Spain’s largest cable company ONO has launched a massive campaign to boost subscriptions to its advanced service TiVo, now with just 16,000 clients. The campaign called ‘I love TiVo’ offers significant discounts to current subscribers who successfully recommend TiVo to friends or relatives. Those subscribers who secure a new TiVo client for ONO will be granted a discount of €40 and [...]
South Africa’s Dept. of Communications is gearing up for local production of set-top boxes. The government office is seeking a manufacturer to help cope with demand as the country switches off its analogue TV transmissions. Reportedly 36 bidders have formally applied for the contracts up for grabs. South Africa starts migrating to digital TV later this year, and has said [...]
US Dish satellite subscribers will now get feature giving the choice to automatically skip over commercials. The new ‘Auto Hop’ capability for the Hopper whole-home HD DVR system is being activated this week, and it allows customers to skip all commercials for most recorded primetime HD programmes shown on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC when viewed the day after airing. [...]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO ended the first quarter with a net benefit of €15 million, up 66.2 per cent, over total revenues of €383 million, up 5 per cent with EBITDA growing by 4 per cent to €186 million. ONO’s TiVo service is increasingly growing with now 16,000 clients. Today, 60 per cent of its base with access to [...]
ALi Corporation, a provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, has announced that its M3911 Networking Media Processor has been selected by VideoWeb, a German OTT (Over-the-top) service provider, to be integrated into the newly launched B12 product line of OTT set top boxes for the international market. B12 is especially designed for OTT providers and Internet companies. It [...]
Entropic Communications, a specialist in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, has announced its MoCA (Multimedia over Coax) silicon and software solution will power the echoBox, a new Ethernet-over-Coax Network Adapter, offered by European equipment maker, Asheridge Communications. Smart TV’s, HD set-top boxes and online gaming consoles in the home require a fast, reliable Ethernet connection with the highest quality [...]
EchoStar, a supplier of connected device solutions to the digital TV industry, has launched what it claims is the world’s slimmest digital TV recorder for the UK’s Freeview service. The Ultra Slim Box (HDT-610R) houses a wealth of smart features inside a sleek, 14mm aluminium chassis, and is available on pre-order from Amazon, John Lewis and Maplin. “We pride ourselves [...]
YouView, the set-top box business headed by Alan Sugar, will not be up and running until the end of 2012. The joint venture between BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva had been due to launch, following a series of delays, this spring. They insisted the important thing was hitting the high street before the London Olympics. [...]
Satellite operator SES has teamed up with a range of industry partners to develop SAT-IP, an IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device. Unveiled at the annual SES Industry Days, the SAT-IP communications protocol is established as a new standard for satellite in-home distribution. A live demo [...]
Fetch TV STBs will lose Sky’s on-demand video service Sky Go next month, despite finding a new home. Fetch TV, a Freeview+ HD recorder with on-demand services, went into administration in January but has now been bought by online entertainment service ShopTo.net. However, Sky has chosen not to renew its contract from the new owner, meaning the Sky Go service [...]
