Following confirmation at the end of May 2012 that UK Internet TV venture YouView would be undergoing public testing prior to commercial launch, a YouView-compliant set-top box has been included in the Summer 2012 Technology brochure from UK High Street retailer John Lewis. Listed in the catalogue as “Coming Soon”, the Humax-produced device is priced […]
AirTies Wireless Networks announces a strategic contract win, it will exclusively supply its Air7310 PVR Set-Top box to Andorra Telecom. Andorra Telecom already delivers a wide range of IPTV services, including broadcast content and VoD. The choice of the Air7130 PVR will enable Andorra to deliver a high end IPTV service with PVR functionality to […]
Electronics giant Cisco has fired off a major salvo against DVR specialist TiVo. Normally it is TiVo doing the suing, arguing that its patents have been copied or unfairly used. However, this action from Cisco, which, amongst other significant assets, owns the former Scientific Atlanta operation and is in the process of acquiring TV payment […]
TiVo has reported another quarterly loss, larger than expected, and reversing the profits reported a year ago for the same quarter, citing rising legal costs. TiVo history for some years has been of doing all it can to maintain its IP rights and it has scored several victories over heavyweight rivals and thus retained those […]
Independent online video technology company Tremor Video has unveiled research that indicates viewers are no longer confining content to specific devices in era of seamless connectivity, with tablet and Connected TV viewing on the rise. The study, conducted in partnership with research-based strategic consulting firm Frank N Magid Associates, suggests that viewers are moving seamlessly […]
Tuxera, a provider of interoperable file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, has announced that Humax, a global set-top box manufacturer, has selected Tuxera file systems to power its advanced set-top box products. With Tuxera file systems, Humax latest set-top boxes will support the recording of video streams to any external locally attached […]
Media and entertainment technology specialist Technicolor has announced that the President of Thomson Angers SAS has filed for insolvency (“cessation de paiement”) with the Nanterre Commercial Court (France) and has petitioned the Court to open rehabilitation proceedings (“redressement judiciaire”) for Thomson Angers SAS. The company Thomson Angers SAS owns the Angers facility, which manufactures set-top […]
The Singaporean Government has postponed the implementation of standardised television set-top boxes, which was initially scheduled for launch at a later stage in 2012. Regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has decided not to award the contract to any of the three bidders, namely Singnet, Starhub and M1, suggesting that none of the bids were “likely […]
DISH and the TV networks ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are going to court on the legality of the introduction of a user-enabled commercial skipping technology branded AutoHop. DISH wants a declaratory judgment (for which it has filed in New York) while the networks are claiming (in the California court) that the device breaches their […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its new Residential Gateway Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey. The report delves into service providers’ strategies for deploying and pricing residential gateways, the applications driving their deployments, and their top picks for residential gateway vendors, services, technologies, and features. “With residential gateway revenue dropping because […]