Digisoft.tv, a global provider of HTML5 set-top box (STB) software has introduced its new Virtual STB. A pure software product which brings all the services of a hybrid set-top box to connected TVs, the Virtual STB is set to revolutionise the smart TV market by instantly removing all the CAPEX costs traditionally associated with the […]
TiVo’s CEO Tom Rogers has slammed his major rivals (Dish, DirecTV and some major cable MSOs) as providing second-rate digital video recorders. He accused them of not being “leading innovators”. Rogers was speaking at a Goldman Sachs media conference in New York. He said that while some of the US giants have the scale and […]
A US District Court in California has denied a preliminary injunction application by Fox Broadcasting to block DISH’s Hopper and its DISH Anywhere and Hopper video transfer services. DISH’s EVP/General Counsel, R. Stanton Dodge, in a statement, said: “Today’s decision is the fourth in a string of victories for consumers related to our Hopper Whole-Home […]
Alticast, a specialist in interactive TV open standard software solutions, and Central European Media Enterprises (CME) have announced that CME’s SVoD service, Voyo, will be available on the new Voyo Player STB that will be powered by Alticast’s OTT STB Platform starting this month in the Czech Republic. The platform will subsequently be deployed in […]
Hundreds of illegal STBs at a storage facility in Singapore have been seized during a police raid. A statement by cable TV operator StarHub said it had been tracking a syndicate that was distributing sales flyers for the sale of illegal STBs that claim to be able to unscramble StarHub TV content since early 2013. […]
Liberty Global’s UPC operations that have implemented its Horizon DVR are mailing 270,000+ remotes to accompany a firmware and software upgrade for version one aimed at debugging the system. Liberty’s Peter Dorr, managing director, strategic marketing, sales and customer care, told CTAM in Barcelona it would have been naïve to think such a system could […]
A US district court judge has ruled that DTH broadcaster Dish can continue to use its AutoHop and PrimeTime Anytime features on its ‘Hopper’ DVR, and refused network broadcaster ABC’s application to bar the applications when viewing its channels. Judge Laura Swain of the Southern District of New York, United States District Court, ruled in […]
IHS has published a report looking at trends in TV viewing across the US and major Western European markets. While broadcast TV viewing is still on the up across many countries (particularly recession-hit Italy and Spain), many of the increases in hours spent watching TV have been driven by time-shifted TV and on-demand usage. In […]
Pace has been selected by the number one Malaysian Pay-TV provider, Astro, to supply its next generation wireless HD PVR. Astro, whose services reach over three million households, will begin installing Pace’s next generation HD PVR next month to improve the user experience and increase revenue streams by leveraging new technologies. The HD PVR, which […]
Concurrent, a global player in video and media data intelligence solutions, has partnered with ZON Multimedia to launch multi-screen network digital video recording services using Concurrent’s MediaHawk VX unified content delivery solution. ZON, Portugal’s leading pay TV operator and the country’s second largest Internet provider, has enhanced their IRIS multi-screen video service offering with advanced […]