Amino Communications , has demonstrated an IPTV set-top box (STB) that is powered by the new Intel Atom Processor CE4100 (formerly codenamed "Sodaville"). The Intel media processor is the first 45nm consumer electronics (CE) system-on-chip based on the Intel Atom core and popular Intel architecture. This new generation of Amino products will address growing consumer […]

Amidst increased European political interest in high speed broadband rollout, Cable Europe Labs has recently certified a number of new EuroDOCSIS based products from Cisco, Netgear, Thomson, Pace and STMicroelectronics. "Every new certification announcement that we make is another step forward in the speed and increased service that the cable industry is providing to millions […]

The Technical Committee of the European Broadcasting Union has agreed a set of measures for Hybrid Broadcast Broadband (HBB) services and devices. It says it backs "the exciting opportunity these technologies bring to viewers and the broadcasting world, and the significant work that has already been done in this domain." The committee said that while […]

EchoStar Corp. has gone for broke in seeking funds from the federal government's broadband stimulus program. In its latest proposal, EchoStar has teamed up with ViaSat in a satellite broadband project seeking $483 million in stimulus funds from the Federal Government. The project would build and launch a new satellite which would provide download speeds […]

Sky has revealed that the Sky Player will be made available to UK Xbox 360 owners in October. The new service will grant Xbox owners access to live television, as well as movies and on-demand content. It will be available to Xbox Live Gold members, and Sky subscribers with certain movie or sports packages will […]

Tilgin, supplier of broadband services solutions for operators, has announced a new release of its Service and Device Management software, VCM. Tilgin’s remote management solution enables the operators to expand their service offering of triple play services while keeping operating cost under control. The new VCM 5.6 introduces Remote Management of IPTV Set Top Boxes […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid The lack of pay DTT-ready STBs is to delay the beginning of the pay-DTT business in Spain for at least the next two months. Manufacturers are to begin producing the pay-DTT boxes in September and the first devices will not be ready until at least the end of the […]

Investment analysts Piper Jaffray have predicted Apple will enter the TV market by 2011 with an Apple-branded television set with digital video recording and home media functions. “With the popularity of ad-based internet TV and subscription models, we believe a-la-carte (iTunes) video purchases have lost share against other video models in recent months. As such, […]

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced it is requiring all companies that provide audio/video programming to TV audiences via set-top boxes or Internet-enabled TVs to obtain an A/V programme information network broadcasting licence. In addition, all TV or movie programmes broadcast on TV terminals must have an offline broadcasting licence, […]

Rovi Corporation (formerly Macrovision Solutions Corporation,) and TNS Media Research announced that they are collaborating on the development of advanced TV and set-top-box (STB) measurement solutions. The alliance joins Rovi's clickstream technology with the reporting capabilities of TNS Media Research to enable some of the richest measurement in the industry, including consumer viewing across live, […]