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

Tilgin radically reduces the cost for Personal Video Recorder enabled IPTV services
Sep 12, 2008 – Tilgin (Stockholm: TILG) has announced a new cost-optimized Mood 400 IP Set-top that greatly reduces operator costs for deploying a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) enabled IPTV service.
News categories: Tilgin, Content Distribution, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Latest Pace innovation makes wireless video services viable
Sep 12, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is introducing its latest innovation in wireless technology at IBC - the Pace Connection Suite - a crucial step in enabling operators to launch viable wireless in-home video services to subscribers.
News categories: Pace plc, DVR, Home Server, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Amino signs agreement for complete end to end solution with major global system integrator
Sep 12, 2008 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) has signed a Global Cooperation Agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC). The agreement extends Amino's global market reach by offering a solution 100% compatible with the most widely deployed IPTV STBs in the market.
News categories: Amino, Ericsson, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box

Amino secures Estonia MPEG-4 HD PVR agreement
Sep 12, 2008 – Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) has signed an agreement that will see Estonia's Elion use Amino's AmiNET530 Set-Top Box to offer premium services to its consumer and business IPTV subscribers.
News categories: Amino, Elion, Digital TV, DVR, Estonia, IPTV, Set Top Box

Irdeto Secures Africa Debut of High Definition Personal Video Recorder
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has collaborated with MultiChoice (JSE: NPN) in launching its DStv HD PVR. Content stored on the PVR hard drive is encrypted using a unique key stored on the Irdeto smart card, unlike other systems that use fixed encryption keys.
News categories: Irdeto, MultiChoice, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

Irdeto Expands Set-Top Box Agreement with Cisco
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced further expansion of a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO). The agreement enables Cisco to integrate Irdeto's Conditional Access (CA) solution with its set-tops.
News categories: Irdeto, Cisco Systems, Ziggo, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Netherlands, Set Top Box

ViXS Systems and Rebaca Technologies Announce Joint Development of the Next Generation PVR STB Reference Design
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that it is working with Rebaca Technologies in a technical collaboration to create an advanced Set-Top Box Reference Design that uses the Rebaca Software Stack, showcasing the powerful XCode™ 3290 SoC.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Rebaca Technologies, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ViXS XCode™ 3290 Video Processor works with Bluestreak's MachBlue Flash® Player
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that its XCode™ 3290 MPEG-4 AVC Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC has been enabled with Bluestreak's MachBlue TV product. MachBlue offers a complete application environment, including Flash®, for CE and STB manufacturers.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Bluestreak, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Latens ECO 4.0 Integrated with ADB Set Top Boxes for High Quality TV viewing experience
Sep 10, 2008 – Latens and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) (SWX:ADBN) have announce the successful integration of Latens ECOsystem (ECO) 4.0 with the ADB 5810 series of set-top boxes (STB), delivering a state of the art TV viewing experience.
News categories: Latens, ADB, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box