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

Annual Set-Top Shipments Worldwide to Exceed 200 Million by 2013
Jul 30, 2009 – The demand for interactive and personalized television services will push annual worldwide set-top box shipments over 200 million by 2013, as providers overhaul their current base with next-generation models, according to Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Pace ships 8.5m units in first half 2009
Jul 27, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) shipped 8.5m boxes during the period (six months ended 30 June 2008: 2.8m). Geographically Pace delivered 3m boxes into EMEA, 0.9m into Latin America, 4.2m into North America and 0.4m into Asia Pacific.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Arab Media Corporation to pioneer new service with ANT
Jul 21, 2009 – ANT (London: ANTP) is working with Arab Media Corporation, the Arab Satellite TV operator and owner of Arab Radio and Television (ART), to develop hybrid next generation TV services and applications which are expected to launch in 2010.
News categories: ANT plc, Digital TV, DVR, Middle-East, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Asia/Pacific Region Lifts Sagging Satellite Set Top Box Market
Jul 21, 2009 – Thanks to remarkable shipment growth in Asia/Pacific the worldwide satellite set top box market chalked up growth in 2008, reports In-Stat. However, outside of Asia/Pacific and Latin America, regional markets remain sluggish or even negative.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, DVR, India, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Freeview Australia selects MHEG-5 as its middleware
Jul 20, 2009 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has announced that Freeview Australia has selected MHEG-5 as the interactive TV middleware for the suite of free-to-air DTT channels that operate under the brand.
News categories: IMPALA, Freeview Australia, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Brazil's NET Serviços selects Pace to deliver new HD set-top-box
Jul 20, 2009 – NET Serviços de Comunicação (Bovespa: NETC3, NETC4; NASDAQ: NETC; Latibex: XNET) has selected Pace (LSE:PIC) to deliver a new high definition (HD) capable set-top-box as part of its ongoing push towards a fully HD, digitised customer base.
News categories: Pace plc, NET Serviços de Comunicação, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Vodafone Portugal launches IPTV
Jul 17, 2009 – Vodafone (London:VOD) has launched its 'Vodafone Casa TV' IPTV offering in Portugal, with more than 100 channels including eight in high definition. Personal video recording is offered as part of the service.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Portugal

UK - FetchTV SmartBoxes available in John Lewis
Jul 16, 2009 – IP Vision's FetchTV is the first Freeview+ IPTV service to offer its users access to video-on-demand (VOD) and catch up content direct to their TV screen with no charges or tied-in subscription model.
News categories: IP Vision, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

North American Households with Home Networking over Coax & Phone Wiring to Double in Two Years
Jul 8, 2009 – Coax and phoneline networking is becoming increasingly important among home network connectivity alternatives, particularly for service provider provisioned networks, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Canada, DVR, Market Research, North America, Smart Home, USA