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

ADB Delivers Three-Way Hybrid Platform To Canal Digital
Sep 12, 2011 – GENEVA, Switzerland — Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television and broadband industry, announced today that it is delivering its latest ADB-5720SX hybrid Digital Video Recorder, pre-integrated with its award-winning Carbo™ user interface to Canal Digital . Using the ADB-5720SX platform, Canal Digital is launching an enhanced […]
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Canal Digital, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden

ViXS Releases Xtensiv 2.0 Software Suite
Sep 11, 2011 – ViXS Systems has announced the availability of its new Xtensiv 2.0 software for Set Top Box (STB), PC and CE manufacturers. ViXS Xtensiv 2.0 is a suite of software tools and applications designed to accelerate software development.
News categories: ViXS Systems, DRM, DVR, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

MaxLinear cable receiver ICs in next generation TiVo platform
Sep 9, 2011 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that its MxL241SF single-die integrated tuner and QAM demodulator is the MPEG tuner behind the TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) Premiere Elite, TiVo Premiere Q and TiVo Preview products.
News categories: MaxLinear, TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Multimedia Polska orders Pace set-top boxes
Sep 8, 2011 – Polish cable TV operator Multimedia Polska (Warsaw: MMP) has signed a contract with Pace (LSE: PIC) for the delivery of 100,000 high definition digital set-top boxes. The receivers will be made available to subscribers from April 2012.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Pace plc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Set Top Box

Set-top Box market to peak in 2011
Sep 7, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its second quarter 2011 (2Q11) Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers market share and forecast report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Viaccess secures content on Sagemcom's satellite HD recorder/3D Blu-Ray player
Sep 7, 2011 – Sagemcom and Viaccess (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) have joined forces to design an innovative 3D-ready satellite recorder with 3D Blu-ray player and embedded Viaccess conditional access to secure broadcast content.
News categories: Viaccess, Sagemcom, Blu-ray, Conditional Access, DVR, IBCShow, Satellite, Set Top Box

AirTies to launch Intel-based hybrid set top boxes and home media gateways
Sep 7, 2011 – AirTies is launching a range of hybrid set-top boxes and home media gateways based on Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Atom™ processor. The range, targeted at the operator market, is a dual purpose IP and cable/satellite PVR STB and home media gateway.
News categories: AirTies, Intel Corp, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IBCShow, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

TiVo to Unveil TiVo Premiere Elite, the World's Most Advanced Set-Top Box
Sep 7, 2011 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced its TiVo® Premiere Elite set-top box, offering four digital tuners and an unprecedented two-terabyte hard drive for unmatched recording capabilities, as well as THX certification for optimal sound and video fidelity.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Multi 'X' Solutions the Focus for EchoStar Europe at IBC2011
Sep 7, 2011 – EchoStar Europe (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced that at IBC2011 it will showcase an array of products that will enable pay TV operators to exploit the potential of IP connectivity and expand their business models towards new markets.
News categories: EchoStar Europe, DVR, HbbTV, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, Tablet