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

Japan's SD-Enabled Phones Deliver Recordable Broadcast Mobile TV to Millions
Apr 1, 2007 – The SD Card Association has announced that the 5 million Japanese consumers who watch mobile TV programming on their phones – and can record the programming with SD memory cards – will more than double in 2007 to 12 million mobile TV viewers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

DTV middleware offers PVR, interactive functions
Apr 1, 2007 – Shenyang GoldenPack Technic has introduced the latest offering in its FINE series of embedded base software – the FineDTV digital TV middleware solution with personal video recorder (PVR) and interactive functions. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Middleware

Poland/Hungary - Liberty unveils digital plans
Mar 29, 2007 – According to local reports, Liberty Global has announced its UPC operations in Poland and Hungary will start rolling out digital TV services from 2008. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Hungary, Poland

Penthera To Deliver Mobile TV DVR Services with Modeo
Mar 29, 2007 – Penthera Technologies has announced that Modeo® has signed an agreement to enhance its mobile TV service with the recently introduced Penthera Mobile Broadcast Platform(TM) Version 2.0. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Mobile, USA

Cablevision loses network DVR court case
Mar 24, 2007 – Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC.N) has lost a legal battle against several Hollywood studios and television networks to introduce a network-based digital video recorder service to its subscribers. More …
News categories: Cable TV, DVR, USA

OpenTV launches on DishTV, India's first satellite service
Mar 14, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that it has successfully integrated and downloaded its Core2 software to over 1,400,000 set-top boxes for DishTV. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite

Tivo Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Earnings Results
Mar 8, 2007 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2007. In the fourth quarter, TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions were 163,000, increasing overall TiVo-Owned subscriptions to 1.7 million. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

China Will Lead the Asia-Pacific Charge to Higher-End STBs
Mar 7, 2007 – Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder (PVR) and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research. More …
News categories: Asia, China, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box

ST Dual DVB-S2 Demodulator For HDTV Watch-and-Record DVR Satellite STBs
Feb 28, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a dual DVB-S2 satellite TV demodulator chip, intended for STBs that offer the viewer the ability to watch one standard or high-definition TV channel while recording another.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box