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

Ireland - UPC confirms July launch for PVR
May 21, 2007 – UPC will launch its long-awaited personal video recorder (PVR) this July. It finally will give the cable TV operator a competing technology to the service offered by its rival Sky. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland

Sharp tuner with Super Compact housing for slim-line AV equipment
May 17, 2007 – At the Anga Cable, Sharp is presenting new DVB-S and DVB-T tuners with the slimmest housings currently available on the market. More …
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Qpixel QL202B Main Profile H.264 Codec IC
May 11, 2007 – Qpixel Technology has announced the availability of the Qpixel QL202B, the third member of its low-power Main Profile (MP) H.264 codec family.
News categories: Camcorder, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Canada - ExpressVu MPEG-4 HD receivers now slated for Q4 2007
May 8, 2007 – Digital Home has learned that on April 30th, ExpressVu informed dealers the new HD receivers would now be launched in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

BSkyB Results for the nine months ended 31 March 2007
May 2, 2007 – Gross additions of 340,000 were 25% higher than the prior year and were the highest third quarter additions in six years. Net additions of 51,000 were 28% higher than the third quarter of 2006 to give a total of 8.492 million. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Consumer DVD Recorders Poised to Challenge DVRs, PC-based DVD Burners
Apr 27, 2007 – The consumer DVD recorder market experienced smaller than expected growth in 2006, but IMS Research estimates the volume of DVD recorders shipped worldwide in 2011 will reach 59 million units. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder

Thomson First Quarter 2007 Revenues
Apr 27, 2007 – In Access Products, Thomson shipped 2.1 million satellite set-top boxes in 1Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Motorola Announces First-Quarter Sales and Earnings
Apr 20, 2007 – The Connected Home Solutions segment of Motorola (NYSE: MOT) set a quarterly record with 4.9 million digital entertainment device shipments, including shipments of 1.1 million digital video recorders. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box

ADB Selected to Supply Digital Cable Technology in Belgium
Apr 2, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has reached an agreement with INDI, a digital cable platform in Belgium consisting of four cable operators Integan, Interelectra, WVEM and PBE, to supply advanced, digital cable set-top boxes for its digital cable service. More …
News categories: Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box