French broadband and IPTV supplier Free (part of the Iliad group) has unveiled its new box and package with Iliad’s chairman Xavier Niel describing the new box as a “revolution”. It consists, in fact, of a pair of boxes, designed by the leading stylist Philippe Starck. The modem box has a fibre and ADSL modem, […]
Bridge Technologies has announced a partnership with lBaltic-states system integrator Hannu Pro. Based in Riga, Latvia, Hannu Pro represents more than 50 global broadcast equipment and software manufacturers, and the company’s portfolio now includes the VideoBRIDGE line of digital media monitoring products. VideoBRIDGE is the most comprehensive advanced headend-to-set-top-box monitoring solution available to broadcasters, telcos, […]
Pakistan media officials are complaining about the number of DTH television boxes being smuggled into the country from India. The set-top boxes give Pakistani viewers access to hundreds of Indian and other international channels. As far as Pakistan is concerned all these channels are illegal and unlicensed. Former information minister Javed Jabbar described the widespread […]
S3 Group has revealed Indian satellite TV provider, Tata Sky, has licensed its StormTest Development Centre solution for automated STB validation testing. Tata Sky is a joint venture between the TataGroup and Star. The Tata Group is one of India’s largest business conglomerates with operations in more than 80 countries across six continents and exporting […]
Wyplay, a global player in innovative TV-centric Operator software solutions, and Altech Multimedia, the international developer of interactive software solutions and digital Set-top Boxes (STBs), have unveilled their formal collaboration to integrate Wyplay’s STB Client software. Wyplay’s software solutions sit at the very heart of the connected home and power the top brand names in […]
Wyplay, the TV-centric Operator software solutions, and Altech Multimedia, the developer of interactive software solutions and digital Set-top Boxes (STBs), have unveilled their formal collaboration to integrate Wyplay’s STB Client software. “This partnership complements Altech Multimedia’s broadband and broadcast product offerings to address convergence within the multimedia market,” said Peter Balchin, CEO of Altech Multimedia. […]
SmarDTV, a Kudelski company, has entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets from French technology company Iwedia including the transfer of all staff from Iwedia to SmarDTV. “We are delighted to announce our acquisition of the Iwedia team and assets” said Eric Chaubert, CEO of SmarDTV. “CI Plus is really building steam across Europe […]
The first images of Virgin Media’s new TiVo service have been released, showcasing a simple user interface for users to find their favourite programmes TiVo, the US DVR pioneer, is set to “revolutionise the way customers watch on-demand and pay-TV programmes,” promised Virgin Media when it first announced plans to offer the service. The new […]
AirTies has won a significant order from Turkey’s TTNET to supply its innovative set-top box and clever IPTV wireless solution for distributing HDTV signals around the home. AirTies’ home gateway supplies one of its Air 7120 high-def boxes along with its 4420 video bridging devices, taking advantage of any DNLA-enabled consumer items in the home, […]
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) set-top box shipments surpassed MPEG-2-only set-top box shipments for the first time in 2010, with about 53 per cent of MPEG-4 shipments worldwide, suggests ABI Research. Despite the support for advanced encoding, however, pay-TV operators worldwide have been slow to support interactive features on set-top boxes. The research firm notes that historically, […]