The 160 million set-top boxes installed in US homes cost $3 billion to operate, largely because the boxes never go to sleep, an environmental group reports. Inactive boxes that aren’t recording or playing back shows account for about $2 billion of that cost, the study found. Hitting the off button only dims the box’s clock […]
Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has chosen Chicago’s NCTA Cable Show to unveil the next generation of its whole home solution, with the addition of robust HD video streaming and two new set-tops to its service provider product family. TiVo Premiere Q, the company’s first-ever quad-tuner gateway set-top box, and TiVo Preview, its […]
Ocean Blue Software has released a new version of its Sunrise DVB software to support multi-core CPUs and multi-tasking. The move comes as processing power built into TVs and PVRs reaches new levels, and will allow manufacturers to take full advantage of the power; offering faster, richer user interfaces. The enhancement means Sunrise DVB is […]
A senior Comcast executive has revealed that the cable TV giant is looking to enhance viewers’ personalised TV experience by leveraging its IP technology and ‘cloud’ servers in its network. Writing in a company blog, Sam Schwartz, President, Comcast Converged Products, notes that at any given time, Comcast video customers have access to an almost […]
Cablemás, Mexico’s second largest cable operator is expanding its digital service offering to include next-generation IP video services using the Conax security platform and Evolution hybrid IP set-tops and DVRs. Cablemás has continued to grow its subscriber base through its bouquet of value-added triple play services. Now Cablemás can also offer the advantages of a […]
The first episode of this year’s Doctor Who, entitled ‘The Impossible Astronaut’, has set a DVR record. Kantar Media’s analysis of BARB data – the official UK TV ratings – shows that the episode was the most recorded TV event of all time. A combination of an incredibly warm Easter Saturday and an unusually early […]
AT&T has announced the launch of new AT&T U-verse TV Total Home DVR features which gives U-verse customers the ability to pause and rewind live TV on any U-verse receiver in the home. With AT&T U-verse Total Home DVR’s latest enhancements, customers can control, record and play back shows on non-DVR TVs and pause or […]
Shaw Communications has launched the Shaw Gateway, ‘the new standard in connected entertainment’ that combines the delivery of shared PVR, more than 1,200 HD Video On Demand titles and home networking capability that will allow customers to share pictures and content from their computer onto their television. Shaw says ‘the Gateway brings together the power […]
DVR specialist TiVo has teamed up with entertainment and communications provider Comcast to enable access to Comcast’s robust library of Xfinity TV On Demand content on TiVo Premiere set-top boxes sold at retail. For the first time, Comcast customers in select markets will be able to use a TiVo Premiere box to enjoy a fully […]
Motive TV has won a US pilot trial for its ‘television anytime, anywhere’ place and time-shifting technology. San Francisco’s KOFY-TV, owned by Granite Broadcasting, is to test-run the service in order to “identify the most attractive features…for all of Granite’s US markets,” according to a statement. Len Fertig, CEO of Motive Television PLC said: “Motive’s […]