The world is about to start embracing the new HEVC compression standard in readiness for Ultra-HDTV and greater transmission efficiencies for all networks. What will this mean for consumers? How are chipset manufacturers addressing the challenges of getting product to market? Are set-top box manufacturers ready for these changes? How expensive will the transition be […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, a supplier of advanced wireless and OTT/IPTV technologies, is launching a new family of HEVC/4K set-top boxes that offer satellite-quality live and on-demand video to any subscriber with a broadband connection. By harnessing the compression capabilities of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), AirTies’ new generation of STBs offer double the video quality […]
EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a supplier of advanced STB solutions have created the first Hybrid STB that plugs directly into the mains power. The model DIP5026, is a PowerPlug style STB that plugs directly into the main power socket eliminating the need for a separate power adaptor commonly required in today’s Hybrid Set Top Boxes. […]
Market research firm Infonetics has excerpts from its 4th quarter 2013 and year-end STBs and pay-TV subscribers report, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and DTT STBs, and OTT media servers. “The overall STB market declined
ZTE Corporation, a global supplier of IPTV, VoD and mobile systems for telecoms, has announced its selection of Oregan Networks, a London based Digital TV software company, as a supplier of key Set Top Box technology components, as well as design and integration expertise for premium hybrid PayTV projects. The product of this collaboration is […]
ALi Corporation, a STB solution provider, has confirmed the launch of M3932, a HD smart STB SoC solution based on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat, targeting applications including smart DVB or IPTV set-top boxes, OTT multimedia players, hybrid set-top boxes, and TV dongles. Mass production of M3932 is scheduled in Q2 2014. M3932’s dual-core ARM […]
ABOX42, a provider of IPTV & OTT DVB Smart STBs and services, has announced its new X-Series Smart STB Platform based on the Broadcom BCM7251 high performance multi-HD/Ultra HD IP system-on-chip (SoC) with integrated high-performance dual-core Brahma15 10,000 DMIPs ARMv7 processors. The new X-Series Smart STB will provide high end functionality with up to now […]
Eric Brandt, Broadcom’s CFO spoke at the recent Morgan Stanley Technology & Media conference, and the chip company’s recent progress and expectations were discussed by the analysts present. Brandt said: “Broadband is a good business. Last year was particularly strong on the set-top box side, [which] picked up, outgrew its peers probably overall in broadband […]
ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, has announced that ALi’s ATSC STB SoC solution has been adopted for design-in with set-top boxes from Funai Electric, a Japanese consumer electronics company. The partnership solution is aimed to bring optimum cost/performance value to the Mexican market, where the digital rollover is scheduled to […]
Humax has launched a new 2TB version of the YouView DTR-T1010, delivering all the features of on-demand TV service YouView, now with 1,200 hours of standard definition recording space and up to 500 hours for HD TV programmes and movies. Available exclusively from Humax Direct, the new set top box offers over 70 live free-to-air […]