Following its suggestion February 20 that networking giant Cisco was looking to sell off its set-top box business – swiftly denied by the company – the New York Post is now reporting that Google is trying to sell the pay-TV set-top box (STB) unit that it will acquire with Motorola Mobility once the $12.5 billion […]
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 […]
Mike Pulli, set-top box maker Pace’s newly-appointed CEO, delivered an upbeat report to analysts, along with the company’s full-year numbers (to December 31st), on March 6th. The market liked what it heard, marking up Pace’s share price by 11 per cent during early trading (9p) to 90p. Pulli has been in post only since December […]
ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, today announced that it will demonstrate its latest STB solutions targeting domestic digital TV broadcasting market in China at the upcoming 2012 CCBN Beijing to be held on March 21st at booth 1B601. Catering to the faster-than-ever trend of digital broadcasting migration from standard […]
Residential gateways are expected to become the new hub of the so-called digital living room when they take over from set-top boxes, with the vigorous gateway market projected to triple from 2012 to 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments of residential gateways and thin client boxes that act as […]
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group are teaming up with flash memory card specialist SanDisk and hard disk drive manufacturer Western Digital to launch an initiative designed to give consumers an easier and faster way to organise, store and move their HD digital movies and TV shows – including new […]
Silicon and software solutions provider Entropic Communications has been selected as the successful bidder to acquire Trident Microsystems’ set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) assets for a purchase price of $65 million, a $10 million dollar increase to its original offer. Confirmation follows the completion of an auction, and the final transaction is subject to approval […]
Pace has appointed a new chief financial officer as chairman Allan Leighton continues his overhaul of the company. The world’s biggest maker of STBs has confirmed that Roddy Murray, the former CFO at plumbing group BSS, will join the company on March 6th. He replaces Stuart Hall, who is standing down after five years at […]
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 […]
Following yesterday’s reports in US press that Cisco was looking to sell Scientific-Atlanta, the company has moved to confirm its commitment to set-top boxes, describing such comments as “erroneous” and “unsourced”. In a Service Provider blog, Corporate Communications head John Earnhardt drew attention to comments made earlier in the month by Cisco Chairman and CEO […]