Advanced Television

STB

Peer TV STB enters customer testing phase

PeerTV, a provider of technology solutions for the OTT market, has announced the immediate availability of evaluation samples of its Android-based Internet TV STB, ES-550. The product is now entering its customer testing phase and is expected to be formally released during the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam in September. “Android is expected to become the […]

July 21, 2011

Asia-Pacific STB growth

The Asia-Pacific region will lead STB growth for the next five years, with shipments approaching 50 per cent of the STBs sold worldwide in 2013-2015 before falling off slightly. Established players delivering cable boxes to China, including Jiuzhou and Coship, stand to gain in market share as unit shipments and ASP increase in Asia. Huawei […]

July 14, 2011

Zenterio STB portfolio in a BeeSmart environment

Zenterio is proud to announce that it has successfully passed the BeeSmart certification for the STC‐ZI3040 set top box, equipped with the market leading Zenterio ZiDS software stack. This is an important milestone as it opens up the possibilities of using the full range of the Zenterio STB portfolio in a BeeSmart environment. Zenterio is […]

July 13, 2011

NDS powers Sky+ HD STB and Anytime+ VoD

NDS has revealed that BSkyB has deployed a customised implementation of NDS’ advanced set-top box software for its Sky+HD boxes. As well as enabling the launch of Sky’s Anytime+ VoD service, the component based architecture of the set-top box software enables Sky to evolve the complete end-user experience to meet changing customer needs faster than […]

July 12, 2011

IP STB shipments over 1m in 2011

Worldwide set top box revenue, as a whole, will decline slightly in 2011 over 2010, with Latin America and Middle East/Africa the only regions showing any increase in shipments.  However, despite the general maturation of the market, IP set top box shipments are forecast to increase by over 1 million units in 2011 according to […]

July 11, 2011

Charter and Rovi TotalGuide agreement

Rovi Corporation has inked an agreement with Charter Communications enabling Charter to distribute Rovi TotalGuide Solution on Charter’s set-top boxes, mobile and tablet devices and the Web. In addition, the multi-year agreement includes a licence to the Rovi Remote Record Scheduling Application for i-Guide and Passport Guide and for the use of the Rovi interactive […]

July 8, 2011

AirTies and BeeSmart deliver integrated STB

AirTies, the wireless networking and set-top box vendor, has confirmed the integration of BeeSmart middleware with its own set- top boxes to create a high quality, interactive TV user experience.  Prompted by customer demand, the integration has resulted in a design that offers support for live video streaming, video on demand and value added services […]

July 7, 2011

Dolby powers China’s DTMB

Dolby Laboratories has revealed that Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital have been selected as optional technologies for China’s recently released national Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB) Receiver Specification for set-top boxes and TVs, which will go into effect on November 1s, 2011. The release of China’s national DTMB Receiver Specification adds to the growing […]

June 30, 2011

Prisa TV and Cisco in STB deal

Prisa TV, owner of DTH platform Digital Plus, has signed an agreement with Cisco whereby the technology company will provide the platform Digital Plus with new and state-of-the-art set-top-boxes. The deal forms part of a far-reaching reorganisation plan of Prisa that will also launch a multimedia platform, developed by IBM and Autonomy, for content and […]

June 27, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid