India’s largest DTH operator Dish TV is upping the cost of its standard definition digital set-top boxes. They now cost an extra $4.11, taking the price to $36.98, while the DVR version costs a couple of dollars extra at $38.62. Dish is holding the price of its more expensive HD boxes at Rupees 3099 ($51.50). […]
TalkTalk is offering customers three months of free TV, broadband and phone. The offer, branded “The Big Free”, gives TalkTalk customers three months of free YouView TV, unlimited broadband use and phone calls. The offer is available to both new and current TalkTalk customers. The package normally costs £15.50 (€18.2) per month and the £299 YouView […]
Samsung has acquired US web TV service Boxee in a deal reported to be worth $30 million. The move will enhance Samsung’s Smart TV offering. Announcing the deal in a company blog, ‘Team Boxee’ said: “We started on this journey six years ago, and have been at the forefront of the changing TV and video […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report reveals an increasingly connected Australian home, with 27 per cent now having access to four screens: television, computer, smartphone an tablet (16 per cent a year ago). The report, which covers the first quarter of calendar 2013, shows media consumption patterns are evolving as households add new technologies. Overall television […]
Tulix Systems, a provider of streaming solutions and CDN services, will begin offering its proprietary DVR functionality to its US customers with Google TV channels in July. The service will allow content owners and distributors to make the last 48 hours of their broadcast available to viewers on demand on any of the platforms that […]
Atlantic Broadband has partnered exclusively with TiVo to power its slate of digital entertainment services across TV, Web and Mobile platforms. Atlantic Broadband is the first US MSO to leverage TiVo’s complete product suite which delivers a unified experience that spans whole home DVR, HD STBs for non-DVR households, access to Internet delivered video and […]
TiVo, the DVR specialist, and Mediacom, the 8th largest cable operator in the US, have revealed during The Cable show that Mediacom has begun roll-out of its TiVo offering. “We are thrilled at the speed and ease with which we were able to prepare for the launch of TiVo in our markets,” said John Apparelling, […]
Sony has unveiled the PlayStation 4, its first new console in seven years, taking the battle to Microsoft with a lower-priced machine, original content and fresh titles. The PS4 will retail at $399 in the US (and £349 in the UK) – 20 per cent less than Microsoft’s Xbox One, Sony executives revealed at the […]
Despite winning a total of $490 million from a trio of heavy-hitting lawsuits (with Google/Motorola, Time Warner and Cisco) and seeing its share price rocket more than 10 per cent on June 6th. The market then seemed to say ‘Is that all there is?’ and promptly saw a 20 per cent plunge on June 7th. […]
LG Electronics has revealed a line-up of IP-connected devices for platforms including its own NetCast Smart TV operating system and Google TV which are designed to blend cable-supplied, TV Everywhere, VoD and whole-home DVR capabilities with over-the-top apps from Hulu, Vudu, and YouTube and others. LG said it will use DLNA to connect to home […]