The Humax DTR-T1000, the first set-top box for the new YouView subscription-free digital TV and catch-up service, arrives in UK stores on July 26th. The DTR-T1000 seamlessly combines over 100 digital TV and radio channels, including HD content, with Internet catch up and VoD services, including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5. The […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we publish our annual STB Survey taking the temperature of the segment. Casual observers might think ‘cooling’ would be the obvious answer as Smart TVs become the norm in the replacement market and more and more Apps developers and content companies make provision deals with the various manufacturers. Nonetheless, […]
Amino Technologies has revealed unaudited consolidated results for the period ending May 31st 2012. Revenue was £20.1 million (€25m) (H1 2011: £24.7m) although excluding the nil margin Telecom Italia contract H1 2011 was £17.9 million. Underlying gross margin was 2.0 percentage points higher at 35.4 per cent. EBITDA more than doubled to £1.8 million (H1 […]
Pace is providing the services and technology behind SKY New Zealand and TVNZ’s new TV service, Igloo. Igloo will run Pace’s new Elements software platform on a Pace DVB-T2 Digital Terrestrial Television hybrid IP set-top box to offer consumers digital TV services, VoD and a dynamic user interface for navigating and selecting content. Pace is […]
Media and entertainment technologist Technicolor is to start selling as much as €191 million worth of new shares to equity fund Vector Capital Group on July 16th to raise cash to reduce its debt. The capital increase, in which Vector will receive 18 per cent to 29.94 per cent of Technicolor’s equity, was approved in […]
Pay-TV companies are struggling to keep up with video experiences enabled by connected TVs and iPads, according to analyst firm ABI Resesarch. Their situation, caused by a slow-moving business model, as well as serving less technically savvy consumers, is exacerbated by suffering a hardware disadvantage as they rely on set-top boxes that are typically a […]
The Strong Group announces the successful launch of the Digital Terrestrial High Definition Receiver Prima V which was brought to the CEE market in April this year. Strong, a provider of consumer digital TV reception equipment in Europe, has launched a digital terrestrial HD receiver exclusively for Tesco, a British multinational grocery and general merchandise […]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has confirmed that it is delaying a proposed rule regarding energy conservation for set-top boxes to allow industry representatives and energy efficiency advocates time to negotiate a non-regulatory agreement. The DOE is initiating a rulemaking and data collection process to develop a potential test procedure and energy conservation standard […]
In a move that reinforces its position in ‘Home Gateway Server’ solutions, set-top box manufacturer Humax has become the largest shareholder of South Korea’s MMC Technology, a residential gateway provider, with a 21.98 per cent stake by acquiring an additional 8.8 per cent stake. In doing so, Humax will enhance the company’s Home Gateway Server […]
According to a BBC Monitoring report South African pan-regional broadcaster MultiChoice/DStv is losing “hundreds of thousands of dollars a year” because of signal piracy by Zimbabwean users of a pirate set-top box. The device, sold locally as the ‘Magic Box’ manages to decrypt DStv’s channels. Satellite decoder dealers say the Magic Box has been around […]