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

TiVo Announces Results for First Quarter Ended April 30, 2007
May 31, 2007 – TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), has reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Intel Delivers First Dual Channel Demodulators For Consumer Electronics Devices
May 29, 2007 – Intel has unveiled its first single-chip digital TV dual demodulators for the consumer electronics (CE) market. The demodulator extracts the digital channel from the target broadcast signal to deliver high-quality broadcast TV reception.
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Spain - DIGITAL+ launches iPLUS PVR
May 29, 2007 – DIGITAL+ is to launch in Spain the most advanced set top box personal video recorder (STB PVR) next month of August 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital+, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain, Terrestrial

Vestel Reaches 25 Percent Market Share In Europe
May 24, 2007 – Turkish company Vestel, a consumer electronics producer, has reached 25 percent market share in Europe, producing 3.5 million digital receivers of the total 14 million receivers sold in Europe.
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, Europe, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Fujitsu Launches Industry's First Single-Chip IC for Full HD H.264 Video Processing with Embedded Memory
May 23, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics America (FMA) has introduced the latest in its family of highly integrated video processing devices that support the H.264 format.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Fujitsu Digital Television Decoder Offers Advanced Features for PVR Applications
May 22, 2007 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has announced the latest member of its SmartMPEG family, the SmartMPEG-C, an advanced Digital Television Decoder designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's Set-Top Box and IDTV market.
News categories: Fujitsu Microelectronics, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Casema Selects Scientific Atlanta DVB/PVR Set-Top Box
May 22, 2007 – Scientific Atlanta has announced that Dutch cable operator Casema has selected its high-definition television (HDTV) Personal Video Recorder (PVR) set-top for the expansion of digital interactive video services in the Netherlands. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Netherlands, Set Top Box

NEC Introduces System LSI Chips for STBs with Hard Disk Drives
May 21, 2007 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has introduced two new additions to its acclaimed EMMA(TM) lineup of system LSI chips for digital AV devices. The EMMA2SE and the EMMA2SE/P are designed for set top boxes (STBs) with internal hard disk drives.
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran Powers Siemens Terrestrial Twin-Tuner DVR STBs
May 21, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced that its SupraTV® processor powers new families of Siemens free-to-air terrestrial set-top boxes products supporting integrated twin-tuner Digital Video Recording of two simultaneous programs. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial