Easel TV, the connected TV specialists – TiVo’s sole representative in the UK and responsible for all of TiVo’s product integration on the Virgin Media:TiVo platform – has been retained for the third successive product integration phase. This follows a two and a half year relationship between the two companies where Easel TV has integrated […]

Amino Communications, expertss in IPTV/OTT solutions, and Celeno Communications, a provider of high performance Wi-Fi chipsets and software for HD multimedia home networking applications, has announced that Amino’s A140/A540 STBs will now be complemented by a Wi-Fi USB solution using Celeno’s video-grade Wi-Fi technology. The Amino Wi-Fi USB dongle enables service providers to offer a […]

Polish STB company Globo and the Swedish CAS and SMS manufacturer Cryptoguard have partnered to offer price effective solutions for small and medium sized cable operators. The companies say “We are proud to be able to offer the CryptoGuard hi-grade security, user friendly and price effective CAS (conditional access system) and easy to use SMS […]

Sigma Designs, a provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment connectivity and control, has announced that Televes, a European STB manufacturer has selected httv’s “httvBOX” turn-key solution based on Sigma Designs’ SMP8670 SoC for its free-to-air hybrid STB. The device is the first Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) deployment based on the Sigma SoC. […]

Dune HD has unveiled its Dune HD Connect – what it claims is the world’s smallest Full HD media player. Designed to convert existing dumb screens into Smart TVs, the Dune HD Connect comes in a compact stick format that simply plugs into the TV’s HDMI socket to enable movies, TV and other content to […]

Pace has announced that its pre-integrated software, conditional access and set-top box solution has been selected by three Indian cable operators, Delhi Distribution Company (DDC), Faction Digital, and New Delhi and Kozhikode Cablecommunicators Ltd.(KCL), Calicut, to support their move to digital services. Pace has designed its pre-integrated solution to provide a cost-effective alternative to operators […]

TiVo has reported better than forecast quarterly results as it saw higher sales of its DVR through Virgin Media. “The number of TiVo subscriptions across the globe grew 41 per cent year-over-year this quarter, highlighted by continued success at Virgin Media, which recently reached one million TiVo subscriptions,” Chief Executive Tom Rogers said. While TiVo […]

Fresh reports have emerged that Google is to sell off the set-top box unit inside Motorola Mobility. Google completed the $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility in May, but as far back as March 2012, the New York Times suggested that Google would seek such a sale once the deal was complete. Bloomberg reports that […]

Consumer electronics manufacturer Hisense is to unveil its Hisense Pulse with Google TV device at the IFA trade fair in Berlin August 31st- September 5th prior to its retail debut in North America mid-November. The Hisense Pulse with Google TV connects to any television with an HDMI input and enables consumers to enjoy the richest […]

In the latest issue of IP Television International (available at IBC) we take a broad look at the Smart TV market.  A report from TDG, quoted in the article, chastises TV makers for failing to make the most of their pivotal position in the fast growing Smart TV segment, though it does allow they have […]