Rovi Corporation, a specialist in entertainment discovery, has signed a new, multi-year, global patent licence agreement with Arris, the video and broadband technology company. The agreement provides Arris with a licence for its solutions across set-top boxes and on second-screen platforms. The long-term licensing agreement extends into the next decade. “Our new agreement with Arris […]
Humax has launched a new model of its Freesat HDR-1000S with a massive 2TB hard drive. The set-top box delivers all the features of Freesat’s subscription free Freetime service but with 1,200 hours of standard definition (SD) recording space and up to 500 hours for HD programmes. Available immedaitely, the Humax Freesat HDR-1000S 2TB is […]
Entropic, an expert in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, has completed the integration of the Conax conditional access core module into its advanced line of multimedia STB system-on-a-chip (SoC) products. By incorporating the Conax technology into its SoCs, Entropic can help prevent the illegal redistribution of premium operator content. Entropic’s ARM-based advanced STB SoC […]
Technicolor has confirmed the availability of what it claims is the world’s first “high-frame-rate” 4Kp60 (60 frames per second) STB,. Available for both Cable and Satellite networks, Technicolor is gearing up to deliver the most immersive 4K experience. Along with its work on High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Colour Gamut technologies, Technicolor is building on […]
Humax has been selected by NET Servicos de Comunicacao. as the lead set-top box manufacturer for two new HD, MoCA 2.0-enabled, two-way interactive cable STBs, as well as Residential Gateway, featuring DOCSIS 3.0, eMTA, and 3×3 Dual-Concurrent 802.11ac WiFi. The STB and Residential Gateway devices are powered by the latest generation Broadcom silicon, with NAGRA […]
ADB has announced UnifyTV, an application environment that provides a ‘write once, run anywhere’ set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for the development of multi-screen services. UnifyTV software underpins ADB and third-party user experiences/user interfaces (UX/UI) – including ADB Graphyne – and makes it easier for operators to offer a consistent look and feel across […]
A special team at BSkyB’s West London headquarters is working on a new set-top box concept, ‘Project Ethan’ which will make it easier for viewers to access programmes on any device, according to Britain’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper. The newspaper says that Sky will give subscribers capacity in a ‘Sky Cloud’ service which will allow viewers […]
Following Netflix’s suggestion earlier this week that it planned to build on its successful integrations with European cable operators by launching its first US cable tie-ins, details have emerged of the first three such deployments. The agreements – set to be announced formally next week – are with Atlantic Broadband, RCN Telecom Services and Grande […]
Pace has reported that its Q1 gross margins are “well ahead” of last year and that it is on track to meet its full-year revenue growth target of about $2.7 billion. Pace said last month it expected revenue to increase by about 9.3 per cent in 2014, while its operating margin would be about 8.5 […]
Last year Fanhattan unveiled its Fan TV box that vowed to put cable TV on the same level as Internet streaming services, but with the twist that cable TV providers would be the ones to sell it. Fanhattan has now formed a partnership with Time Warner Cable to sell the $99 boxes to its subscribers. […]