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

BSkyB adds 482,000 HD customers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the six months ended 31 December 2009. The quarter saw record growth in Sky+HD. Sky added 482,000 net Sky+HD customers, an increase of 1.3 million HD customers in the last 12 months.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Entropic Selected for DIRECTV Home Networking Deployments
Jan 25, 2010 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its silicon has been selected by DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) for integration into set-top boxes (STB) that deliver coax-based networking capabilities such as multi-room viewing.
News categories: Entropic Communications, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Ofcom consults on BBC HD Freeview DRM proposal
Jan 22, 2010 – Ofcom is considering a proposal from the BBC that would require the inclusion of content management technology in receivers for High Definition Television (HDTV) services on the UK Freeview Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform.
News categories: Ofcom, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVB-T2, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Advertising As You Fast Forward Coming To Freeview Australia
Jan 17, 2010 – Commercial TV stations in Australia are set to start selling 'fast forward' advertising in Freeview-certified devices, including set-top boxes, the Sony PS3, Freeview certified TVs and any device that has the new Freeview MHEG 5 processor built in.
News categories: Freeview Australia, Advertising, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Pace debuts second-generation BT Vision set-top box
Jan 14, 2010 – Pace plc (LSE:PIC) has announced that its second-generation set-top box for the BT Vision IPTV service is now available for BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) customers. The sleek black device, named Vision+, is the latest example of Pace's pioneering hybrid products.
News categories: Pace plc, BT Vision, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Spain - January DTT monthly update released
Jan 12, 2010 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 785,000 DTT receivers were sold in November, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 24.2 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households was 77.4% in December.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVB-MHP, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Global and China Digital STB (Set-top Box) Market Report, 2009
Jan 12, 2010 – In 2009, the overall conversion to digital TV was completed in 177 cities across China, and cable TV subscribers reached 19.9 million. In the cable set-top box (STB) chip market, STMicroelectronics enjoyed the biggest market share.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DTMB, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

HD OTT services and environmental performance in new set-top box from Thomson
Jan 7, 2010 – Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has launched its latest set-top box, the 805 HD platform. Available with or without a hard disk, it includes embedded memory to enable over-the-top services and other functionalities including time shifting.
News categories: Thomson, CES2025, DVB-S2, DVB-T2, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming

Monsoon Multimedia Introduces Convergence Device with 4 Major Video Technologies
Jan 7, 2010 – Monsoon Multimedia has announced Volcano, its home video convergence device. Volcano incorporates time shifting, place shifting, internet video, and new functionalities that support streaming and recording video to smartphones, all in one box.
News categories: Monsoon Multimedia, CES2025, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming