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

Hitachi Delivers High-capacity Storage for Digital Video and Surveillance Applications
Feb 4, 2009 – Hitachi GST has announced the CinemaStar™ C5K500, a 2.5-inch hard drive with up to 500GB of audio video storage capacity designed for digital video applications that require compact design and low power usage.
News categories: Hitachi GST, DVR, Set Top Box

ZON Multimédia (TV Cabo) 4Q08 Operating Update
Feb 4, 2009 – ZON Multimedia (Lisbon: ZON) has released an update ahead of its 4Q08 consolidated results. The number of subscribers to ZON's digital extended package increased by 50 thousand in 4Q08, to 496 thousand subscribers at the end of 2008.
News categories: ZON Multimedia, Cable TV, DVR, Portugal, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Motorola Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results
Feb 3, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2008. Motorola shipped 4.7 million digital entertainment devices, compared to 3.4 million in the year-ago quarter, due to continued strong demand for HD, HD/DVR and IPTV devices.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Jupiter Telecommunications Financial Results for FY2008
Jan 29, 2009 – Total revenue at Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) was ¥294,308 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. J:COM's digital video recording service (HDR) experienced steady growth in its number of subscribers to reach 404,800 at year-end.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

AT&T Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results
Jan 28, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported fourth-quarter and full-year results. AT&T further accelerated its ramp in U-verse TV growth with a net gain of 264,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, to reach more than 1 million in service.
News categories: AT&T, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BSkyB Interim Results For The Six Months Ended 31 December 2008
Jan 28, 2009 – British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) DTH customer net additions were 171,000 in the three months to 31 December 2008, 2% higher year on year, taking our total base to 9.238 million customers.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

UK's Freeview+ Sales Up In The Downturn
Jan 27, 2009 – Freeview has announced that sales of Freeview+ PVR boxes have reached over 900,000, up 118% over December last year. 26% of all sales were achieved in a record final quarter. In December, more than two Freeview+ boxes were bought every minute.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Blusens Relies on Sigma Designs' Technology to Empower HDTV Home Entertainment Device
Jan 22, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that their SMP8634 has been selected by Blusens as the main processing unit in the Blusens 'blu:brain' HDTV Home Entertainment Device.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Blusens, LambdaStream, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

MTS Allstream first with Microsoft Mediaroom in Canada
Jan 19, 2009 – MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT) has launched a new digital television service in Portage la Prairie. MTS is the first company in Canada to launch with technology from Alcatel-Lucent and using the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform.
News categories: MTS Allstream, Microsoft, Kelvin Shepherd, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware