Kaon Media, a provider of digital set-top boxes and Inview Technology, the broadcast and OTT solutions specialist, today announced they are partnering to offer a cost-effective, free-to-air set-top box solution with value added features such as Push-VoD, interactive services, advertising and early warning services alongside live digital channels. Inview’s client software with its distinctive and […]
ALi Corporation has launched its latest set-top box system-on-a-chip solution, the M3821, which integrates a DVB-T2 demodulator and supports the DVB-T2 standard version 1.3.1. In parallel, ALi announced a total system solution that combines the M3821 with the leading-edge MxL608 RF tuner from MaxLinear which offers superior protection against 4G/LTE, WiFi and FM signal interference. […]
Espial, a specialist in on-demand TV software and solutions, has announced a joint RDK solution with Samsung Electronics that gives cable operators greater choice in building best of breed hardware and software set-top box solutions. The two RDK licensees have teamed on a rich, multiplatform home entertainment HTML5 user experience (UX), combining Samsung’s IP set-top […]
ADB has been selected by Volia, Ukraine’s largest pay-TV provider with nearly two million subscribers, to deliver OTT and hybrid OTT/cable set-top boxes, software, and software integration services. The project will set the foundation for Volia’s further expansion into new on-demand and cloud-based services. The deal represents ADB’s first customer engagement in Ukraine. Volia will […]
BT is launching a multi-room YouView service. An additional box will include the same channel subscriptions and additional packages as the main device in the house. However, Sky Movies will not be available on the Extra Box. Customers will be required to take out a 12-month Extra Box subscription for £5 (€6) per month and […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has dismissed the prospect of the Internet entertainment streaming service offering its own connected device as is the case with market rival Amazon Prime Video. During a Q&A session at the Re/code technology conference in Palos Verdes, California, Hastings said that the company feels no need to have its own device […]
According to analyst firm ABI Research, the market focus of the leading set-top box vendors won’t meet the needs of modern operators today who are looking at extending their services over multiple networks. The firm notes that the STB market has generally maintained historical leadership positions based on a cable, satellite or IPTV focus. Of […]
Mexico has begun to distribute thousands of new TVs and set-top boxes suitable for receiving digital TV signals in its northern regions. The government has plans to distribute 13.8 million boxes in all to poor and underprivileged viewers as part of its efforts to switch off analogue TV by next year. This past week saw […]
Broadcom, once thought of as primarily strong in the North American cable set-top box market, has extended its market share such that it now leads in the cable, satellite, IPTV, and DTT markets worldwide, as well as in the closely related home networking market, according to ABI Research. With the exception of MStar, all of […]
Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, has suggested that after an initial wariness and perception of Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix as a competitive threat, operators who have deployed TiVo set-top boxes to their subscribers now view Netflix with greater enthusiasm, and a realisation that bringing together the worlds of cable and streaming via […]