ALi Corporation, the STB system-on-chip SoC solution provider, has joined forces with LG Electronics and Shenzhen Jiuzhou to begin mass production of a new ATSC set-top box solution. The collaborated solution, bringing optimum cost/performance value to the Mexican market, will feature ALi’s STB SoC, M3812, with LGE’s ATSC demodulator and RF tuner, and the set-top […]
Istanbul-based AirTies has announced a “significant” contract with Orange Spain that covers the supply of an advanced hybrid set-top box to subscribers that handles OTT content as well as broadcast and on-demand programming for users. The deal will take the number of AirTies-supplied devices installed to more than 10 million devices. AirTies is also in […]
ALi Corporation, the STB solution provider, has announced that ALi’s latest generation of advanced security STB chipset has achieved NOCS certification from NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions. Now supporting NAGRA NOCS, ALi’s advanced security chipsets offer solutions for secure delivery of premium […]
Opera Software has launched what it claims is an industry first in the TV operator and devices sphere. Now, pay-TV operators and their partners deploying the Reference Design Kit (RDK), a pre-integrated software bundle developed and licensed to create a common framework for powering IP or hybrid set-top boxes and gateway devices, can get use […]
India’s media regulator is looking to amend existing DTH broadcasting licences to mandate that set-top boxes can be made interoperable. India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry has, according to IndianTelevision.com, instructed the regulator to conduct a study to measure support for a scheme that mandates that STBs are supplied that are either commercially or technically interoperable […]
Samsung Electronics has licensed the Reference Design Kit (RDK) from RDK Management in order to significantly accelerate the STB and Gateway development cycle, and deliver a rich, multiplatform home entertainment experience. The Reference Design Kit (RDK) is a pre-integrated software bundle developed and licensed to create a common framework for powering IP or hybrid Set-Top […]
Sigma Designs, a provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, control, connectivity and converging multimedia, has announced that LatAm STB manufacturers are engaging in production of a turn-key solution based on Sigma’s SoC design for hybrid ISDB-T set top boxes (STB) for Argentina and other countries using ISDB-T. Sigma will debut the STB solution, […]
Technicolor is bullish about its TV set-top box business for next year, and expects to outstrip growth in the market in Europe, Asia and North America, its chief executive Frederic Rose. Rose told an investor conference that 2014 looked “quite good” for the Paris-listed company’s connected-home business, which generated revenue of €361 million in the […]
French telco SFR has started shipping a new STB using Android 4.2 and providing users with access to Google services (such as YouTube and Google Play Movies) through their TV sets. For €3 a month, the Google Play STB can also be used to watch France’s 25 DTT channels. It provides access to DTT operators’ […]
Volia, Ukraine’s leading pay TV operator, has introduced new interactive functions on its Volia Smart HD set-top-box with features including time-shift, catch-up, multiscreen and VOD services that will be available on tablets and smartphones all over Ukraine. At the same time, Volia will make these services available easier to Ukrainians with the launch of a plug & […]