TiVo has announced an SEC filing that they and Microsoft had reached a settlement of all their patent litigation actions with each other. TiVo had filed suit alleging patent violations. Microsoft had counter-sued. TiVo stated that “no patent rights were granted to Microsoft” as a result of this agreement. The settlement, despite the vagueness of […]
Thirty-six per cent of British viewers claim they no longer watch live TV, preferring to either access content on catch-up sites or PVRs. Nearly two thousand people, aged 18 and over, were polled by discounts site My Voucher Codes to find out how prevalent time-shifted and on-demand viewing was throughout the UK. Respondents were initially […]
DISH Network, the third largest pay TV provider in the US, has announced the availability of the Hopper, the technically advanced whole-home high definition DVR entertainment system. The Hopper system lets viewers share DVR content on TVs throughout the home. Customers can pause, play and rewind both live and recorded HD programmes in up to […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, revealed that its Horizon gateway STB will begin roll out this Spring. Speaking at Cable Congress, Fries said it would be available in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands before the end of 2012. The price to subscribers would be revealed soon, he said, adding that the box “was […]
A report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. The report finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will […]
ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have confirmed that following their initial launch in Madrid and Barcelona, its next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO fibre optic subscribers in Valencia. ONO fibre optic customers in Valencia can now access high-definition HD and 3D video content as well as a […]
Among the three major devices connected to TVs (video game consoles, DVRs and DVD players), DVRs account for the greatest percentage of Americans’ watching time, reports Nielsen. Since 2006 the percentage of time Americans spend watching live TV in the home has fallen from 89 per cent to 85 per cent. However, the amount of […]
Canadian cable communications and entertainment company Rogers Communications has unveiled NextBox 2.0, a suite of new features designed to transform the home entertainment experience, allowing people to access live and recorded TV programmes from any room in the home. The initiative better allows it to compete with telco BCE’s Fibe IPTV service. “Canadians are increasingly […]
TiVo is planning to extend its digital TV technology expertise beyond the DVR. Commenting on the company’s Q4 results, Tom Rogers, TiVo President and CEO, said the advanced television services specialist was continuing to make strides to bring the look and feel of the TiVo user interface to other platforms beyond the DVR. “To that […]
The news earlier this week that TiVo and Pace had signed a strategic partnership was amplified February 23 by comments made by TiVo President and CEO Tom Rogers while discussing the company’s Q4 results. Addressing the new Pace relationship, Rogers, said: “A significant part of the development in any one of these projects is the […]