France’s Netgem has announced consolidated revenue of €22.9 million for Q4 2012 taking the full year 2012 consolidated revenue to €81.2 million, of which nearly two thirds come from international sales. Following its international development in 15 countries over three years, the Group has identified supporting the deployment and penetration of its customer’s offers in […]
HGI, the global organisation for publishing requirements for the digital home, has published an updated specification for improving Quality of Service (QoS) through the Home Gateway. HGI _RD027-R3, “Home Gateway QoS Module Requirements” addresses the current evolution of the home network to an IPv6 environment, and identifies the Home Gateway requirements needed to extend the […]
In a move set to redefine digital migration in India and the digital pay-TV space in the other emerging markets, including Africa, Exset, pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, and Digital Telemedia (DTM) have announced their co-operation. Digital Telemedia has become a Digital Monetisation System (DMS) technology partner. DTM – a Shenzhen Jiuzhou subsidiary […]
Pace now expects to exceed previous guidance it says in a trading update that highlights 7.3 per cent underlying operating margin on $2.4 billion of revenue and net debt reduced by 47 per cent in the year. The unaudited figures show the group performed strongly in H2 with record Q4 revenue largely driven by demand […]
Google has confirmed that the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas will see further details unveiled of Google TV devices and services. Writing in the Google TV blog, Suveer Kothari and Mickey Kim of Google TV Partnerships, note that last November, Google TV was updated to make it faster and easier to access users’ favourite […]
Consumers are using the built-in features on their HDTV at a high rate, with an increasing number gaining access to Web-enabled content directly through their televisions, according to research by The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). More than one in five US adults owns a smart app-enabled HDTV and almost all (90 per cent) use the […]
Movea, provider of data-fusion and motion-processing technologies for consumer electronics, has announced a collaboration with French telco Orange on a large scale commercial deployment of a gesture-control set-top boxes. The new Orange Livebox Play TV set-top box will run Movea’s SmartMotion Server, the motion processing engine for digital home entertainment, and will ship with a […]
Set-top box maker Pace has seen its shares fall 6 per cent after they returned from suspension following the company’s bid for Motorola’s set-top box business put on the block by Google. Arris won the prize for $2.35 billion. Pace said it was unable to agree acceptable terms with Google: “We viewed the potential acquisition […]
A jump in video equipment spending is forecast as operators respond to the need to deliver content to a range of devices, according to market research firm Infonetics Research, who also rank Cisco as number 1in the STB market. Commenting on the firm’s new video report, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers, Jeff […]
Broadband media technology specialist Arris Group and Google have confirmed that Arris and Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Arris will acquire the Motorola Home business from Motorola Mobility, for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. Motorola Mobility’s Home business delivers […]