Humax, a provider of digital set-top boxes, has introduced a number of enhancements to the user experience of its FVP-4000T Freeview Play HD PVRs through a new IP update. Humax says a redesign of th homepage interface brings a more intuitive and user-friendly layout, delivering a better browsing performance when selecting recordings. Several improvements have […]
US antitrust authorities, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have all granted approval for the Rovi $1.1 billion (€0.9bn) acquisition of TiVo to go ahead. Shareholders in the two businesses still have to give their formal approval to the deal, which is expected to close during Q3 this year. As announced on […]
Futuresource Consulting has published its latest worldwide digital media adaptor (DMA) report to provide an insight into the media streaming device market. 2015 saw shipments of 42 million DMAs, growing over 15 per cent year-on-year and representing a trade value of $1.9 billion (€1.7bn). 2020 is expected to see shipments of these dedicated video streaming […]
According to findings presented in Nielsen’s first-quarter 2016 Total Audience Report, SVoD services have reached a milestone. For the first time, the US penetration of these services has caught up to DVR penetration. In fact, half of all homes in the US have access to SVoD services, such as Netflix or Hulu—equalling US DVR penetration. […]
According to a research study released by Technavio, the global cloud direct video recorder (DVR) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 30 per cent until 2020. “With the growing prominence of IPTV, an increasing number of households will
TiVo claimed 7.1 million subscriptions for the first quarter ending April 30, 28 per cent up on the 6.1 million a year earlier and including 312,000 net additions. TiVo’s directly controlled susbs rose to 974,000 with gross additions up by 8 per cent year-on-year despite cutting 19 per cent from sub acquistion spend. TiVo also […]
Parks Associates has hosted the final day of the company’s 20th annual CONNECTIONS conference in San Francisco with panel discussions moderated by the firm’s analysts and featuring executives from companies throughout the IoT space, including Vivint Smart Home, Rovi, AT&T Digital Life, Schneider Electric, Comcast, and Hewlett-Packard. In the opening session “A Look at IoT […]
DISH has launched HopperGO in the US – a new personal mobile video drive. The 64 GB, rechargeable battery-powered device gives customers the ability to securely transfer up to 100 hours of recorded TV shows and movies from a Hopper 3 or Hopper 2 DVR for on-the-go, offline viewing. “HopperGO is the perfect summer travel […]
Humax, a UK provider of digital set-top boxes, has added Netflix to its range of FVP-4000T Freeview Play HD devices. Graham North, commercial director at Humax, said, “With the ever-increasing ‘binge-watching’ phenomenon, where entire series are consumed with no interruptions or commercial breaks, we have witnessed a dramatic revolution in viewing habits over the past […]
Liberty Global is to end the mix of its own Horizon and the TiVo provided STBs , as part of project ‘Eos’ part of Liberty 3.0 which CEO Mike Fries mow says will be known as ‘Liberty Go’. The company aims to reduce costs across the board and a common technology platform is a target. […]