A technology start-up is introducing a way to move a whole subscription’s worth of TV onto the Web, with or without the subscription company’s permission. The service takes the package of television channels that a customer buys through a distributor then streams the package onto the Web, allowing the customer more options for viewing than […]
The end of analogue broadcasting (on April 30) has led to a boom in the supply and purchase of digital set-top boxes. Market research specialist GfK says that in the year to March 31st, sales are up 24 per cent, with January generating record sales up 60 per cent (y-o-y). Flat-panel TVs with built-in digital […]
Samsung Canada is enhancing the way Videotron customers watch TV with the launch of two new set top boxes – the Samsung HD box and the HD PVR. Both products will be available exclusively through Videotron, in support of their next generation illico digital TV service. The advanced features of Samsung set-top boxes provide illico […]
TiVo has announced an SEC filing that they and Microsoft had reached a settlement of all their patent litigation actions with each other. TiVo had filed suit alleging patent violations. Microsoft had counter-sued. TiVo stated that “no patent rights were granted to Microsoft” as a result of this agreement. The settlement, despite the vagueness of […]
Thirty-six per cent of British viewers claim they no longer watch live TV, preferring to either access content on catch-up sites or PVRs. Nearly two thousand people, aged 18 and over, were polled by discounts site My Voucher Codes to find out how prevalent time-shifted and on-demand viewing was throughout the UK. Respondents were initially […]
DISH Network, the third largest pay TV provider in the US, has announced the availability of the Hopper, the technically advanced whole-home high definition DVR entertainment system. The Hopper system lets viewers share DVR content on TVs throughout the home. Customers can pause, play and rewind both live and recorded HD programmes in up to […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, revealed that its Horizon gateway STB will begin roll out this Spring. Speaking at Cable Congress, Fries said it would be available in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands before the end of 2012. The price to subscribers would be revealed soon, he said, adding that the box “was […]
A report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. The report finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will […]
ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have confirmed that following their initial launch in Madrid and Barcelona, its next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO fibre optic subscribers in Valencia. ONO fibre optic customers in Valencia can now access high-definition HD and 3D video content as well as a […]
Among the three major devices connected to TVs (video game consoles, DVRs and DVD players), DVRs account for the greatest percentage of Americans’ watching time, reports Nielsen. Since 2006 the percentage of time Americans spend watching live TV in the home has fallen from 89 per cent to 85 per cent. However, the amount of […]