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Israel’s yes selects HomePNA

yes, Israel’s satellite television provider, and the HomeGrid Forum, have reveraled that yes is using HomePNA home networking technology to power yes.Multiroom, its new whole-home DVR offering. yes.Multiroom allows users to view a movie recorded on a yesMax Total  DVR in any room of the house.  Customers can start watching a movie in one room, […]

July 30, 2013

YouView seeks multi-device expansion

Open IPTV platform YouView – backed by a consortium of the UK’s broadcasters and telco providers – is looking to develop the service beyond its set-top box-based launch, reports the FT. Sources suggest that some shareholders are keen to extend service across a range of devices, including connected TV sets, smartphones and tablets. Any such […]

July 29, 2013By Colin Mann

Global demand for cable STBs staying healthy

Worldwide digital cable set-top box unit shipments increased by 10 per cent in 2012 and are expected to continue to increase modestly in 2013, according to MRG research. This market continued to be led by Motorola (now part of Arris) who shipped more than 11 million units in 2012. Satellite STBs continue to show strength […]

July 25, 2013

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

Sony hit by Freeview blackout

Sony says it is experiencing “a major technical issue” after many owners of its DVD recorders reported losing access to their Freeview TV channels. Sony said it was doing everything possible to solve the problem. “A major technical issue has been flagged to our dedicated team. We will update you asap,” the Japanese firm tweeted […]

July 22, 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