Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo has confirmed that that international TV and broadband company Liberty Global has renewed its existing product agreements and signed a multi-year extension to their intellectual property (IP) licence. This extension provides Liberty Global with expanded access to TiVo’s patent portfolios and covers all Liberty Global subsidiaries. “We have […]
TiVo has unveiled several new additions to the TiVo consumer product family – the TiVo BOLT VOX and TiVo Mini VOX. The latest device lineup includes TiVo’s first voice control remote – the TiVo VOX Remote, with which viewers can use their voice to search for programmes across live TV, DVR, video-on demand and online […]
Freeview New Zealand has announced the launch of a new high-end recorder and a new Freeview On Demand platform combining Live TV and On Demand services on Smart TVs and set top boxes. Expected to be in store in Q1 2018, the premium recorder – produced by local company Dish TV – will be the […]
Sony Corporation has renewed its multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence deal with TiVo. The licence to TiVo’s patent portfolios covers all of Sony’s worldwide products and services. “This licence agreement accentuates the value TiVo’s patent portfolios bring to the fast-growing and competitive entertainment industry,” said Arvin Patel, executive vice president and chief intellectual property officer, […]
TiVo has extended its existing intellectual property (IP) licence with AT&T, the US pay-TV provider. The companies had previously announced a seven-year licence renewal at the end of 2015. This extension will provide AT&T with a licence to TiVo’s patent portfolios through to 2025. “We are pleased that AT&T has extended its existing licence agreement,” […]
Millennials (ages 18-34) watch more time-shifted content through self-recording or on-demand (55 per cent) than live TV (45 per cent), according to a study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The Exploring Preferences for Personalized Content Consumption Experiences Study also shows that only 35 per cent of those over the age of 35 watch time-shifted […]
Netgem, the connected entertainment solution provider for telecom operators, has been selected by Finnish telecoms operator Elisa to deploy its Diamond entertainment software suite in Estonia. The new service, Binge TV, will enable Elisa mobile operations to benefit from Netgem’s range of Virtual STB features in order to extend their reach to a new audience […]
TiVo has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2017. “TiVo executed well in the second quarter with strong financial results,” said Tom Carson, President and CEO of TiVo. “We signed deals and launched products in pay-TV, OTT and mobile during the quarter. This included product deals with Millicom, Cable Onda and […]
IHS Markit has released findings from its Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time 2016 report, which analyses TV consumption trends across the ‘big five’ European markets: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and suggests that linear television viewing declined across those markets in 2016, with personal video recorder (PVR) time-shifted viewing starting to plateau as PVRs […]
Customers of AT&T’s DirecTV NOW streaming service are set to be the first this autumn to experience a new platform that will eventually support AT&T consumer video services. Beta testing of the new platform, including a cloud DVR feature, will be available for invited DirecTV NOW customers beginning this summer. In heralding the new platform, […]