At the 69th meeting of the DVB Steering Board, the Commercial Requirements for CI Plus v1.4 were approved thereby allowing the technical work on the specification to progress. These Commercial Requirements build on top of the current CI Plus v1.3 specification with two main features: support for dual-stream operation with a single module, intended for […]
DVR specialist TiVo added 117,000 net new subscribers during its Q3 period (to end of October 2011), a complete reverse of the 112,000 lost in the same period last year, and a 33,000 drop in Q2 2011. TiVo was helped in winning these new subscribers by the roll-out of its technology by UK cableco Virgin […]
ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have announced their next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO subscribers in major Spanish cities, Madrid and Barcelona. ONO plans to also extend TiVo to its entire fibre optic network within the coming months. ONO will deploy a set top box offering their […]
Hybrid Television Services, the licensee of TiVo products in Australia and New Zealand and the creator of CASPA On-Demand, has launched a limited edition, TiVo 1TB media device. The device is branded as TiVo XL reflecting the increased capacity of the hard drive from the original 320GB size to 1 Terabyte (TB) in recording capacity. […]
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor expert, has unveiled its most highly integrated chip for interactive high-definition PVR cable STBs, which it claims will significantly reduce equipment design, cost, and certification challenges for its customers. ST is also supporting its new IC, the STiH225, with a reference design that simplifies first-time certification of new designs that meet […]
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, one of the largest telcos in North America, is to deploy Amino’s Aminet A540 DVR IPTV/OTT set-top boxes as part of its Pioneer DTV IPTV service. Pioneer serves over 40,000 customers across more than 74 communities in Western Oklahoma. Under the Pioneer DTV brand, the cooperative offers up to 161 entertainment channels […]
Pace might be struggling to get its hands on set-top box hard drives, but news from South America is that it has won part of a 1 million box order for 2012 from DirecTV for its Argentina operation. The news came from DirecTV Argentina. The order is split between Pace and Technicolor, and says that […]
Forty-four per cent of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR -representing 14 per cent of all households having multiple DVRs according to recent consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG). In 2005, just 8 per cent of […]
TiVo shares gained some considerable ground on Friday, helped by a court ruling which went in favour of TiVo in its patent infringement claim against AT&T’s U-verse digital TV service. US District Court Judge David Folsom issued what is seen as a major victory for TiVo and according to analysts covering the sector, will […]
This weekend, some Freeview viewers will be able to watch Nathan Cleverly defend his WBO World Light- Heavyweight crown against Commonwealth Champion, Tony Bellew. For viewers with the latest generation of Freeview+HD boxes from British manufacturer TVonics, the fight will be streamed live on Freeview Channel 112 at 7pm on October 15th. The live broadcast […]