The Obama administration has weighed into the debate over allowing consumers to switch cable television boxes for less expensive devices, urging the FCC to set an example for other parts of government to boost competition. Consumers can often spend close to $1,000 over four years for renting cable set top boxes. Opening up the business […]
India’s DishTV is linking in a joint-venture with set-top box and chip-set manufacturer ALi in order to “enhance” DTH operations over the country. The “strategic partnership” is based on ALi Corp.’s technologies to provide a high-performance and cost-effective STB solutions with next-generation security tailored specifically for the India market. It aims to provide futuristic user […]
Swisscom is launching an Ultra HD compatible TV box for Swisscom TV2.0.customers. The new TV box will enable viewers to watch Euro 2016 matches in Ultra-HD quality on SRF zwei for the very first time. The opening game and all games from the quarter-final onwards will air in UHD resolution. Additionally. from the 2016/2017 season […]
Seven people have been arrested in several Spanish cities (Madrid, Terrasa, Toledo, Córdoba and Cuevas Bajas in Málaga) for manipulating STBs to give illegal access to pay-TV services. The pirates used the card-sharing model whereby one of them legally subscribed to a pay-TV platform, then gave illegal access to many others to content through his […]
Nielsen and DISH Network have announced a multi-year agreement to enrich Nielsen’s national and local TV ratings service by integrating DISH’s aggregated set-top-box data. Consistent with Nielsen’s Total Audience strategy, this is the first US-wide dataset to be calibrated with Nielsen’s gold standard panel to provide the highest levels of granularity and demographic descriptiveness. Anonymised […]
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has taken delivery of its first batch of 50,000 set-top boxes which it will use to kick-start its analogue to digital conversion process. The boxes will initially be seeded into Jos, in Plateau State, says NBC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mallam Awalu Salihu. He added that the nation is still […]
Two major players in digital media could be combining, according to a report in the NYT. Rovi is, apparently, bidding for TiVo with a mix of cash and stock that would mean the merged company would be owned about 70 per cent by Rovi (current market cap $1.7 billion) and 30 per cent by TiVo (current […]
Vodafone Spain is to launch the first 4K STB in the market and four ultra-HD TV channels. The box is aimed at ADSL and VDSL customers and functions like the existing Vodafone TV box, including search and recommendation, seven-day catch-up and access to online TV services including Netflix. Vodafone is also launching four 4K channels: […]
The Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has suggested that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made a serious error in comments made before the House Energy and Commerce […]
Alticast to announced that its ongoing innovation partnership with Videotron is helping to achieve a milestone for the Canadian pay-TV industry – the first availability of 4K set-top box on a commercial basis throughout a cable system operator’s entire service footprint. Leveraging Alticast’s expertise in middleware and UI enablement, the illico 4K Ultra HD PVR […]