Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) is delivering its latest ADB-5720SX hybrid Digital Video Recorder, pre-integrated with its Carbo user interface to Canal Digital. Using the ADB-5720SX platform, Canal Digital is launching an enhanced consumer TV experience for its subscribers. Thanks to this solution, users will be able to quickly and easily access Canal Digital’s broad range […]
TiVo and Virgin Media have revealed details of an iPad app, to be released in the near future, which will allow users to control TiVo through their tablet. The iPad app will be released alongside a software update and other new features yet to be announced. Cindy Rose, executive director of digital entertainment at Virgin […]
Spanish largest cable TV company ONO is formally launching its new TiVo service in October, initially in Madrid, then Barcelona before extending it to the rest of its fibre network. The service, with a monthly cost of €10, will offer 12 HD channels (Telecinco, Gol T, Fox, AXN, Sony TV, MTV, TVE, Antena 3, La […]
TiVo has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2011. Tom Rogers, President and CEO, said, “This was another milestone quarter for TiVo, highlighted by our successful execution on key strategic growth initiatives. On the heels of our historic settlement with DISH Network, in the second quarter we delivered better than anticipated […]
Spending $12.5 billion on Motorola’s Mobility division has given Google a great deal of publicity in what it means for so-called ‘Smart’ phones in the future. But there are other implications for the broadcast industry because of its ‘Google TV’ product, which some now see as providing an open door into Latin America’s cable business […]
TiVo said it plans to buy back up to $100 million of its stock over the next two years. The company said it will fund the share repurchase programme through existing cash. The move comes as the company’s stock has floundered around the $8 mark after sitting at over $12 in April and more than […]
Leaked details of TiVo’s Premiere Elite DVR suggest the device will feature four tuners. According to documents filed with the FCC, the Premiere Elite will operate (record or view) up to four shows simultaneously. It is THX-certified and fully compatible with 1080p/1080i video. Destined for the retail market, the Premiere Elite has two terabytes of […]
Nearly four in five (79 per cent) of Brits using Virgin Media’s TiVo TV on demand service accessed web apps such as Twitter and YouTube via their TV, according to Virgin’s own research study. Virgin Media said on average, each TiVo box launched apps 4.5 times a week. Furthermore, one in every four views of […]
Insignia, the brand from multi-channel global technology retailer Best Buy, has announced the arrival of the new Insignia Connected TV, allowing customers to access broadcast and online movies, shows, and music. In partnering with TiVo, Insignia has created what it claims is a product and interface that offers consumers an experience that is easy to […]
Television technology, including digital and HD formats, time-shifted and catch-up viewing, has helped drive a global increase in television viewing, a new report has revealed. The report – Television – International Key Facts 2011 – published by IP Network, the wholly owned international advertising subsidiary of RTL Group, analyses audiences, programmes and leading trends in […]