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 […]
Canadian cable communications and entertainment company Rogers Communications has unveiled NextBox 2.0, a suite of new features designed to transform the home entertainment experience, allowing people to access live and recorded TV programmes from any room in the home. The initiative better allows it to compete with telco BCE’s Fibe IPTV service. “Canadians are increasingly […]
TiVo is planning to extend its digital TV technology expertise beyond the DVR. Commenting on the company’s Q4 results, Tom Rogers, TiVo President and CEO, said the advanced television services specialist was continuing to make strides to bring the look and feel of the TiVo user interface to other platforms beyond the DVR. “To that […]
The news earlier this week that TiVo and Pace had signed a strategic partnership was amplified February 23 by comments made by TiVo President and CEO Tom Rogers while discussing the company’s Q4 results. Addressing the new Pace relationship, Rogers, said: “A significant part of the development in any one of these projects is the […]
DVR specialist TiVo and STB maker Pace have revealed plans to port TiVo’s software to Pace’s set-tops and gateways. The initiative is designed further to enable operators around the world to deploy quickly and cost-effectively the TiVo consumer experience to a selection of Pace devices. “This global partnership with Pace is another step in achieving […]
Virgin Media is happy to limit the apps available on TiVo, insisting quality is more important than quantity. COO Andrew Barron told analysts: They will be heavyweight apps, not just fodder. It’s easy to publish all sorts of things to it, because it’s got Flash – but we want to the real heavyweights.” Virgin claimed […]
Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has confirmed the nationwide availability of the TiVo HD DVR from DirecTV in the US, which enables DirecTV customers to once again enjoy the TiVo service seamlessly integrated with their DirecTV service. “We are pleased to answer the call of TiVo fans by making the new TiVo HD […]
Barely a week goes by without someone suggesting that DVR manufacturer TiVo is about to be taken over. Assorted names have been mentioned, not least one or other of the EchoStar family of companies, in EchoStar’s case if only to bring the – now ended – IP litigation to an end. Other would-be ‘buyers’ have […]
Linear TV viewing in the UK matched the record level it set in 2010, with commercial TV increasing its share of total viewing to 64 per cent in 2011, according to Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK. The average viewer watched 4 hours, 2 minutes of linear TV a day in […]
Amino Communications, specialists in IPTV/OTT solutions, has selected Celeno Communications, a provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, to provide a range of wireless products that complement Amino’s range of IPTV STBs. Celeno’s OptimizAIR technology will help Amino offer whole home Wi-Fi networking robust enough for HD IPTV distribution, multi-room DVR and OTT […]