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

Denmark - TDC launches 35 TV channels via broadband
Feb 20, 2007 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has inaugurated Denmark's largest and most state-of-the-art interactive TV network. More than 1.6 million households will be able to link up directly to TDC TV via their broadband connection.
News categories: TDC, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV

Amstrad Results For Six Months Ended 31 December 2006
Feb 15, 2007 – The Group reported a profit before tax of £10.5m (2005: £12.5m) on sales of £40.6m (2005: £49.6m). Set top box volumes, which are normally weighted towards the first half of the financial year, are lower than a year ago.
News categories: Amstrad, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, UK

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA

Consumer Demand for Advanced Functionalities Drives STB Semiconductor Market
Feb 14, 2007 – The global set top box market has been experiencing significant growth, largely due to the emergence of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and the growing popularity of high definition television (HDTV).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

NDS MediaHighway Middleware Deployed Across DIRECTV Latin America
Feb 14, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that its MediaHighway middleware, currently deployed on 41.6 million set-top boxes worldwide, is being downloaded to all DIRECTV Latin America L10 and L11 set-top boxes as well as the LR15 Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
News categories: NDS Group, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Middleware, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Set Top Box, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Seagate Partners with STMicroelectronics and Quantum SPA for Mobile Digital Television
Feb 13, 2007 – Seagate (NYSE: STX) has announced co-operation with STMicroelectronics and Quantum SPA to produce hard drive-based mobile devices that will let consumers receive, record and playback digital television signals.
News categories: Seagate, STMicroelectronics, Quantum SPA, DVR, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

1 in 4 of Australian homes estimated to have Free to view digital TV
Feb 13, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 reached 302,000 units.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

BSkyB - Results for the six months ended 31 December 2006
Jan 31, 2007 – BSkyB announces record sales and 20% increase in interim dividend. Net customer growth in the second quarter was 183,000 to 8.441 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

NDS Adds Peer-To-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR
Jan 29, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced two new product enhancements to its IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to IPTV service providers.
News categories: NDS Group, Jungo, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming