A man in the northeast England city of Hartlepool who sold illegal Internet TV boxes that allowed pubs and clubs to screen pay-to-view TV free of charge has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay £250,000 (€289,000). Malcolm Mayes received a ten-month prison sentence suspended for one year when he appeared at […]
DVR specialists TiVo is pulling the plug on its Australian and New Zealand set-top boxes. In a statement revealing the switch-ff date, TiVo said: “your TiVo device will have extremely limited functionality and we discourage customers from using it after 31 October.” TiVo added that it is “sad to report” that it has reached the […]
UK free-to-air digital terrestrial television platform Freeview has confirmed that sales of its connected TV service Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play brings UK consumers a seamless combination of live, catch-up and on demand content all in one place for no monthly cost. Freeview Play […]
Entertainment solutions provider Netgem is to launch SoundBox, a new connected device category which combines the functionalities of a quality connected speaker with the capabilities of a TV box to create a platform for a new generation of connected entertainment services, taking away the hassle of having different sound and video systems in the house. […]
Amazon has revealed that its all-new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote will launch in the UK on April 6th. Amazon says the device is 30 per cent faster than the previous version, and is the first UK version to ship with an Alexa Voice Remote included. “Fire TV Stick is our fastest-selling UK […]
Telefónica is launching a new 4K set-top-box to enable its Movistar Plus subscribers to watch 4K TV content, above all football and cinema. The device is set to launch within the next few weeks. The move comes soon after its rival Vodafone Spain has announced the launch of a new set-top-box with TiVo and 4K […]
Facebook has unveiled a new app for set-top boxes that will allow users to stream videos on their TVs. This includes saved videos and videos shared by pages or friends from user’s Facebook accounts, as well as Facebook’s recommended videos, and top live videos from around the world. The app will roll out “soon” on […]
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), which oversees the country’s transition from analogue to digital TV transmission, says that the nation will need some 30 million set-top boxes in order to complete the transition. Mallam Is’haq Modibo Kawu, the Director General of NBC, said the Commission had already spent $26 million to buy 850,000 set-top boxes […]
Breaking cover at the Code Media event in California, new media company Caavo aims to unify home entertainment. By connecting pay-TV, streaming, and gaming, Caavo brings together all a user’s devices, services and control. They work together seamlessly, making it easy to find and play all a user’s favourite TV, says the company. Writing in […]
Vodafone Spain is set to launch a new set-top-box with TiVo and 4K technology integrated in the device, manufactured by French company Sagemcom. The device will allow the user to record TV content (up to 350 hours) and keep it in the cloud available then view it on any other STB in the home. It […]