TiVo is offering advertisers a new way to reach TiVo subscribers, who are prone to fast-forwarding through standard 30-second spots as they consume time-shifted programming. "Pause Menu," allows clickable, promotional graphics to be placed on the TV screen when a TiVo user pauses a live or time-shifted programme. The first advertisers to use Pause Menu […]

Although the US is still by far the largest market for digital video recorders (DVRs), with nearly 12 million units shipped in 2007, uptake in Europe is gaining momentum. IMS Research estimates that in 2007, the DVR market in Europe grew by 87 per cent, reaching 6 million units shipped in 2007. Asia Pacific accounted […]

The UK is the first European nation to adopt digital video recorders (DVRs) in significant numbers, according to international research firm Parks Associates’ study 'Entertainment 2.0 in Europe'. This five-country study examined entertainment trends across Europe and found over one-third of UK broadband households own a DVR. British households are also more likely than other […]

TiVo reported a record profit for the third quarter ended October 31, of $100.6 million, but that was based mainly on the $105 million in damages the company received from satellite operator Dish Network and its set-top supplier EchoStar Corp. relating to patent litigation. Without the Dish/EchoStar damages award, the company would have posted a […]

The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a report from ABI Research. Thereafter STB unit volumes for all platforms – DTT, IPTV, DBS, and CATV – will begin a gradual decline. STB revenues show a different […]

IPTV platform supplier Amino Communications is to acquire Swedish vendor Tilgin AB’s IPTV set-top box (STB) division in a £2.5 million (€3.17m). The company says the purchase of Tilgin IPTV, which offers a range of H.264 HD IPTV STBs within its ‘Mood’ product line, will further enhance Amino’s award-winning product portfolio and add new software […]

Ofcom’s third International Communications Market Report into the £876 billion (E1,100bn) global digital communications market finds that UK consumers are getting a good deal for their money when buying communications services compared with people in other countries. Of the larger countries surveyed, the UK has more households with digital TV on their main set, at […]

The rising popularity of digital video recorders seemed to spell doom for prime-time TV because the technology lets viewers skip ads, but a study has shown DVRs are probably replacing DVD viewing, not TV. More than 90 per cent of people surveyed in May by Knowledge Networks Inc., a market research firm, said they typically […]

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has confirmed it will supply its latest DVB-T digital video recorder platform for the Norwegian market under its agreement with Grundig. The DTR 8860 VOD is the first-to-market to fully support RiksTV’s push-VOD service, which is using the pVOD solution from Osmosys. RiksTV plans to launch its new push-VOD service in […]

The first PVR to carry the Freesat+ brand will go on general sale in the UK next month. The Foxsat-HDR has a 320GB hard drive that can store up to 80 hours of HD programming, or up to 200 hours of standard definition shows, while the eight day on-screen electronic programme guide claims to make […]