Advanced Television

STB

Pace, thePlatform, Intel power Comcast’s next-gen TV experience

Digital TV technology specialist Pace is working with Comcast, one of the world’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, to launch a new hybrid DVR set-top box with tru2way and IP capabilities that delivers an advanced personalised TV viewing experience. Comcast is using the Pace set-top box platform in a market […]

June 15, 2011By Colin Mann

Roku extends retail presence

Following closely on the company’s announcement in March that it had entered into retail, US Internet TV platform Roku has confirmed that the Roku XD player is now available at all Walmart stores nationwide. “We know that our customers love having instant access to entertainment on their TVs – and at great value. With the […]

June 14, 2011

DTT STB shipments 45m in 2015

Despite a challenging 2010 for the worldwide digital set-top box market, In-Stat predicts that better news is on the horizon. According to the research firm, total unit shipments decreased by 7 per cent in 2010, with 2011 also likely to be a challenging year. Looking ahead, fuelled primarily by the analogue-to-digital transition as well as […]

June 13, 2011

Alcatel-Lucent, thePlatform team up for TV Everywhere

Alcatel-Lucent and online video management and publishing specialist thePlatform have formed a strategic alliance to help cable and IPTV providers deliver a new generation of video services to their subscribers’ TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and more. The companies have joined forces to offer a multiscreen video platform that supports the delivery of live scheduled […]

June 13, 2011By Colin Mann

TiVo’s family homecoming

Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has chosen Chicago’s NCTA Cable Show to unveil the next generation of its whole home solution, with the addition of robust HD video streaming and two new set-tops to its service provider product family. TiVo Premiere Q, the company’s first-ever quad-tuner gateway set-top box, and TiVo Preview, its […]

June 13, 2011

Pay-TV STB market softens, as hybrids boom

Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its first quarter 2011 Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers market size, market share, and forecast report. “Despite a quarter-over-quarter decline in the global set-top box market, all major segments are up from this time a year ago in both revenue and shipments, indicating that the […]

June 7, 2011

Sezmi and Netgem team up

Multi-screen hybrid television platform provider Sezmi Corporation and connected home solutions specialist Netgem have formed a partnership to include Netgem’s set-top-box hardware and software as part of Sezmi’s comprehensive TV offering. Sezmi brings a differentiated multi-screen TV experience to consumers with a system that adapts to varying network capabilities alleviating the need for service providers […]

June 7, 2011By Colin Mann

ADB to supply Kft with set-top solution

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has confirmed it will deliver the ADB-2850ST hybrid digital set-top box, pre-integrated with its award-winning Carbo user interface to Business Telecom. Using the ADB-2850ST platform, Kft will create an enhanced consumer TV experience for its subscribers. Users will be able to quickly and easily access a broad range of high definition […]

June 1, 2011

Canal Digital STB from ADB

Telenor’s Canal Digital is launching its new connected ADB STB  in September, as a prelude to its launch of a TiVo-based platform. Canal Digital CEO Patrik Hofbauer said “We will launch the ADB box now – TiVo is a higher-end solution that will take longer.” He said Canal Digital will provide some over-the-top services to […]

May 25, 2011By Colin Mann

Harvard partners with ANT for STBs

Harvard International has announced a partnership with ANT, a provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, to design and develop software for the next generation of STB products. These will provide HD DTR (high definition digital television recorder) functionality and enable the delivery of services that combine digital media with broadband […]

May 25, 2011