Targeted television advertising specialist Simulmedia and DVR pioneer TiVo have expanded their set-top box data partnership deploying datasets better to address what is seen as TV’s growing audience fragmentation problem. Simulmedia will use TiVo’s anonymous, aggregated, second-by-second set-top-box data to expand Simulmedia’s endemic client base beyond tune-in/promotional advertisers and drive cost-effective reach across all advertiser […]

Western Digital, a specialist in leader in external storage solutions and maker of the popular WD TV media player family, has unveiled its first line of wireless home networking products, designed specifically to accelerate movies, video and gaming, delivering a premium HD entertainment experience. With the My Net family of home networking products, WD debuts […]

J.P. Morgan says it is not trying to lock out other bids and isn’t trying to charge punitive break up fees. The bank says it wishes to clarify two points referred to in the announcement of Technicolor dated June 11th, 2012 regarding the terms of its revised proposal. The break-up fee of €3.4 million that […]

Home entertainment networking technology standards body the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has confired that MoCA technology is now being trialled by six service providers in Europe. MoCA suggests this strong traction in Europe comes at a time when it is increasingly being perceived by service providers worldwide as the most reliable in-home backbone for […]

Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, has revealed that the cable MSOs ‘Horizon’ gateway set-top box is set to be launched in the German market in the first quarter of 2013. Describing the product as a “game-changer for our industry” Fries told ANGA Cable TV Summit delegates that the German launch would follow […]

Amino Technologies said it expects to report a small profit for its fiscal first half to May 31st, reversing a loss of £0.4 million (€0.5m) from 12 months previous. In a trading update, the set-top box maker said results were in line with its expectations, with a good operational performance and continued margin improvement. The […]

France’s Technicolor has rejected the latest offer from JP Morgan to take a stake in the group. JPM and Technicolor’s board signed an agreement in May that would see JPM take a stake of up to 30 per cent in the STB maker. Eventually a rival offer from Vector Capital forced it to revise its […]

D-Link has unveiled the MovieNite Plus, offering US consumers more entertainment options straight to the TV. The robust MovieNite Plus allows users to stream an endless amount of the latest movies and TV shows at up to 1080p HD video quality, as well as music right to their TV, including content from VUDU, Netflix, YouTube, […]