Vodafone Spain is finalising the launch of a new STB that will include the smart service TiVo within the 4K-equipped device. The new box will allow subscribers access to the TiVo service, to up to 120 TV channels, as well as the VoD service and other popular apps like Netflix. The new box will not […]
The Chairman and ranking member of the US Congress House Judiciary Committee have written to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler voicing their concerns that under the FCC’s proposed rule to boost competition in the cable TV set-top box market, future set-top boxes or their replacements could “purposely be designed to distribute pirated content obtained from sources […]
The global 4K Set Top Box (STB) market size is expected to reach $3.65 billion (€3.2bn) by 2024, according to a report by Grand View Research. Increasing demand for 4K video content, surging sales of compatible 4K TVs and display devices is expected to positively shape the Ultra High Definition (UHD) set top box market’s […]
Charles Cheevers, CTO of ARRIS’s CPE unit, has suggested that future network constraints and content consumption requirements may see an increase in the number of set-top boxes in a household, a viewpoint that challenges the widely-held belief that the growing ubiquity of cloud-based functionality will lead to the disappearance of the STB. According to Cheevers, […]
Amid growing opposition from a range of public and industry advocacy and trade bodies, the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) proposal to free up the set-top box market is an example of a one-size-fits-all tech mandate that rarely if ever works in practice and should be scuttled, according to tech advocacy group CALinnovates, in its filing […]
Omantel, the sultanate’s leading telco provider, has selected ARRIS VIP2262v2 DVR set-tops from ARRIS International to deliver DVR capabilities and on-demand HD content for its new Omantel TV+ service. Omantel subscribers will use the ARRIS set-tops to access more than 450 TV channels over their broadband connection and enjoy the ability to record, pause and […]
The proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to open up the set-top box market to tech giants such as Google has Americans concerned about the potential intrusion on their privacy and whether companies will start collecting information on their children, according to a survey commissioned by the Digital Citizens Alliance – a consumer-oriented coalition focused […]
Tom Schatz, President of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) – a nonpartisan, non-profit organisation dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse in government – has submitted public comments to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in opposition to the February 18th notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on set-top boxes. CAGW wrote that the NPRM […]
Cable MSO Comcast is partnering with Roku in a move that will continue to expand the range of retail devices Comcast’s customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service without the need for a set-top box. Later this year, Xfinity TV customers will be able to enjoy their cable subscription in the home via […]
Following Present Obama’s call for the FCC to open up set-top cable boxes to competition, two influential lobbying bodies have unsurprisingly queried the White House’s intervention. According to Digital Citizens Alliance Executive Director Tom Galvin. it is “simply bewildering” that President Obama would come out in support of the FCC’s proposal to change the way […]