TiVo has reported better than forecast quarterly results as it saw higher sales of its DVR through Virgin Media. “The number of TiVo subscriptions across the globe grew 41 per cent year-over-year this quarter, highlighted by continued success at Virgin Media, which recently reached one million TiVo subscriptions,” Chief Executive Tom Rogers said. While TiVo […]
TiVo, the DVR specialist, has confirmed the launch of its TiVo Premiere 4, a set-top box designed to solve programme scheduling conflicts and allow families to record all of their favourite shows, while simultaneously serving as the hub to a TiVo whole home-setup. The STB offers four digital tuners to record four programmes simultaneously, up […]
Multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International and advanced television entertainment expert TiVo have announced the availability of their joint Cardio solution for cable television operators to deliver an advanced video-on-demand (VoD) experience to subscribers using TiVo set-top boxes including the latest multi-tuner DVR models. This new generation Cardio solution now supports Cisco digital cable platforms […]
As new ways to consume media give viewers greater choice of how, when, and where to watch, an old standby – the television – is making headway in the race for market cachet, according to a blog post from Pat McDonough, Nielsen’s SVP Insights, Analysis and Policy. According to Nielsen, Americans spend 35 hours each […]
Spain’s largest cable operator, ONO, is relying on its added-value TV service TiVo in an attempt to soften the pay TV decline. The company ended the first half of the year with 897,000 pay TV subscribers against 952,000 clients a year earlier. However its TiVo service, available to 92 per cent of its network, captured […]
BT added 21,000 subscribers for its IPTV service BT Vision in the second quarter of 2012 to reach a total of 728,000 customers. Growth was slower than than the previous quarter, but the UK telco expects growth to pick up again once its new football-focused channel arrives in time for the 2013/2014 Premier League season. […]
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of pay-TV technology specialist NDS Group by Cisco Systems. The Commission’s investigation confirmed that the merged entity would continue to face competition from a number of strong competitors and that customers, namely pay-TV providers, would continue to have alternative suppliers in all […]
The number of subscribers to Virgin Media’s Tivo box is due to reach 1 million this week – less than a year after its launch. The number of homes with the box, which connects sets to the Internet as well as traditional TV channels, rose 261,700 to 938,800 during the last quarter, helping boost revenues […]
Globally, the number of television households with Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) is projected to reach 337.6 million by the year 2018, driven by falling prices, and satellite and cable operators’ move to offer DVRs in bundled form along with other services. The time-shifting and ad-skipping capabilities of the DVRs are driving adoption among consumers, reports […]
MobiTV, a global expert in enabling delivery of live and on-demand TV Everywhere, has announced that its innovative network DVR (nDVR) will be released as a standalone licensable solution to service providers. The MobiTV nDVR navigates complex rights management across countries by configuring for any of the governing international rules. Available to cable television service […]