KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider for multi-screen video delivery, has confirmed that it has acquired certain assets and liabilities of Sezmi Corporation, the provider of broadband-broadcast hybrid TV solutions based in Belmont, California. Sezmi pulled the plug on its consumer operation September 23. Sezmi’s subscription video service was available in […]
The proliferation of devices is increasing access to content, which recent data suggest is driving more consumption, according to consultancy firm Deloitte’s sixth edition State of the Media Democracy survey, which reveals that the introduction of new platforms has led to increases in the consumption of movies and books. The survey assesses media consumption preferences […]
Most observers anticipated TiVo winning its long-running patent dispute with US telco AT&T having already won a similar action with EchoStar last year. But the terms of AT&T’s settlement with TiVo are impressive. AT&T will pay at least $215 million to close the litigation and will in addition pay TiVo to license its IP. TiVo […]
Researcher Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates says that in 2010 UK viewers watched 93 billion hours of TV, which works out to around 28 hours per person per week, an increase of 14 billion hours compared to 2006. While time-shifted content has contributed to the growth of TV consumption, linear broadcast has continued to grow: 80 […]
So-called ‘Dreamboxes’, the STBs that can illegally access scrambled pay-TV signals, have been banned in Brazil. The country’s Federal Justice Ministry is backing moves by the Brazilian Pay-TV Association to have the boxes outlawed. The Ministry has specifically named one such device, the AZBox, as being to blame for losses of some US$53 million in […]
Chinese government officials have confirmed a January 1 2012 launch date for the country’s first 3DTV channel. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), China’s broadcasting regulator, is working on the project with the country’s state broadcaster, China Central Television, and with regional TV stations from Beijing, Shanghai and three other areas. “The […]
IMS claims that a high watermark has been reached for the worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The analyst predicts that worldwide DTT set-top box shipments will peak in 2012 at 20.5 million. It reckons 25 per cent of the STBs in 2012 will be shipped into Western European countries that have switch-off by the European […]
Time Warner Cable has confirmed the launch of the TWC TV app for Android smartphones. The free app allows Digital TV customers to search programme listings by title or episode name, browse network schedules, set favourite channels and even program their DVR right from their smartphone. The app is available to video customers at the […]
To make the point that if you are in the STB business you are in the ‘box business’, I was going to headline this piece ‘BS and basics in the brown goods business’, but I figured there were probably too few people out there who now remember that’s what we used to call all the […]
With the breaking news early December 14 that STB manufacturer Pace was replacing its CEO, another sector player has also announced a change at the top. OTT STB specialist Amino Technologies has confirmed that Andrew Burke, Chief Executive Officer of Amino, will be leaving the Company with immediate effect to pursue other opportunities and that […]