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

Ocean Blue to Develop Software for Toshiba 'Donau' SoCs
Jul 6, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software is to release its advanced TV software suite on Toshiba’s ‘Donau’ series of processors. The Linux-based software will allow for fast development of consumer electronics products such as STBs, iDTVs, PVRs, and hard disk/DVD recorders. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

New Zealand start-up close to IPTV network deal
Jul 5, 2007 – Kiwi company TargetCast is negotiating to provide a local TV network with a user-friendly broadband and IPTV platform technology solution, that is capable of providing TIVO-like functionality. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, New Zealand

Toshiba's next-generation digital TV SoC drives down complexity, component count and cost
Jun 28, 2007 – Toshiba has launched the next generation of digital TV system-on-chip (SoC) products with a new device that features industry-leading levels of integration to further simplify and speed the implementation of STB, DTR and IDTV designs.
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

TiVo says Comcast accepts software for DVRs
Jun 28, 2007 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) said on Thursday that the largest U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) had accepted its TiVo-branded software for deployment on Comcast's DVR platforms.
News categories: Comcast, TiVo, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Dell'Oro Group Launches Coverage of the STB and DVR Markets
Jun 17, 2007 – The report released today indicates that the worldwide set-top box market, which includes revenues from cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes, grew 44 percent in the first quarter of this year versus the same quarter last year. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Canada - Digital TV subscriptions still climbing
Jun 16, 2007 – In the last quarter of 2006, the number of digital television subscribers in Canada increased by an estimated 4% (or 223,000), according to the latest report in Decima's "Digital Domain" series.
News categories: Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

HDTV And DVRs Transform IPTV Set-top Box Market
Jun 7, 2007 – Worldwide sales of IPTV set-top boxes will soar to 7.9 million units in 2007, a growth rate of 111 percent, according to Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Thomson Ships Millionth MPEG-4 HD Receiver to DIRECTV
Jun 3, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE:TMS) has announced delivery of its one-millionth high-definition set-top box to US satellite programming service DIRECTV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

World's First Open Digital TV Portal Service Launched
Jun 1, 2007 – The ‘360ËšC’ service is the world’s first open TV portal service, which provides consumers with a variety of information and entertainment contents including films, games and educational materials, via digital TVs and/or PVRs. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Korea, Smart TV, Streaming