBRIDGE is the most comprehensive advanced headend […]
ANT, a provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, has announced that Good Mind Industries (GMI) has selected the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform for its new range of STBs. Working closely with German distributor COMAG, the product line is to be targeted at the HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) retail market […]
Motive TV has won a US pilot trial for its ‘television anytime, anywhere’ place and time-shifting technology. San Francisco’s KOFY-TV, owned by Granite Broadcasting, is to test-run the service in order to “identify the most attractive features…for all of Granite’s US markets,” according to a statement. Len Fertig, CEO of Motive Television PLC said: “Motive’s […]
Dish Network and its owner EchoStar have agreed to pay $500 million to TiVo in order to settle all of their patent disputes with TiVo. $300 million will be paid immediately, and a total of a further $200 million paid in six annual payments spread between next year and 2017. TiVo shares rocketed 25 per […]
Standards body the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has set its sights on in-home backbones in Europe as pervasive in-home connectivity starts to become mainstream. Although the home will be a hybrid of wired and wireless networking technologies, MoCA suggests there is an urgent requirement for a robust in-home backbone that will deliver the best […]