CPE (Consumer Premises Equipment) News

Thomson Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 9, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has released its full year 2008 results. In its access product business, the Group recorded strong growth in shipments (+32% YoY), especially with key Satellite and Cable customers in the US.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Broadband CPE market dips in 4Q08
Mar 9, 2009 – A slowdown in broadband subscriber growth caused manufacturer revenue to decline in the fourth quarter of 2008. The bright spot continues to be the digital home gateway segment, as telcos use them to bundle IPTV into broadband services.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Broadband, CPE, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research

2008 Global FTTH Shipments Rise 71%
Feb 23, 2009 – According to DITTBERNER, annual FTTH shipments were up a slower than forecast 71% in 2008. Slower growth than projected for Europe and Korea is the main reason, offset by a higher than expected growth in China.
News categories: DITTBERNER, CPE, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research

Transparent Video Systems Announces TVS SmartStream Digital Bridge™ Which Eliminates Set-Top Boxes for Delivering Cable Services
Feb 23, 2009 – Transparent Video Systems has announced TVS SmartStream Digital Bridge™ System. The RF to USB Digital Bridge integrates TV's, PC's, Mac's, Mobile Devices and Media Storage Devices directly to a cable source without the need of a set-top box (STB).
News categories: Transparent Video Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, CPE, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Set Top Box, USA

New global standard for fully networked home
Dec 12, 2008 – The first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV has been agreed by ITU. The 'G.hn' standard promises high quality multimedia over power, coaxial, phone and other home network wiring.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, HomeGrid Forum, CPE, Digital TV, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Telekomunikacja Polska digital satellite television now available
Oct 28, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has launched its satellite TV service 'neostrada tp with television' (neostrada tp z telewizją). For the same price as its neostrada tp broadband, customers additionally receive more than 30 TV channels.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Poland, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box

D-Link Selects Infineon's IPTV Feature Package to Enhance its DSL Offering
Sep 30, 2008 – Infineon (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced that the world's leading network specialist D-Link has chosen Infineon's DSL CPE software extension package to support concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for High Quality IPTV.
News categories: Infineon, D-Link, Broadband, CPE, IPTV, Semiconductor, Software

TeliaSonera Selects the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi System for its Nordic IPTV Services
Sep 29, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless™ has announced that TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has selected its MediaFlex™ Smart Wi-Fi system to provide customers with wireless distribution of the 'Telia Digital-TV' IPTV service throughout their homes.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, TeliaSonera, BBWF, Denmark, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Router, Smart Home, Sweden

Bouygues Telecom to launch IPTV in October
Sep 12, 2008 – According to news agency AFP, Bouygues Telecom (Paris:EN), France's third mobile operator, will launch its ADSL broadband TV service on October 20th, 2008.
News categories: Bouygues Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Router, Set Top Box, Terrestrial