Microsoft has filed a US trade complaint seeking to prevent TiVo from importing television set-top boxes. The complaint submitted to the US International Trade Commission in Washington accuses TiVo of infringing four patents. Microsoft is asking that TiVo be barred from importing the digital-video recorders, which are primarily made in Mexico and sold in the […]
South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom has confirmed it will release a smartphone that can also serve as a set-top box, playing content on personal computers, tablet PCs and TVs. The smartphone named “Galaxy S hopping,” made by Samsung Electronics, will be available in South Korea this week. Connecting the smartphone to the TV […]
Orange Switzerland will launch its ‘Orange CineHome’ service on January 17th, enabling its mobile customers to access a range of films and TV shows on their television through a dedicated set-top box with broadband connection. The service will offer unlimited access to the Warner Bros TV film and TV series catalogue as well as unlimited […]
The demand for gigabytes and terabytes of storage from PC users, game enthusiasts, and TV entertainment folks is keeping the industry growing to the degree that In-Stat forecasts HDD unit shipments will increase to over 1 billion units by 2014. The main drivers of growth have been the notebook PC market, set top boxes, and […]
French IPTV STB manufacturer Netgem has reported consolidated sales down 9 percent to €27.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, with French revenues down 21 per cent to €21.4 million and international sales up 1.8 times to €6.3 million. Over the full year, Netgem’s revenues grew by 3 per cent to €134.9 million, including […]
Pace Networks, the specialised division of digital pay-TV technologist Pace, has confirmed that Canal Digital Sweden, part of the Nordic television distributor network and ISP, Canal Digital, is to deploy the Pace MDC1000 head end platform to support its nationwide upgrade of SMATV head ends. Implementing the Pace MDC1000 compact head end platform will enable […]
In a series of major interviews with UK newspapers January 10, Pace CEO Neil Gaydon has revealed that he talked last week at CES with more than 100 companies about providing additional non-TV services to consumers. Pace’s recent acquisition of US-based broadband technology company 2Wire for £308 million is opening up new opportunities for bolting […]
Vodafone Iceland has selected Amino Communications’ next generation HD set-top boxes for the next phase of its IPTV service rollout. The company will deploy a substantial number of Amino A140 SD/HD STBs as part of a service upgrade of its IPTV service which offers TVOD, Catch-up and Broadcast of close to 100 TV channels to […]
ACCESS, the provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has signed a software licence agreement with Electra Entertainment. The agreement brings ACCESS’ NetFront Browser for TV and NetFront Living Connect, a DLNA solution, to Electra’s proprietary Trove hybrid DVB/IP connected TV software platform. Within the agreement Electra’s Trove hybrid […]
STMicroelectronics, the semiconductor expert and a specialist in chips for set-top boxes and digital TVs, has introduced out-of-the box content protection for TVs with the latest STB and TV System on Chip (SoC) platform with Adobe Flash Access, a complete protection and monetisation solution that is a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform. Flash […]