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

nTelos Launches the New Generation of Television
Oct 15, 2007 – Powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, nTelos Video provides an alternative to cable and satellite TV, offering video entertainment services with more than 200 all-digital channels and 18 high-definition channels at no extra charge.
News categories: Microsoft, nTelos, David Maccarelli, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Horizon Semiconductors Delivers Revolutionary Single Chip Native 1080/60p High Definition Transcoder for Next-Generation Set-Top Boxes, Media Players, iVDRs and Location-Free TV
Oct 15, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of the industry's first single chip multi-standard native 1080/60p Transcoder for the triple-play/quad-play Cable, Satellite and IPTV Set-Top Box, Digital Video Recorder and Home Media Center, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player and recorder, iVDRs, place shifting boxes and location-free TV markets.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Optical Disc Recorder, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Comcast Rollout of TiVo Box Begins
Oct 11, 2007 – After more than two years of promises and delays, Comcast Corp. has finally begun rolling out its first set-top boxes that run TiVo's digital video recording technology.
News categories: Comcast, TiVo, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Facing Challenges, Set-Top Box Makers Will Respond with Advanced Features
Oct 10, 2007 – As revenue from standard STB (Set-top Box) sales declines along with demand in the period 2008 to 2012, STB vendors will have to add new features and functions in order to revive flagging shipment numbers.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sagem Communications has already delivered more than 2 million MPEG4 Set-top boxes
Oct 8, 2007 – Sagem (SAFRAN Group) has announced the accumulated delivery of over 2 million MPEG-4 Set-top boxes and confirms that it will be the first supplier of dual MPEG2 and MPEG4 Freeview STBs dedicated to the reception of BSkyB's proposed Picnic DTTV service.
News categories: Sagem, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

ACCESS to Exhibit at Broadband World Forum Europe 2007
Oct 4, 2007 – ACCESS CO., LTD. has announced that it will exhibit for the first time at the Broadband World Forum Europe, being held at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany from October 9-11, 2007.
News categories: ACCESS CO., BBWF, DVR, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Smart Home, Smart TV, Software

Digital TV increases to 41% of Dutch households
Oct 3, 2007 – In the Netherlands, the digitalisation of media and communication services continues at a fast pace. Digital TV now reaches 41% of all households, an increase of 50% compared with last year.
News categories: synovate/Interview NSS, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, TV Services

Panasonic Achieves the World-first Application of 45-nm System LSI Technology into Consumer Electronics
Oct 2, 2007 – Panasonic has achieved a world-first by applying a 45-nm system LSI to consumer electronics. The new LSI is used for six new models of Panasonic's new DIGA-series high definition video recorders, scheduled for release in November 2007.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Panasonic Unveils Six New DIGA Blu-ray and DVD Recorders at CEATEC JAPAN 2007
Oct 2, 2007 – Panasonic has unveiled three new Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders and three high-definition (HD) DVD recorders at CEATEC JAPAN 2007.
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box