DVR / PVR (Digital Video Recorder/Personal Video Recorder) News

SkyLife chooses Alticast for Cloud PVR Service
Feb 26, 2014 – Alticast has announced that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom (KT) SkyLife to launch its 'SkyLife on Demand' service, the world's first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based PVR service.
News categories: Alticast, SkyLife, Ji-Woong Kim, Thomas Jung, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Korea, Middleware, Satellite, TV Everywhere

IPKO launches SMART BOX PVR in Kosovo
Feb 24, 2014 – Kosovo's IPKO Telecommunications has announced the launch of a new SMART BOX personal video recorder (PVR) for its cable TV service.
News categories: IPKO, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Kosovo, Set Top Box

Pay-TV operators look to 'second screen' apps and enhanced DVR
Feb 12, 2014 – According to Infonetics Research, value-added services like second screen apps and enhanced DVR capabilities have gained in popularity due to the convergence happening in the living room between smartphones, tablets, and connected TVs.
News categories: Infonetics, Jeff Heynen, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet, Worldwide

Internet capable TVs in 22% of Australian homes
Feb 7, 2014 – OzTAM has announced the release of its Q313 Australian Multi-Screen Report. Internet capable TVs are now in 22 per cent of homes. With the analogue switch-off imminent, 99 per cent of homes had converted to DTT by Q3 2013.
News categories: OzTAM, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Kabel Deutschland adds 76,000 pay TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 5, 2014 – Kabel Deutschland (KDH) has released results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. The recovery of the Premium TV business continued in Q3 with 86 thousand RGU net adds quarter on quarter after a weaker H1.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Comcast Launches X1 DVR in Boston
Feb 4, 2014 – Comcast has announced that it will launch X1 DVR with cloud technology and live in-home streaming TV to new Xfinity TV customers in the company’s Boston region.
News categories: Comcast, Matt Strauss, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Digital TV in 82% of Dutch households
Feb 3, 2014 – According to the 2013 Media Standard Survey (MSS) produced by TNS-NIPO for Stichting KijkOnderzoek (SKO), digital television is now in 82% of Dutch households, up from 76% in 2012.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ONO TV subscribers down 17,000 in 4Q 2013
Feb 1, 2014 – ONO has announced that it has made strides in TV services, notably via Tivo, the advanced PVR service which in the last quarter added more than 65,000 clients.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Fortis selects Tuxera FAT for Personal Video Recorders
Jan 30, 2014 – Tuxera has announced that Fortis has selected Tuxera's File Allocation Table (FAT) for their personal video recorders (PVRs) for improved interoperability and file system reliability.
News categories: Tuxera, Fortis, Jake Lee, Mikko Välimäki, DVR, Middleware, Worldwide