BSkyB is working with Roku on a set-top box to distribute to subscribers its new online TV service according to Anthony Wood, chief executive officer for Roku The hardware will connect TV sets to BSkyB’s Now TV, enabling customers to view movies, live sports and other videos available through the online service, Wood revealed in […]

Motive Television, the London-based television software and services company, has announced that Motive Television Services, its fully-owned subsidiary, has signed a five-year software licence agreement with Sagemcom Broadband for the use of Motive’s Television Anytime Anywhere technology in anticipation of the launch of commercial services by Digiturk in Turkey in the first quarter of 2013. […]

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Home Networking Devices vendor market share and forecast report, which tracks residential gateways; broadband routers; HomePlug Powerline adapters; multimedia over coax (MoCA) set-top boxes (STBs), optical network terminals (ONTs), and coax-Ethernet adapters; and HPNA/G.hn adapters. “Among the wide variety of gear we track for […]

Following the pre-IBC release of selected findings, Digital TV technology consultancy Farncombe has confirmed the availability of a white paper – The Future of Cardless Broadcast Security. This takes an in-depth looks at the trends in technology and cost models that are driving operator requirements for video security in a rapidly-evolving marketplace. Highlights of the […]

ALi Corporation, a set-top-box solution provider, has announced that ALi and MNITI have agreed to join forces on introducing a reference STB solution to assist Russian STB manufacturers in the deployment of digital terrestrial television adopting the DVB-T2 standard. MNITI, Moscow Scientific-Research Television Institute, is the leading organisation in Russia in the field of television […]

Market research firm Infonetics has released excerpts from two recent video reports; one tracking equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and a second tracking IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid STBs and OTT media servers. “Thanks to a 7 per cent increase in encoder spending by North American cable and satellite […]

Pace has announced that it is licensing the Reference Development Kit (RDK) from Comcast, which significantly accelerates the set-top box and gateway development cycle. The RDK is a pre-integrated software bundle that creates a common framework for powering tru2way, IP or hybrid set-top boxes and video gateway devices. It accelerates the development and deployment of […]

ALi Corporation, a provider of STB system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, has revealed that its new AVS+DTMB standard definition STB solution, M3381T, will be shipped to MSO in mass production quantity in October, 2012. The M3381T has gained approval from MSO, signifying recognition on ALi’s achievement in developing AVS+DTMB STBsolutions. According to the Standardisation Administration of China, […]

The first next generation Freesat+ box with free time, the Humax HDR-1000S, will appear in UK stores this week. Delivering the new smart on-screen TV guide, the HDR-1000S allows users to move effortlessly between live digital channels and on demand programmes from BBC iPlayer and ITV Player. Available to buy from John Lewis, Currys, Comet, […]