Strong it is to license the Thomson brand for its range of high end set-top boxes with embedded conditional access systems for Pay TV operators, for retail distribution networks covering all of Europe, and selected countries in the Middle East and Africa. Khaled Debs, CEO of Strong said: “Thomson brand has always been an A […]
Technicolor has won a further contract from Astro, Malaysia’s leading integrated cross-media group. Already an established supplier of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 STBs for standard definition broadcasting, Technicolor is now to supply HD MPEG-4 STBs with local recording capability to support Astro’s move to offer more technology-adapting services and products to its near 3 million customer […]
Boxee will begin shipping its Internet TV STBs across Europe in November, it says. The box, manufactured by D-Link says the cost will be £199 (E240). The Boxee Box will also be available in Canada and Australia. In the US the device will be available exclusively from Amazon for pre-launch orders. The Boxee Box will […]
Intel has unveiled SoCs for smart TVs. At its annual launch event Intel debuted two new Atom chips with the CE4200 series designed for ‘blending’ TV and web browsing. “We’ve got to cover a lot of territory and as Atom is coming into these market segments where Intel architecture hasn’t been before we’re really trying […]
EchoStar Europe announced has debuted what it considers to be the slimmest digital video recorder (DVR) in the world. The state-of-the-art case houses all the technology you’d expect from a high-end DVR including solid state recording and conditional access, and while measuring just 9mm in height, it is a fraction of the size of other […]
Demand for satellite STBs in emerging markets such as India and China will drive STB shipments in 2010 as many advanced markets recover from the global economic slowdown. According to a report by IMS Research, Brazil, China, India, and Indonesia will account for more than 40 per cent of all pay and free-to-air satellite […]
Jungo, provider of connectivity software and driver development tools, has announced the launch of its advanced TV STB USB connectivity software solution. The new solution connects a standard STB to any home or wireless network via USB. By utilising the STB’s USB port, which is standard on the majority of new devices, the Jungo […]
Apple has unveiled the new Apple TV which offers users the ability to choose from the a large online selection of HD movies to rent, including first run movies for $4.99, and a wide selection of HD TV show episodes from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America from 99 cents. All […]
The Set Top Box has been key to all new television developments in the last 20 years but has it had its day? Will functionality migrate to the Cloud leaving the STB as a ‘dumb’ thin client, or does a new future as the home gateway and hub of the smart home await?
TiVo, the digital video recorder maker, has reported a narrower loss than expected thanks to a pick-up in sales for its new Premiere recorder, but forecast a wider-than-expected net loss in the fiscal third quarter. The company said it expects a net loss in the range of $19 million to $21 million for its fiscal […]