Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo, has suggested that after an initial wariness and perception of Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix as a competitive threat, operators who have deployed TiVo set-top boxes to their subscribers now view Netflix with greater enthusiasm, and a realisation that bringing together the worlds of cable and streaming via […]
UK subscription- free digital TV service Freesat has revealed that long-term partner Manhattan Technology intends to manufacture a new line of Freetime set-top boxes. Manhattan supplies thousands of independent retailers via its sister company Eurosat, as well as all the major retailers and supermarkets, including Dixons, Argos, John Lewis, Amazon and Tesco. Owners of the […]
Service validation product and platform integration service specialist S3 Group has been selected by NAGRA, the Kudelski Group’s digital TV division and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen TV solutions, to automate testing of its OpenTV 5 STB middleware and guide solutions deployed with leading pay-TV service providers on a worldwide basis. NAGRA will […]
TalkTalk has passed one million pay-TV subscribers, making it the UK’s fastest-growing television service, adding more customers than all the other pay-TV operators combined. “Our strategy for growth is delivering,” said chief executive Dido Harding. “We continue to grow faster than all the other UK TV operators put together and are confident that in time, […]
Technicolor has confirmed an agreement with Tata Sky, India’s leading DTH service provider, to provide 4K set top boxes in volume early 2015. This agreement is the result of a long, strategic relationship with Tata Sky dating back to 2005, and a Technicolor 4K roadmap of solid technical innovation including 4K trials that have gone […]
US trade body the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has launched a website, ConsumerTVChoice.net, to promote competition and choice in the TV set-top box marketplace. The Association has supported Congress’s renewal of Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), which expires at the end 2014, but has also denounced attempts by some lawmakers to […]
ABOX42, a provider of IPTV & OTT smart STBs and services, has been selected by Zattoo to expand the existing Zattoo B2B white label TV solutions and services to big screen TV. European TV service and solution provider Zattoo has launched an white label, fully hosted multiscreen TV service for operators to quickly deploy TV […]
ABOX42, a provider of IPTV & OTT Smart STBs and services, is supplying its advanced STB platform for the new Dutch IPTV service Sparql. Sparql is a service of Dutch company Cambrium, which is also known for its ISP Tweak. Sparql subscribers will be equipped exclusively with the ABOX42 M12 smart STB which gives them […]
ALi Corporation, a STB solution provider, has joined forces with Prime Electronics and Satellitics, a manufacturer specialised in developing and manufacturing digital communication products, to provide various set-top box solutions targeting emerging markets worldwide. Mass production shipping of a DVB-T2 set-top box solution manufactured by Prime and powered by ALi chipset was initiated earlier this […]
Rovi Corporation, a specialist in entertainment discovery, has signed a new, multi-year, global patent licence agreement with Arris, the video and broadband technology company. The agreement provides Arris with a licence for its solutions across set-top boxes and on second-screen platforms. The long-term licensing agreement extends into the next decade. “Our new agreement with Arris […]