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

ARCHOS Redefines Mobile Internet and Media With Its Internet Media Tablets
Aug 20, 2008 – ARCHOS has introduced its new line of breakthrough portable devices, Internet Media Tablets (IMTs), that give people an entirely new way to enjoy the Web, digital media and TV on ultra-thin, extremely fast handheld tablets.
News categories: ARCHOS, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Realtek Multimedia Chip is First to Enable Full 1080p High-Definition DivX® Video on Media Box and Set-Top-Box Applications
Aug 20, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) and Realtek Semiconductor have announced the DivX Certification™ of a new Realtek chip for Networked Media Box and PVR Set-Top-Box applications capable of playing back full high-definition video at the 1080p profile.
News categories: DivX, Realtek, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Half a million Telenet customers go digital
Aug 19, 2008 – Over 500,000 viewers have now opted for Telenet (Brussels: TNET) Digital TV. The success of the digital service is in part thanks to the low digibox rental fee, the free Flexview PVR offer and the extensive variety of video-on-demand on offer.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers

BigBand Networks Brings Switched Digital Video To Digeo's Moxi HD-DVR Platform
Aug 19, 2008 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ: BBND) and Digeo have announced that Digeo's Moxi High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD-DVR) will be integrated with BigBand's switched digital video (SDV) solution.
News categories: BigBand Networks, Digeo, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Request for Proposals - The Set Top Box and Audience Research
Aug 15, 2008 – The Council for Research Excellence has issued an RFP to conduct an examination of how various vendors' STBs capture and report tuning, from which will emerge learning as to the viability of using STB data as a measure of video tuning behavior.
News categories: Nielsen Media Research, Council for Research Excellence, Cable TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, TV Services, USA

Ofcom releases UK Communications Market annual report
Aug 14, 2008 – According to Ofcom's latest annual report into the UK's £51 billion communications industry, at the end of 2007 nearly 6 million households (23%) had a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) up by 53% in a year.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Macrovision Inks Extended Interactive Program Guide License Agreement with Sony
Aug 13, 2008 – Under the extended agreement between Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) and Sony (Tokyo:6758), an interactive program guide (IPG) will be incorporated into PlayTV™, a combined TV tuner and PVR for PLAYSTATION®3, due to be released later this year.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Macrovision, Digital TV, DVR, Europe, Gaming, Middleware, Portable

FOXTEL Delivers Subscriber, Profit and TV Viewing Share Growth
Aug 13, 2008 – FOXTEL has announced steady growth in subscribers, improved profitability and solid revenue increases in the year ended 30 June 2008. As at 30 June 2008, FOXTEL had a total of 1.54m direct and wholesale subscribers (including installation queue).
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cyfrowy Polsat interim report for the three months ended June 30, 2008
Aug 13, 2008 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw:CPS) has released its interim report for the three months ended June 2008. At the end of the quarter Polsat had 2,287,656 subscribers, 46.5% more than at June 30, 2007, when the figure was 1,561,711 subscribers.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, DVR, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers