DISH Network has confirmed it will be launching an application that gives customers control of the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR on Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 and PS4 systems from spring 2014. DISH’s Virtual Joey provides a nearly identical experience to the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR’s hardware-based Joey, making live TV and recordings accessible on PlayStation […]
As part of its ongoing commitment to offer advanced services to its Prism TV customers, CenturyLink, the US’s third largest triple-play operator, has launched version 3.0 of its Prism TV app. This enhanced app allows customers to view TV and video on demand content wherever they are, including up to 25 live TV channels outside […]
TiVo co-founders Michael Ramsay and Jim Barton are to release a new TV companion device to combine video discovery and curation with smart TV functionality. Gigacom reported an FCC filing for the QPlay-branded device which suggests that the release is imminent. QPlay is said to be working with include Netflix and Hulu Plus. QPlay has been […]
Australian online entertainment service Quickflix is now available on TiVo media devices in Australia and New Zealand. TiVo customers can now enjoy blockbuster movies and hit TV shows, including the best of the BBC and HBO, streamed straight to their TiVo and other connected devices. As a special introductory offer, Quickflix will be offering TiVo […]
Tivo’s CEO Tom Rogers, addressing the UBS Global Media event in New York, said television was going through some fundamental changes, which was why Tivo had introduced its ‘Roamio’ device. Rogers described the new devices introduction as “spectacular” with one reviewer writing that it was the ‘Holy Grail of set-top boxes’. “Roamio is really the […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 47 per cent of TV households in the US have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR) – an increase from 40 per cent in 2010, and 23 per cent in 2007. In addition, 50 per cent of households with a DVR now have DVR […]
An update to the Sky+ app has added the ability to download On Demand content straight to a Sky+HD box using a smartphone or tablet. The Showcase, Catch Up TV, TV Box Sets and Sky Movies sections are now all available within the Sky+ app. To download content to their Sky+HD box, users simply need […]
PVR manufacturer TiVo reported Q3 sales of $81.7 million (up from $61 million in the same period last year) and is anticipating Q4 sales revenues of about $84 million – which would be around 30 per cent ahead of last year’s $65.7 million. The numbers are at the top end of analysts’ expectations. Subscriptions grew […]
DISH is rolling out the latest software for its Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR in the US, making DISH the first pay-TV provider to implement HDMI-CEC technology to control users’ televisions. The software update, code named ‘Denver’, is the fifth in a line of Hopper updates this year. In addition to the upgraded Hopper and television […]
Disney-owned network ABC is still arguing that Dish Network should shut down its ad-skipping ‘Hopper’ technology. ABC has already lost an initial argument at a lower court in September that Dish is breaching its copyright in broadcasting ABC’s shows while allowing viewers to ‘hop’ through the commercials. ABC is also arguing that Dish is in […]