Multimedia Research Group (MRG), the market specialist in the Video and Media ecosystem, has released its latest forecast on the worldwide streaming media player market. The growth of OTT video services is attracting attention to consumer electronics products that can efficiently support streaming media services. One of these products, the streaming media player, has enjoyed […]
Being a shareholder in Pace has sometimes been profitable – but mostly not – and it has rarely been dull. Now the Yorkshire-based STB maker is bidding for the Motorola STB business that Google would like to offload following its buy of the mobile business. For a company that was earlier this year on its […]
Antik Technology, a Slovakia-based manufacturer of IPTV devices, has begun selling the FullHD Juice Mini the first BitTorrent Certified set-top box in the world and the latest in Antik´s Juice line of TV products. First announced during CES 2012 in Las Vegas last January, the device is able to play files downloaded as torrents directly […]
The Board of Pace plc has confirmed it has submitted an indicative, non-binding, bid to Google in respect of the potential acquisition of its Motorola Home (STB) business. Pace says discussions with Google are currently at a preliminary stage and there is no certainty as to whether any agreement regarding any transaction will be reached. […]
BT has confirmed it will not be using YouView boxes from Pace. BT has terminated a deal with Pace to supply it with set-top boxes, although the UK based technology company will continue to deliver BT Vision hybrid boxes. BT launched its YouView offering, which offers connected TV services in October with boxes supplied by […]
Google is closing its auction of Motorola’s set-top box business, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company had set a deadline of December 7 for the last round of bids, according to three people involved in the process. Google August 2012 hired Barclays Plc to seek buyers for Motorola, which has been losing market share […]
Not for the first time rumours swirl on Wall St about TiVo being a buy target. Now it is Google’s name that is in the frame as the potential buyer and it’s because of TiVo’s suit against Google-owned Motorola Mobility over alleged patent infringements. Investment bankers Janney Capital’s analyst Tony Wible has tracked the latest […]
Fifteen industry-leading multichannel video providers and device manufacturers that deliver service to more than 90 million American households are launching an unprecedented Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that will result in annual residential electricity savings of $1.5 billion or more as the commitment is fully realised, US industry trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) […]
Gerry O’Sullivan, SVP Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom, has called on pay-TV operators to cut down ‘sacred cows’ and consider future business models which do not rely on hardware in subscriber households. Delivering a keynote speech at The Digital TV Summit in London, O’Sullivan told delegates: “I’d like to see no hardware in […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings in the US have revealed new Google TV devices from Netgear and Asus. While the testing documents for the Netgear STB – tentatively called the NeoTV Prime – don’t show the device that plugs in to the TV, it does reveal a Bluetooth-connected, Qwerty keyboard remote with a trackpad. The […]