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

OpenTV and AUSTAR Launch Quad Tuner PVR for Combined Satellite and Terrestrial Service
Mar 5, 2008 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced the commercial launch of the AUSTAR PVR, called MyStar, a quad tuner set-top box featuring two satellite tuners and two terrestrial tuners providing a first-of-its kind integrated PVR service for AUSTAR subscribers.
News categories: OpenTV, AUSTAR, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Terrestrial

TiVo Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were 109,000, compared to 163,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-owned subscriptions increased slightly from the prior quarter to 1.75 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Thomson Showcases Powerful Broadband Home Networking Ecosystem at CeBIT 2008 with Several New Products
Mar 4, 2008 – During the CeBIT show, Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) announced a series of major enhancements - including four new wireless products - to its end-to-end offering of multiple-play solutions and services already available to broadband network operators.
News categories: Thomson, Broadband, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

VOD shows us the money
Mar 3, 2008 – A new research report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that in 2012, 909 million homes will have access to true video-on-demand (VOD) or near-video-on-demand (NVOD) technology, equivalent to 78% of the world's TV households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Virgin Media 2007 Quarter 4 Results
Feb 28, 2008 – Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. Total TV net additions were 61,100 in the quarter, up from 20,400 in the previous quarter.
News categories: Virgin Media, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Bluewin TV: first channels in HD quality and new TV offering for first-time users
Feb 26, 2008 – Swisscom has added four channels in high-definition quality (HDTV) to its Bluewin TV channel line-up. In addition, for first-time users, Bluewin TV basic, is now available without a hard-disk recorder for CHF 19 a month.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland

Mediacom Communications Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007
Feb 26, 2008 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007. Digital video customers grew by 16,000, as compared to an increase of 14,000 in the prior year period, ending the year at 557,000 subscribers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

UPC Austria Launches Digital TV at the Same Price as Analogue
Feb 26, 2008 – A new generation of digital TV is now available on UPC's cable network in Austria. The digital line-up of up to 140 TV channels, with a digital video recorder (DVR), is offered at the same price as the existing analogue Telekabel service.
News categories: UPC, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Chooses the Latest Generation of NDS Middleware to Transform Subscribers' Set-top Boxes into Digital Video Recorders
Feb 26, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that CANAL+ GROUP, France's leading Pay TV provider, has chosen the latest generation of MediaHighway® middleware to enable subscribers to transform their HD STBs into DVRs.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL+ GROUP, Digital TV, DVR, France, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box