Echostar subsidiary Slingmedia, best known for its innovative Slingbox place-shifting product, is ramping up its dispute with Belkin International and Monsoon Multimedia. On March 12th Slingmedia involved the US International Trade Commission (ITC), calling on the organisation to investigate Belkin, Monsoon and another company C2 Microsystems, and alleging that the trio are importing products that […]
After showing the first prototype during the CSTB 2013 show in Moscow, Aston announces the availability on the MENA market of its MAYA HD PVR satellite receiver. The new MAYA HD PVR Satellite receiver is built around the latest-generation HD H.264 STiH237 (Cardiff) decoder chipset from STMicroelectronics, a global leader serving customers across the spectrum […]
TiVo, the DVR specialist, has confirmed the US retail availability of TiVo Mini, an all-purpose companion device that allows TiVo users to access apps and extend the viewing of live TV, recorded and streaming content, as well as on-demand programming, to rooms throughout their homes without an additional TiVo DVR. TiVo Mini is not a […]
TiVo, as well as increasing subscribers, is accumulating cash largely from a very successful series of patent disputes. CEO Tom Rogers says that the company continues evaluating certain potential acquisitions. Rogers, speaking at Deutsche Bank’s media and telecom conference in New York on March 4th, said that TiVo’s cash balance at the end of its […]
An irreverent commercial featuring Alki David, the controversial billionaire and founder of FilmOn.TV, has started airing in New York offering consumers five hundred live TV Channels as well as DVR storage space for free. The offering includes all the local Major Networks NBC CBS Fox and ABC as well as a wide range of premium […]
Dish has accused CBS of telling one of the network’s stars, Kaley Cuoco of The Big Bang Theory, to delete a Twitter message promoting the Hopper to her 1.2 million followers. Dish’s chief executive, Joe Clayton, a chance to say on Twitter: “It’s disappointing that CBS – once the exemplar of editorial independence and innovation […]
DVR specialist TiVo, helped by further growth in take-up at Virgin Media, is reporting revenues that have risen 33 per cent in its Q4 trading – and “exceeding management guidance”. Revenue rose to $88.9 million (up from $66.5 million a year ago). Subscriber numbers rose from 2.28 million to 3.15 million, but TiVo also reported […]
Ocean Blue Software’s Sunrise DVB stack and PVR core support Broadcom’s chipset range for set top boxes. Ocean Blue’s broadly deployed middleware solution is now available for Broadcom’s set-top box chipset range, offering a feature rich capability for DVB-T/T2, S/S2 and C solutions. This includes Freeview HD, PVR, USB PVR, and MHEG-5 that can be […]
TiVo Research and Analytics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TiVo, has announced the launch of TRA Cross Media Measurement, which enables advertisers, agencies and television networks to measure household-level exposure across TV and online advertising campaigns and content for more than 100,000 households – the industry’s largest single-source, naturally occurring data set of its kind by […]
Some major US broadcast networks will not carry Dish’s advertisements for its ‘Dish Hopper’ ad-skipping technology. On Sunday, Dish managed cleverly to circumvent Fox’s apparent ban by sponsoring a racing car at the all-important Daytona 500 NASCAR race. Car 95 was the Leavine Family Racing’s Ford Fusion driven by Scott Speed, and it was neatly […]