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

Alticast and Samsung Launch HD-DVR OCAP set-top box with Time Warner Cable
Dec 18, 2007 – Alticast and Samsung Electronics have announced that Samsung's next generation HD-DVR OCAP set-top box, equipped with the Alticast OCAP middleware, will be launched in January of 2008.
News categories: Alticast, Samsung Electronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks
Dec 17, 2007 – The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable-ready TVs, media centers, and residential gateways, among others.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

OpenTV and Sky Italia Extend Partnership
Dec 13, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Sky Italia has entered into a multi-year renewal of its middleware license agreement with OpenTV.
News categories: OpenTV, SKY Italia, Digital TV, DVR, Italy, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

D&M Holdings Divests ReplayTV
Dec 13, 2007 – D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE 1:6735) has announced that it has sold most of the assets of its ReplayTV® brand company to DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV), the leading satellite television provider in the U.S.
News categories: DIRECTV, D&M Holdings, Digital TV, DVR, MandA, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

NEC Electronics America Integrates Analog Copy Protection from Dwight Cavendish Systems into EMMA-Based MPEG Decoder Devices
Dec 12, 2007 – NEC Electronics America has announced that analog copy protection with patented copy protection strategies from Dwight Cavendish Systems (DCS) has been integrated into NEC Electronics' Enhanced MultiMedia Architecture™ (EMMA™)-based MPEG decoders.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Dwight Cavendish, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Weak Cable Set-top Box Sales Cause Third Quarter Contraction
Dec 11, 2007 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market contracted 2 percent on a sequential basis in the third quarter of this year, despite strong growth in the IPTV and satellite set-top box market that was not enough to offset the decline in the cable market.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Fitch: U.S. Cable Industry Positioned to Manage Slowdown of Subscriber Growth in 2008
Dec 6, 2007 – While digital television subscribers are expected to grow in 2008 due to higher penetration rates of high definition (HD) television and digital video recorders (DVRs), the pace will slow compared to 2007.
News categories: Fitch Ratings, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Finance, Market Research, Satellite, USA

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