A new-look set-top box for YouView, the subscription-free TV service, is now available to buy from retailers across the UK. The YouView Humax DTR-T1010 set-top box is black with a silver finish on the front. It offers all the features currently available from YouView and will receive new software updates as they are made available […]
Chip maker Intel has confirmed that it is working on a set-top box that would stream content to connected TV sets. Speaking at AllThingsDigital’s ‘Dive Into Media’ conference, Erik Huggers, general manager of Intel Media, suggested the device would offer “a vastly superior experience” to today’s cable STBs. Although Intel is traditionally a business-facing company […]
Foreign suppliers of set-top boxes have captured some 95 per cent of India’s demand for digital TV converter equipment, according to statistics from India’s Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DEITY). DEITY says that in the six months to November 2012 about 10 million cable boxes were imported, and a further 4 million for DTH […]
YouView is estimated to have up to 230,000 subscribers six months after launch, with TalkTalk revealing that it is seeing demand running at more than 10,000 sign-ups per week. This contrasts with reportedly very slow sales through retailers. The joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva and TalkTalk finally began […]
Orange’s Livebox Play will be on sale from February 7th. The new device, which comes in the shape of an Internet box and a set-top box has received over 100,000 pre-orders in just over two weeks on the Orange website. “The new Livebox Play is packed full of cutting-edge technologies” declared Delphine Ernotte Cunci, Executive […]
During the CSTB 2013 show in Moscow, Aston is showcasing the first prototype of its Maya HD PVR satellite receiver built around the latest-generation HD H.264 STiH237 (Cardiff) decoder chipset from STMicroelectronics, a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a top global supplier of set-top box (STB) ICs. The Maya […]
Since the introduction of DTT in Portugal in 2009, a total of 1,553,000 decoders have been sold, according to data published by National Communications Authority (Anacom). The data, for the period up to August 2012, also shows that the Portuguese purchased 1,145,408 DTT boxes in the first eight months of last year. According to Anacom, […]
Beijing-based handset and STB developer Xiaomi and Future Television, a subsidiary of CCTV’s national online TV station CNTV, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide Internet TV services. The three-year partnership will give users of Xiaomi’s Internet TV STB full access to Future Television’s integrated broadcast control platforms. Upon receiving approval from China’s State […]
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor specialist, has announced that its “Liege” family of cost-effective STB solutions has received the highest possible level of security certification from Conax, a supplier of conditional access solutions for digital TV. Conax Contego content protection platform ensures that operators can deliver premium content and services to multiple TVs and devices in […]
France’s Netgem has announced consolidated revenue of €22.9 million for Q4 2012 taking the full year 2012 consolidated revenue to €81.2 million, of which nearly two thirds come from international sales. Following its international development in 15 countries over three years, the Group has identified supporting the deployment and penetration of its customer’s offers in […]