DVR solutions specialist TiVo has reported that primetime programming which aired during the 8pm and 9pm timeslots in the US in February experienced a marked increase in timeshifted viewing over programmes in the 10pm hour, as viewed by TiVo service subscribers. According to its StopWatch ratings service, an analysis of broadcast networks ABC, CBS, FOX […]

Pace issued a "significant" upgrade to its trading position, the statement said: "Since announcing preliminary results on 3 March 2009, demand for Pace’s products has increased across many of the Group’s global markets and technologies." "Consequently, Pace now expects that its performance will result in a very significant increase on management’s expectations for 2009 and […]

From IPTV World Forum Amino Communications, the IPTV entertainment solutions provider, has signed a global co-operation agreement with ZTE, provider of telecoms equipment and network solutions. Amino will provide the full range of its award-winning AmiNET set-top boxes to ZTE, which has over 20 IPTV deployments globally. With a system capacity of more than 1.5 […]

Data from BARB and SkyView has shown the impact of personal video recorders (PVRs) on the UK's TV viewing habits. The data for the first episode of this season's Lost, which aired in January on Sky One for example, shows that of the 1.6 million viewers, 53 per cent watched the show on a time […]

The global credit crunch could endanger many large digital terrestrial TV deployment projects, which require large amounts of financed capital, reports In-Stat. This could cause delays in DTT conversion programmes worldwide, with consumers purchasing fewer set-top boxes (STBs) as a result. "Another scenario, however, is more upbeat for the STB market, noted Gerry Kaufhold, In-Stat […]

Connected set-top boxes are growing in popularity, with 33 per cent of all U.S. broadband households interested in this platform, according to Parks Associates. The international research firm notes this news is good for service providers, which have this device at the core of their current service strategies. “The cable providers have a unique challenge […]

Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) will use the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund to subsidise rural households purchasing home entertainment devices for viewing, programming and surfing the Net using its broadband network. BSNL has tied up with Hyderabad-based iChip Technologies for deploying the latter's @Box compact home entertainment device across rural areas in Andhra […]

Comms industry market researcher Dell’Oro Group, has reported that the global IPTV subscriber base grew by 3.2 million in the fourth quarter to reach 23 million subscribers at the end of 2008, nearly double the number at the end of 2007. While Europe, Middle East, and Africa remained the largest market for unit shipments of […]

The Shenzhen Bureau of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine revealed that the European Union’s new environmental regulations for simple set-top boxes (STBs) will directly affect China’s STB export business, which is valued at nearly RMB 10 billion (E1.14bn). A spokesperson for the bureau said that China currently produces more than 50 million STBs every year […]

ZillionTV is hoping to do for the set-top box market what Hulu has done for the PC. The startup, backed with content and investments from ABC/Disney, Fox, NBC/Universal, Sony and Warner Bros., has announced plans to offer ISPs a set-top box that will stream content to subscriber’s TVs. Customers will have the option to rent […]