The ubiquity of broadband connectivity and the advancements in home networking technologies introduce into market a new breed of consumer premises equipment which Altech Multimedia has termed Hybrid Home Gateway (H2G). Bringing together Altech Mulitmedia‘s expertise in developing, designing, manufacturing and testing set top box software and technology, as well as integrating the DVB stack, Middleware, Conditional […]

Middle East and North Africa pay-TV network OSN has launched OSN Plus HD, claimed as the region’s first Internet-enabled satellite receiver and recorder with full 3D and HD capabilities. OSN Plus HD also offers an online Video on Demand library. At launch, over 500 programmes will be available to download including family and kids genres, […]

AirTies, the Digital TV and wireless technology company based in Istanbul, announced that it won the “Home Networking Award” for its Air4742 wireless streamer in the ConnectedWorld.TV’s Consumer Award for the second year in a row.  In association with the IBC Connected World, the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards celebrate the exciting developments in television and video consumption at the […]

Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has released its latest forecast on the worldwide set-top box market, revealing that 2012 will see a record high for global STB shipments. Demand for digital STB products is rising, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and a number of countries in Europe.  Mike Paxton, Senior Analyst at MRG explains “The expansion […]

Humax has showcased its web-ready Freesat+ box at IBC 2012. With the implementation of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK), Humax’s Freesat+ box provides Freesat’s newly launched service, free time, a HTML5-based backwards EPG. Through free time, viewers can navigate back through the EPG and choose to watch content on-demand. The Opera Devices SDK […]

Belgacom, the leading “quad-play” Telco operator in Belgium, has just updated its installed base of TV Set-Top Boxes (STBs) with Wyplay’s latest generation software, the global leader in software solutions for TV operators. Belgacom, recognised as a benchmark among operators in Europe in terms of innovation, desired to make yet another significant step forward and […]

Launching simultaneously with a press event on the IBC show floor and a customer session in central Amsterdam, Liberty Global unveiled its much vaunted Horizon TV, a family of products designed to allow customers to view and share all of their favourite content across the TV, computer, tablet and smartphone. Horizon TV is available immediately […]

Technicolor has reached the milestone of 150 million digital set top boxes since it shipped its first one in 1994. Technicolor has been able to ship more than 10 million STBs per year over the last 10 years, with a significant increase of STBs delivery to fast-growing markets such as Latin America, India and Southern […]

Easel TV, the connected TV specialists – TiVo’s sole representative in the UK and responsible for all of TiVo’s product integration on the Virgin Media:TiVo platform – has been retained for the third successive product integration phase. This follows a two and a half year relationship between the two companies where Easel TV has integrated […]