TiVo has revealed it has more than 4.5 million subs (including TiVo’s retail TiVo-Owned and pay-TV subscriptions) who are now enjoying the TiVo experience, surpassing the previous record number of 4.45 million hit over eight years ago in December of 2006. TiVo has launched its solution with 12 global operators. Three additional announced partners intend […]
In addition to voicing its opposition to the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, Netflix has revealed that it plans to build on its successful integrations with European cable operators by launching its first US cable tie-ins. In its earnings letter to shareholders announcing its Q1 results, the company said it remained “very happy” with the […]
Findings from research led by Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (Ipsos OTX) polling 15,551 adults in 20 countries suggests that most (86 per cent ) global respondents who watch TV indicate they usually watch TV programming ‘live, although other popular modes of watching are catching on such as
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report, covering the fourth quarter of calendar 2013, shows robust viewing of broadcast television on in-home TVs. Australians are spending more time watching conventional television than they did a year ago and are also using Internet-connected devices to complement their viewing of TV and other video. An estimated 40 per cent […]
According to SNL Kagan there are about 900 million pay-TV households and 250 million DTT households worldwide yet STB shipments are only 230 million per year. Since set-top boxes are only replaced, on average, every seven years, a significant portion of annual set-top box shipments goes to new subscribers. Replacement rates do vary by operator, […]
Advanced television entertainment market specialist TiVo has surpassed 2.5 million subscribers across Europe as consumers in the UK, Spain and Sweden quickly embrace the TiVo experience offered by Virgin Media, ONO, and Com Hem, respectively. TiVo’s pay-TV operator partners continue to aggressively deploy its next-generation hybrid TV software solutions and advanced television services to meet […]
DISH has launched an add-on to its Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR platform in the US, increasing the tuner capacity of the Hopper experience. DISH’s Super Joey adds two network tuners to the Hopper’s three native tuners, allowing a household to record up to eight shows simultaneously. “We know TV viewers have searched for years for […]
Pace has been selected by beIN Sports, a pay-TV provider of the MENA region, as one of the suppliers of the network’s next generation Home Media Servers and HD STB products. Pace’s STBs will enable beIN Sports to reach millions of households across the region with their exclusive HD coverage of sporting competitions including the […]
A record 313,000 cable MSO subscriptions added in the fourth quarter helped advanced television entertainment market specialist TiVo report its best-ever full-year Service and Technology revenues. Reporting financial results for the fourth quarter and Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2014, Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, said this was another solid quarter for TiVo […]
Alticast, a specialist in interactive television, has announced that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom’s (KT) SkyLife, South Korea’s leading satellite television broadcaster, to launch its “SkyLife on Demand” service, in what it claims is the world’s first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based PVR service. “Our new Cloud-based SOD service is the […]