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

IP Set Top Market Doubled in 2007
Mar 11, 2008 – The IP set top box market almost doubled in 2007 as more boxes were needed to supply new subscribers that telcos added to their TV services, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Surewest Launches VoIP Telephony and IP-based HD PVR
Mar 10, 2008 – SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) has announced the launch of Digital Phone, its new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) product, and its IP-based multi-stream high definition digital video record (HD DVR).
News categories: SureWest, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA

Kudelski Group To Provide Full End-To-End Solution For Portugal Telecom's National Hybrid Satellite - Broadband Pay-TV Services
Mar 10, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that Portugal Telecom has selected a suite of Kudelski Group products for the national rollout of its new hybrid satellite-broadband Pay-TV services to be launched in 2008.
News categories: Nagravision, Portugal Telecom, OpenTV, Broadband, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Portugal, Satellite, Set Top Box

Viaccess acquires 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive
Mar 9, 2008 – Viaccess has signed an agreement to acquire 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, an Israeli company listed on AIM London Stock Exchange, for an estimated price of 21.4 million US dollars.
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Middleware

UK - Digital TV Summit 2008
Mar 7, 2008 – This event brought together key figures from Ofcom, BSkyB, Microsoft, Orange, Pace and others in a meeting to examine key advances in broadcasting, mobile and IP as well as discuss the regulatory issues these advancements may cause and the digital dividend.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, IPTV, Mobile, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Awareness of Networked Multimedia Lacking but Growing in Asia/Pacific
Mar 7, 2008 – In the Asia/Pacific region, PC-literate homes and broadband subscribers represent a large potential market for home networking and various networked multimedia devices, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Blu-ray, Cable TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Tele Columbus Group to Use NDS VideoGuard® to Protect its Service Portfolio
Mar 6, 2008 – The Tele Columbus Group has announced that it will protect its independent networks with conditional access technology from NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS).
News categories: NDS Group, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

Pirelli Broadband Solutions annouces its OpenSet SDK for IPTV set top boxes
Mar 6, 2008 – Pirelli Broadband has announced the creation of OpenSet™, a complete hardware and software platform of Set Top Boxes for IPTV applications, with an associated SDK that allows 3rd parties to access Pirelli's embedded middleware for service customisation.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Video Exchange

Pirelli Broadband Solutions unveils IPTV Set-Top-Box with integrated 5 GHz wireless connectivity
Mar 5, 2008 – Pirelli Broadband Solutions has unveiled the DVR2xx-5N, a High Definition IPTV Set-Top-Box integrating wireless connectivity over the 5 GHz band through internal antennas.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial, Video Exchange