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TiVo buying ad track company

TiVo is to acquire full ownership in TRA, a research company with a system that matches up television viewing with consumer buying habits. The NYT reports TiVo will spend about $20 million to buy out other investors in TRA.  “We believe television is at an inflection point,” Tom Rogers, TiVo CEO said. “In the digital […]

July 17, 2012

Virgin Media launches new TiVo ad campaign

Following the launch of rival service YouView, Virgin Media has signed up Stephen Fry to appear in an advertising campaign for its TiVo cable TV service. The campaign sees renowned technology enthusiast Fry joining Virgin Group founder Richard Branson to promote TiVo. The adverts see Fry and Branson highlight the intelligent search and Wishlist functionality […]

July 13, 2012

Analyst: Will Dish’s AutoHop work?

Dish Network’s introduction of a set-top box with an automatic ad-skipping feature has prompted a furious legal response from the major broadcast networks, but although this move could be a ploy by the satellite operator to compel broadcasters to cut retransmission-fee demands, the function could become so popular with consumers that it may prove difficult […]

July 12, 2012

Humax reveals YouView box

Humax, the digital set-top box specialist, has revealed its digital television recorder for YouView, the brand new, subscription-free digital TV and catch-up service that seamlessly combines over 100 digital TV and radio channels with internet catch-up and video on-demand services, including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand 5. The Humax DTR-T1000 is expected to […]

July 4, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent moves Swisscom PVR to the cloud

Alcatel-Lucent is enabling Swisscom – Switzerland’s leading telco – to give its customers the ability to record TV programmes and store them in the cloud and then watch their recordings on any connected screen wherever they are, whenever they want. The service will help Swisscom further differentiate their IPTV offering and increase revenues by attracting […]

June 29, 2012

ONO and TiVo upgrade

TiVo and ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain announced the first major software upgrade to the ONO-deployed TiVo platform that delivers a host of new functions and features to Spain’s most advanced hybrid TV viewing experience. New software features include an upgrade from two to three tuners, giving TiVo users more recording and viewing […]

June 28, 2012

TiVo for Com Hem

DVR specialist TiVo is continuing to make inroads into European pay-TV operators with the announcement that Com Hem, a Swedish supplier of pay-TV, broadband and fixed-telephony, is to use TiVo’s personalised television entertainment solution for its IPTV platform, the first such deployment for TiVo. The offering will deliver seamless access to traditional television content, VoD […]

June 25, 2012

Belkin to rival EchoStar Slingbox

Accessories giant Belkin will introduce its own place-shifting device, called @TV in July, and in direct competition to EchoStar’s Sling Media range of products. @TV will retail in the USA at $149. Belkin says it will also supply a $12.99 iPhone/iPad and Android ‘App’ that allows Smart-phone users to watch live and recorded programming from […]

June 22, 2012By Chris Forrester

Simulmedia, TiVo address audience fragmentation problem

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 […]

June 19, 2012

Q1 2013 German launch for LG’s Horizon

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 […]

June 12, 2012Colin Mann @ ANGA Cable