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Atlantic Broadband selects TiVo

Atlantic Broadband has partnered exclusively with TiVo to power its slate of digital entertainment services across TV, Web and Mobile platforms. Atlantic Broadband is the first US MSO to leverage TiVo’s complete product suite which delivers a unified experience that spans whole home DVR, HD STBs for non-DVR households, access to Internet delivered video and […]

June 13, 2013Nick Snow @ The Cable Show

Japan’s NTT West to trial 4k streaming to STB

Japanese telco NTT West will stream 4k video over the Internet to set-top boxes this week, in what it claims is the world’s first public test of the technology. NTT will conduct a three-day trial in Tokyo during a digital media seminar from June 12th to June 14th. The telco said it will use the […]

June 12, 2013

Sagemcom joins MoCA

International set-top box and broadband gateways vendor Sagemcom has joined MoCA as an Associate member. Sagemcom offers an extensive range of solutions: Digital STBs and DVR for all transmission media, xDSL/FTTH/cable gateways and Multimedia Home Gateways. “Integrating MoCA into our products will enable service providers to deliver a highly reliable in-home backbone for extending and […]

June 10, 2013

TiVo settles with Moto, Cisco, Google and TWC

TiVo has settled its pending patent litigation with Motorola (now owned by Google and Arris), Cisco and Time Warner Cable and that TiVo has agreed to enter into certain patent licenses with Arris, Cisco, and Google. As part of the settlement, Google and Cisco will pay TiVo an upfront lump-sum payment of $490 million, bringing […]

June 7, 2013By Chris Forrester

Sky: “No plans” to bundle Xbox One

Sky has refuted reports that it was close to making a deal with Microsoft to put the new Xbox One console into homes at a vastly reduced price. Specialist site MCV had reported that Microsoft was in talks with the broadcaster to sell Xbox One with Sky subscriptions. It was suggested that the device could […]

June 7, 2013

China wants Africa’s STB business

Statements made in Nairobi by officials from Chinese pay-TV operator StarTimes Group suggest the broadcaster has the whole of sub-Saharan Africa in its sights as far as pay-TV and the receiver technology side of the business is concerned. A StarTimes-organised seminar heard on June 3 that the broadcaster had now signed up more than 2.5 […]

June 7, 2013By Chris Forrester

dabs.com turns TVs smart with STB

dabs.com has unveiled its new STB capable of bringing on-demand TV, films and music to any television. The WDTV Play streaming media player from dabs.com offers access to an array of entertainment including the movies, trending Internet videos, music tracks and more. The digital multimedia receiver also provides easy access to popular Internet streaming services […]

June 7, 2013

DirecTV to add home security to STBs

US pay-TV giant DirecTV says it will start offering home security to subscribers next year. DirecTV on June 5th acquired LifeShield, which specialises in monitoring doors, windows and offers various video camera options. DirecTV will then be matching the likes of Comcast and Time Warner Cable who already supply home security to subscribers. DirecTV says […]

June 6, 2013By Chris Forrester

Fox appeals Dish’s Ad-skip ruling

News Corp’s Fox Broadcasting has asked a federal appeals court to overrule a district judge and halt Dish Network’s AutoHop ad-skipping service that it says threatens television’s advertising system. Dish’s PrimeTime Anytime allows subscribers to automatically record the entire prime-time line-up of all four major US broadcast networks every night. It’s similar to a VoD […]

June 5, 2013

iWedia software powers WinGo TV Box

iWedia has deployed its Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android IPTV STB in the TV box of WinGo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss telecom operator Swisscom. The IPTV edition of Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android STB seamlessly integrates all the multicast and connectivity components necessary to give support to managed IPTV and OTT services with […]

May 31, 2013