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

Broadcom and Coship Electronics Collaborate to Deliver First Commercial High Definition Set-Top Box Solution for China, in Time for Beijing Olympics
Mar 21, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the first high definition (HD), personal video recording (PVR) set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution for China - the result of collaboration between Broadcom and Coship Electronics.
News categories: Broadcom, COSHIP, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Entertainment UK and RealNetworks bring digital entertainment choice to consumers
Mar 20, 2008 – Entertainment UK (EUK) and RealNetworks® have announced the launch of a new distribution platform, the 'Digital Vault' (Vault), for the delivery of digital entertainment content across multiple channels.
News categories: Entertainment UK, RealNetworks, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Amino unveils world's first integration of the G-cluster streaming games service in HD at IPTV World Forum
Mar 20, 2008 – Amino (London: AMO) launched an integration of the AmiNET130 Set-Top Box (STB) with the first G-cluster HD games on demand application at this year's IPTV World Forum.
News categories: Amino, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange

IWEDIA Middleware to showcase a 'PVR Ready' edition of its Comedia middleware at CCBN '08
Mar 20, 2008 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced that it will be showcasing a 'PVR Ready' edition of its Comedia middleware at CCBN '08 in Beijing.
News categories: IWEDIA, CCBN, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Global Online Television Corporation to Begin to Take Pre-Orders for its GOTV Service on March 31st, 2008
Mar 18, 2008 – Atlantis Technology (OTCBB: ATNO) has announced that wholly owned subsidiary Global Online Television Corporation (GOTV) will begin to take pre-orders for the anticipated GOTV service that will be launched in spring of 2008 on March 31st, 2008.
News categories: GOTV, Atlantis Technology, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

WEGENER Receives $1.6 million order from Conklin-Intracom for IPTV Equipment
Mar 18, 2008 – Wegener (Nasdaq: WGNR) has announced receipt of an order totaling over $1.6 million from Conklin-Intracom for SMD 515 IPTV set top boxes to support the IPTV offerings of multiple telco operators.
News categories: Wegener, Conklin-Intracom, Conditional Access, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

TiVo Gives Consumers an Easy Way to Download Internet Video Automatically to Their Television Sets
Mar 18, 2008 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced TiVo® subscribers can now watch video content from the Web directly on their television sets through an updated version of TiVo's Desktop Plus PC software.
News categories: TiVo, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Irdeto Secures Personal Video Recorder (PVR) from Thailand's Leading Digital Pay TV Service, TrueVisions UBC
Mar 17, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that TrueVisions UBC, Thailand's leading digital pay-TV operator, has extended the functionality of its existing Irdeto Digital TV solution to secure its new PVR (personal video recorder) product.
News categories: Irdeto, True Corporation, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Thailand

DTH Set-Tops: A Tale of Two Markets
Mar 17, 2008 – The pay direct-to-home (DTH) TV industry is characterized by two broad growth patterns: maturing markets with decaying rates and high growth/emerging markets, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box