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

SanDisk and SK Telecom Launch New Card-Based Solution for Mobile TV and Personal Video Recording
Feb 11, 2008 – SanDisk® (NASDAQ: SNDK) and SK Telecom (NYSE : SKM) have announced that the companies have completed the development of a new solution for mobile television and mobile personal video recorder (PVR) capability.
News categories: SanDisk, SK Telecom, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Mobile, MWC24

MyStar revolutionises regional Australian TV
Feb 8, 2008 – AUSTAR has announced that its new Personal Digital Recorder, MyStar, has hit a chord with regional Australians, just a week following the product's launch to new customers on 1 February.
News categories: AUSTAR, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite

Orange to partner with Samsung for DTH
Feb 8, 2008 – Orange will partner with Samsung for the introduction of its DTH service, said chairman Didier Lombard to French newspaper Les Echos.
News categories: Orange, Samsung, Digital TV, DVR, France, Satellite, Set Top Box

BSkyB Results for the half year ended 31 December 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – BSkyB has announced its results for the half year ended 31 December 2007. New DTH customer additions were 385,000 for the quarter.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Sogecable Consolidated results as of December 31st 2007
Feb 5, 2008 – DIGITAL+ closed the year 2007 with 2,065,000 subscribers after resuming growth in its customer base in the fourth quarter, in which 19,000 new customers were added to its services.
News categories: Sogecable, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Viasat Extends and Broadens Partnership with NDS to Embrace Suite of Solutions for High Definition TV
Feb 5, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Viasat have inked a new agreement whereby NDS is to commence supplying Viasat with market-leading MediaHighway® middleware, XTV® DVR technology, and a customized EPG to secure and power its new HD pay TV service.
News categories: NDS Group, Modern Times Group, Conditional Access, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Middleware, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden

Bruce Telecom unveils digital TV
Feb 1, 2008 – Bruce Telecom has officially launched its new digital television service. Bruce Telecom is the first company in Canada to use MPEG-4 technology.
News categories: Bruce Telecom, Brochure, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box

Jupiter Telecommunications Financial Results For the Year Ended December 31, 2007
Jan 30, 2008 – As of December 31, 2007, 67% of J:COM's 2,188,000 cable television subscribers were receiving the digital service, compared to 52% as of December 31, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Results Summary, Earnings Release (1.05M), Presentation (561k), Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Sogecable launches Canal+ HD, Spain's first national High Definition channel
Jan 29, 2008 – Sogecable has launched Canal+ HD, the first High Definition channel with national coverage to broadcast in Spain.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain