Digital Set-top Box News

MYtv® Selects Intelsat Capacity for its DTH Launch in the Ukraine

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:26 +0000

Intelsat has announced that MYtv has chosen Intelsat for a multi-year capacity contract to deliver its MYtv DTH platform to subscribers throughout the Ukraine over the Thor 6 satellite located at 1°W.

ZiiLABS Introduces 1080p Blu-ray Quality Handheld Media Processor

Digital TV News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:30:51 +0000

ZiiLABS (SIN:C76) has announced the ZMS-08, its media-rich applications processor that brings 1080p Blu-ray quality H.264 decode to low-power connected devices such as web tablets, netbooks, connected TVs, video conferencing systems and home media hubs.

Time Warner Cable digital subscribers stable at 8.8 million

Digital TV News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:23:32 +0000

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period TWC had approximately 13.0 million video subscribers, of which approximately 8.8 million received video via digital transmission.

OpenTV Launches Beta Tester Program for New SDK

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:40:30 +0000

OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced the launch of a beta testing program for its new Software Development Kit, the OpenTV SDK Development Suite C2.2. The new SDK will be released to the public at no cost in March 2010.

Comcast deploys additional 2.6 million STBs in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:18 +0000

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period Comcast's digital video customers totaled 18.0 million, an increase of 463,000 during the quarter.

Minerva and Sigma Designs Announce IPTV Set-Top Box Collaboration

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:01 +0000

Minerva Networks has unveiled enhancements to its client software to reduce the effort required to deploy set-top boxes based on Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) ICs. Wistron (Taipei:6285) will be first-to-market with a set-top box featuring the solution.

UPC adds over 400,000 DVR cable RGUs in the last twelve months

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:21 +0000

Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. In the last twelve months, digital cable RGUs have grown by 42% or 1.9 million, to give a digital penetration of 45%.

Pace plc Interim Management Statement

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:26 +0000

Pace (LSE: PIC) has provided its second Interim Management Statement for FY2009. Given current market strengths, Pace's position and good order visibility, the Group continues to be confident in management's expectations for the full year 2009.

Best Buy Partners with Sonic for Digital Content Delivery on Connected CE Devices

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:31 +0000

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) are partnering on a new offering for Best Buy's line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie and entertainment service will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow™.

OpenTV Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:10:35 +0000

OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) has announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, revenues were $31.8 million, an increase of 18% compared to $26.9 million for the third quarter of 2008.

China to define Infrared Remote Control Coding Standards

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:50:17 +0000

China's National Audio, Video, and Multimedia Systems and Equipment Standardization Technical Committee (AVMSC) is to create a drafting group for a national Audiovisual and Multimedia Infrared Remote Control Coding Standard.

Coship doing well in South America

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:01 +0000

The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.

Amino Provides Pre-Close Trading Update

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:30:04 +0000

Amino Technologies plc (LSE: AMO) has said that it expects that its financial performance for FY 2009 will be significantly below market expectations and anticipates posting a material loss in H2.

Telpin to offer IPTV in Argentina in 2010

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:59 +0000

La Cooperativa de Teléfonos de Pinamar (Telpin) will start offering IPTV services next year in three Argentine cities. Trials have been carried out using UTStarcom equipment, though a purchase decision has not yet been taken.

Cisco to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:49 +0000

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China.

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:45 +0000

Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.

MinDig TV starts to take off in Hungary

Digital TV News — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:25 +0000

According to the latest sales figures from Antenna Hungária, in Hungary there was a 50% growth in the sales of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible DTT receivers in September compared with the previous month.

Ocean Blue Software teams with Rovi for home networking TV software

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:00:58 +0000

Ocean Blue Software has announced a collaboration with Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) to integrate Rovi’s Connected Platform software for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) capabilities into its Sunrise digital video broadcast (DVB) stack.

ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:58 +0000

Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has provided an update on the development of its business. The demand from cable and satellite segments remains strong, with the demand from terrestrial segment picking up and IPTV starting to follow.

Virgin Media adds 80,800 HD DVR subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:59:07 +0000

Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. During the quarter, Virgin added 80,800 V+ HD DVR subscribers to reach an installed base of 749,300.

NEC Electronics Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:10:00 +0000

NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has released results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Although sales of the company's 'EMMA' series, especially for blu-ray, increased, semiconductors for game consoles and home appliances declined year-on-year.

STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:51 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) have announced that ST has adopted the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor, in addition to the Mali®-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV ICs.

J:COM adds 85k digital TV subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:47 +0000

J:COM (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Year-on-year, the number of J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 495,900 (28%) to 2,263,500, accounting for 87% of all cable TV subscribers.

A Canvas-type proposition will reach 3.5m homes by 2014

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:07 +0000

Analysis from Screen Digest focuses on the prospects for a project Canvas-type venture in the UK. Screen Digest believes that a hybrid open IPTV platform such as that proposed by the BBC and its partners will reach 3.5 million homes by 2014.

Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to its DCX product line. The low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network.

Cyfrowy Polsat offers Echostar PVR

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:10 +0000

Cyfrowy Polsat is making a new set-top box available to its customers. The receiver, from Echostar, is a high-definition PVR with a 320GB hard disk. The HD DVR-7400 receiver is compatible with the DVB-S and DVB-S2 as well as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

Pace Set to Launch Multiroom DVR with Multiple Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:10:53 +0000

Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that multiple cable operators, including Buckeye Cablevision, Mediacom, Sunflower Broadband, and others, are already nearing completion of field trials for Pace’s Home Content Sharing (HCS) solution.

ADB Leads the tru2way™ in Enabling Content Convergence on the TV

Digital TV News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:08 +0000

At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) will demonstrate how it enables operators deliver the promises of tru2way™ together with an enhanced consumer TV experience for linear and on-demand entertainment services.

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®

Digital TV News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:39 +0000

Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.

Entel launches DTH in Bolivia

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:20:41 +0000

Bolivia's Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel S.A.) has launched its Entel TV direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay TV service. Entel TV is the first platform in Bolivia to provide digital television in high definition (HD).