Figures from Screen Digest have revealed that Pace, the leading developer of digital TV technologies for the pay-TV industry, is now the world’s number two set-top box supplier to pay-TV customers (up from number three in 2008). It has leapfrogged Tecchnicolor (formerly Thomson) to sit behind Motorola. Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer, Pace, commented: “We’ve […]

Cablevision has confirmed it will roll out its controversial remote storage digital video recorder in the US in April. When plans for the network-based DVR were first announced in 2006, several major programme owners sued the cable operator claiming it was illegal. Cablevision won the case on appeal and last June the US Supreme Court […]

TiVo, pioneer of digital video recorders, may introduce a set-top box that provides Web search results alongside TV listings. The product would let subscribers locate programmes at sites including Google's YouTube and Amazon, and on streaming services such as Netflix, said Wible. The results would be displayed with broadcast, cable TV and pay-per-view listings.

Pace Networks' MultiDweller distribution platform has been deployed in the UK for the first time, opening up access to digital services for hard-to-reach residents in multi-dwelling apartments. Initially installed in apartment blocks in South Yorkshire as part of a joint project with not-for-profit organisation, The Advanced Digital Institute (ADI), and broadband provider, Thales UK, MultiDweller […]

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC), in line with its policy to stop analogue terrestrial TV broadcasts in 2012, is drawing up a plan to subsidise the purchase of STBs. The NCC has come out with two proposals: one calls for giving every household a free STB at a total budget of NT$10.5 billion ($328 million) […]

After announcing that it will split into two separate entities, Motorola’s co-CEO, Sanjay Jha, has said Motorola is looking for ways to combine the features of TV set-top boxes and mobile phones. Consumers will be able to more efficiently share photos, video, and other multimedia with their STB. According to WSJ, Motorola is planning to […]

Luxembourg-based satellite TV operator M7 Group has chosen set-top box technology from Pace to bring HD TV content and personal video recording to its customers. Pace will develop M7's next generation of HD devices: an HD set-top box and an HD PVR. M7 Group provides DTH satellite TV services to residential and business customers in […]

The UK’s first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box has arrived at retail in the form of the Humax HD-FOX T2. Humax’s receiver is now available from a wide variety of both online-and-offline retailers priced at £179.99. The HD-FOX T2 is the first receiver equipped with a DVB-T2 tuner, allowing the set-top box to receive Freeview HD […]

The Comcast and NBC Universal merger hearing in Congress has sparked controversy over the fair use of Hulu. When asked about blocking Boxee users from accessing Hulu, NBC President Jeff Zucker replied. “What Boxee was doing was illegally taking the content that was on Hulu without any business deal.” Boxee's contention is that they merely […]

Pace Networks, a specialised division of digital TV technologies developer Pace, has signed Brazil-based Visionbyte as its first Networks Approved Partner (NAP) in the Latin American market. Pace Networks' global partner programme supports the rollout of its MultiDweller distribution platform, which Visionbyte will use to extend the reach of SD and HD services to smaller […]