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Broadcom: Investing $1bn in R&D

Chip-set developer Broadcom says its deliveries of home gateway products and set-top box solutions helped deliver strong earnings overall but especially from its broadband access and video distribution products. Moreover CFO Eric Brandt revealed that the company is investing in ‘next generation’ Internet of Things and ‘wearable’ devices. Broadcom unveiled its Q2 numbers on July […]

July 25, 2013By Chris Forrester

Fortis BitTorrent certified STBs

Fortis, a player in the digital STB industry, is now shipping multiple models of BitTorrent Certified devices for operators and consumers in Europe. The Fortis STBs enable access to the world’s largest digital content library, the Internet Archive; with over two million titles available to stream or download. They also give access to a growing […]

July 25, 2013

TalkTalk YouView update

As the company reported it had signed up 160,000 new TV subscribers to its YouView service in the three months to June 30th, quad play comms provider TalkTalk has advised its customers of a major software upgrade. Writing in the TalkTalk blog, Laurence Miall, Director of TV at TalkTalk, says the great thing about YouView […]

July 24, 2013By Colin Mann

OIPF supports and encourages participation in seminar on “Beyond the Set-top Box”

On November 6th and 7th, OIPF member company TNO will host, with support from the Open IPTV Forum, an interactive and in-depth two-day seminar called “Beyond the Set-Top Box”  in the Amsterdam area. This seminar will bring the latest developments, challenges and technologies to deliver IPTV directly to the TV set without a set top […]

July 24, 2013

Broadcom’s emerging markets DOCSIS 2.0 STB solution

Semiconductor solutions specialist Broadcom has revealed a new reference platform for operators in emerging markets to deploy more cost-effectively two-way set-top box (STB) solutions with HD and Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 2.0. The new Broadcom chipset builds on the proven engineering and expertise of the BCM7019 HD cable system-on-a-chip (SoC) and delivers […]

July 22, 2013

Humax HTML5 based smart STB

Humax has released its open platform HTML5 based smart set-top box, which it claims is the first of its kind in the world. Humax will supply Korean cable TV operator T-broad with the smart set-top boxes based on the next generation web standard. When the STB is connected to a TV, the TV performs like […]

July 19, 2013

Technicolor for Hathway

Technicolor has been awarded two contracts from Hathway, India’s leading cable broadband service provider, for MediaAccess gateways and MediaPlay STBs. The selected solution will enhance Hathway’s digital cable offering by enabling the delivery of HD video content and ultra-high speed broadband services to end users. MediaAccess TCM471 features multiple channels aggregation (channel bonding) to maximise […]

July 18, 2013

HomeGrid certifies new HomePNA products

HomeGrid Forum has announced that twelve new products from seven vendors have passed certification testing for HomePNA interoperability and compliance.  The newly certified HomePNA products feature set-top boxes from Arris and Kaon Media, residential gateways from ZyXEL and Pace, an Ethernet to HomePNA bridge from Cameo, ONTs from Calix and a new reference board from […]

July 17, 2013

HickoryTech deploys Amino STBs

HickoryTech, a communications provider serving business and residential customers in US Midwest, has deployed Amino’s HD set-top boxes as part of its IPTV service offering. Amino will provide its A140 HD set-top boxes to HickoryTech which operates a 4,100 mile state-of-the-art fibre network across five states, including Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. […]

July 17, 2013

STBs set for record shipments

Findings from research firm IHS suggest that despite the pay-TV industry’s increasing focus on delivering services to alternative devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets, what it describes as its traditional flagship platform – the set-top box – continues to thrive, with market shipments set to hit record highs in 2013, 2014 and 2015. According […]

July 15, 2013