Vodafone Spain is finalising the launch of a new STB that will include the smart service TiVo within the 4K-equipped device. The new box will allow subscribers access to the TiVo service, to up to 120 TV channels, as well as the VoD service and other popular apps like Netflix. The new box will not […]
Some five weeks after reports first emerged that entertainment discovery specialist Rovi was planning to acquire advanced television technology specialist TiVo the pair have confirmed a cash and stock deal of approximately $1.1 billion (€0.96bn). The new company combines two media and entertainment technology innovators with complementary products, services, and intellectual property assets and a […]
TiVo has announced that, from May 2nd, the all-new TiVo Roamio OTA will feature a hefty 1TB hard drive, and carries no requirement for an on-going monthly subscription fee. “The TiVo Roamio OTA 1TB is in a class of its own,” said Ira Bahr, TiVo’s Chief Marketing and Retail Sales Officer. “It delivers the unparalleled […]
Customers of US pay-TV operator DISH can now stream the Netflix catalogue of Ultra HD TV shows and movies from a Hopper 3 DVR. These Netflix titles join DISH’s inventory of Ultra HD content that includes a slate of 4K programming from Sony, The Orchard and Mance Media. me/20160408005494/en/ The Hopper 3 delivers native 4K […]
Rovi Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Comcast in Texas. “Today, Rovi filed legal action against Comcast,” said Tom Carson, president and CEO, Rovi. “For over a decade, Comcast built its business using Rovi’s patented technology, which it licensed for a fixed term. Comcast’s decision to continue using Rovi’s pioneering technology as an […]
Two major players in digital media could be combining, according to a report in the NYT. Rovi is, apparently, bidding for TiVo with a mix of cash and stock that would mean the merged company would be owned about 70 per cent by Rovi (current market cap $1.7 billion) and 30 per cent by TiVo (current […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, covering the fourth quarter of 2015 – shows that, despite the proliferation of connected devices, the vast majority of all video viewing in Australia takes place on in-home TV sets. Across all screens and all types of video content – broadcast and non-broadcast […]
According to market research by Technavio, the global in-built (on board DVR) set-top boxes market sales will likely surpass 179 million units by 2020. The market size has been calculated based on the revenue generated from unit sales of STBs equipped with DVR technology. “Hybrid STBs are a combination of satellite, cable, and IPTV STBs. […]
TiVo has reported it sold fewer actual receiver devices in the quarter-year to January 31st (down 4.9 per cent, to a value of $21.4 million) but overall revenues grew 7.9 per cent as the business continued to add subscribers. In the quarter, TiVo said its net revenue increased to $123.1 million from $114.1 million. Revenue […]
The latest update to Sky+ is designed to make it even easier for users to binge-watch their way through content on the Sky Box Sets service. The changes, Sky’s first software update of 2016, come as Sky Box Sets customers will get exclusive access to the full series of The Tunnel: Sabotage and Billions, the […]