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DVRs becoming mainstream in US

Forty-four per cent of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR -representing 14 per cent of all households having multiple DVRs according to recent consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG). In 2005, just 8 per cent of […]

October 18, 2011

TiVo wins AT&T patent decision

TiVo shares gained some considerable ground on Friday, helped by a court ruling which went in favour of TiVo in its patent infringement claim against AT&T’s U-verse digital TV service.   US District Court Judge David Folsom issued what is seen as a major victory for TiVo and according to analysts covering the sector, will […]

October 17, 2011By Chris Forrester

Verizon launches home control

Verizon Communications has launched a home monitoring and control system in the US. The system will allow customers to monitor and control their home appliances – such as switching lights on/off and turning on the heating -whilst they are away from home. Customers can access the system through smartphones, computers and FiOS TV. The service, […]

October 14, 2011

Title fight streamed on TVonics Freeview

This weekend, some Freeview viewers will be able to watch Nathan Cleverly defend his WBO World Light- Heavyweight crown against Commonwealth Champion, Tony Bellew. For viewers with the latest generation of Freeview+HD boxes from British manufacturer TVonics, the fight will be streamed live on Freeview Channel 112 at 7pm on October 15th. The live broadcast […]

October 13, 2011

HBO GO and entry-level player for Roku

HBO and Roku are launching HBO GO on the Roku streaming platform. With HBO GO on Roku, consumers will be able instantly to access more than 1,400 titles, including every episode of every season of the best HBO shows – streamed to their TVs for convenient, on-demand viewing from the comfort of home. Expected to […]

October 12, 2011By Colin Mann

South Africa: STBs a “waste of money”?

M-Net, a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, believes the country would be far better off scrapping plans to build pricey set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television and instead should use the money in other ways. Karen Willenberg, the broadcaster’s director of legal and regulatory affairs, says instead the country should consider the use of […]

October 10, 2011

‘Broadcom exit shows fall of western TV chips’

Broadcom Corp.’s reported exit from the markets for television video processing chips illustrates the increasingly intense state of competition in this area, as Asian suppliers drive the established Western suppliers out of the business, according to the IHS iSuppli Digital TV & Set-top Box Semiconductor Market Tracker from information and analysis provider IHS.   A […]

September 30, 2011

Virgin Media: ‘TiVo will beat Sky+’

A new report on UK cable operator Virgin Media’s prospects (from investment bankers Morgan Stanley) says that TiVo’s functionality will make life very hard for YouView or BSkyB. Virgin’s senior staffers say that their TiVo box, now rolling out to its customer base, will beat to the punch the UK’s digital terrestrial service YouView and […]

September 27, 2011By Chris Forrester

Pace introduces Helium software

Pace has announced the launch of its Helium Unified Gateway Software for broadband network providers. Helium enables operators to manage their services through any gateway or next generation smartbox system, regardless of vendor, and provides advanced home networking services to the consumer in a simple, operator-defined environment. Helium, a new addition to Pace’s Elements platform, […]

September 26, 2011

Chip maker sues Apple TV

Taiwanese chip designer Via is suing Apple over infringed patents. Via said the disputed functions were used in Apple TV, the iPod, iPad and iPhone and the software they run on. The patents involve the ways chips in these products use, transfer and manipulate data. The legal action is believed to be connected to an […]

September 23, 2011