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Research: CE market boosted by connected devices in 2011

Global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6 per cent in 2010, partly driven by rising sales of products that play a role in the connected home and that focus on usability—rather than technological wizardry—according to iSuppli research. CE product shipments in 2011 are projected to reach 1.60 billion units, up from […]

January 26, 2011

Oggle breaks cover

Following the launch of the company’s interactive Connected TV and STB platform in December 2010 at the AppsWorld trade event, UK-based Green Button Media has revealed Oggle as the name for the platform’s consumer brand. Green Button’s Founder and Chairman, Barry Rubery, believes Oggle can become the brand name on everyone’s lips when talking about […]

January 26, 2011By Colin Mann

Microsoft files to stop TiVo imports

Microsoft has filed a US trade complaint seeking to prevent TiVo from importing television set-top boxes.  The complaint submitted to the US International Trade Commission in Washington accuses TiVo of infringing four patents. Microsoft is asking that TiVo be barred from importing the digital-video recorders, which are primarily made in Mexico and sold in the […]

January 25, 2011

SK Telecom smartphone/STB combo

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom has confirmed it will release a smartphone that can also serve as a set-top box, playing content on personal computers, tablet PCs and TVs. The smartphone named “Galaxy S hopping,” made by Samsung Electronics, will be available in South Korea this week. Connecting the smartphone to the TV […]

January 24, 2011

BBC’s Huggers quits for Intel

The BBC’s Director of Future Media & Technology, Erik Huggers, is to leave the corporation at the end of February to become Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Digital Home Group, based at its Silicon Valley headquarters in California. He replaces interim General Manager Brad Daniels. BBC Director General Mark Thompson said that […]

January 19, 2011by Colin Mann

Orange CineHome for Switzerland

Orange Switzerland will launch its ‘Orange CineHome’ service on January 17th, enabling its mobile customers to access a range of films and TV shows on their television through a dedicated set-top box with broadband connection. The service will offer unlimited access to the Warner Bros TV film and TV series catalogue as well as unlimited […]

January 14, 2011

Digital video applications propel HDD market

The demand for gigabytes and terabytes of storage from PC users, game enthusiasts, and TV entertainment folks is keeping the industry growing to the degree that In-Stat forecasts HDD unit shipments will increase to over 1 billion units by 2014. The main drivers of growth have been the notebook PC market, set top boxes, and […]

January 14, 2011

Netgem Q4 sales down

French IPTV STB manufacturer Netgem has reported consolidated sales down 9 percent to €27.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, with French revenues down 21 per cent to €21.4 million and international sales up 1.8 times to €6.3 million. Over the full year, Netgem’s revenues grew by 3 per cent to €134.9 million, including […]

January 13, 2011

Canal Digital Sweden gets ahead with Pace

Pace Networks, the specialised division of digital pay-TV technologist Pace, has confirmed that Canal Digital Sweden, part of the Nordic television distributor network and ISP, Canal Digital, is to deploy the Pace MDC1000 head end platform to support its nationwide upgrade of SMATV head ends. Implementing the Pace MDC1000 compact head end platform will enable […]

January 11, 2011

Pace tops up ARPU service offerings

In a series of major interviews with UK newspapers January 10, Pace CEO Neil Gaydon has revealed that he talked last week at CES with more than 100 companies about providing additional non-TV services to consumers. Pace’s recent acquisition of US-based broadband technology company 2Wire for £308 million is opening up new opportunities for bolting […]

January 10, 2011by Chris Forrester