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

Bharti Airtel launches Triple Play with Airtel digital TV interactive
Jan 19, 2009 – Bharti Airtel has announced the debut of its Triple Play Service with the launch of Airtel digital TV interactive - it's Internet Protocol Television Service. The Service will be initially available to customers in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, Digital TV, DVR, India, IPTV

DISH Network Becomes First Pay-TV Provider to Offer Television Series in 1080p Resolution
Jan 16, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH), along with A&E Network, has emerged as the first pay-TV provider to offer a television series in 1080p resolution quality comparable to Blu-Ray disc.
News categories: DISH Network, A&E Network, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, USA

Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions Team for Internet Movie Delivery
Jan 14, 2009 – Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions have announced an alliance to give consumers access to a vast library of premium digital entertainment across a wide assortment of home (PC and consumer electronics) and mobile devices.
News categories: Blockbuster Inc, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet

Portugal Telecom announces creation of DTT Forum
Jan 13, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (PT) [Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT] has announced the constitution of the DTT Forum. The new DTT Forum ensures access by the Portuguese to all information related to the transition from analogue television to DTT.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, Portugal, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China Gets First Taste of Anytime TV
Jan 12, 2009 – Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced that Guangzhou Digital Media Group has formally launched Zhujiang Digital, a connected TV service powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol television (IPTV) platform.
News categories: Microsoft, Guangzhou Digital Media, Enrique Rodriguez, Guan Zhijian, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware

Sigma Designs To Retain 100% Share Of Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Platform
Jan 12, 2009 – BWS Financial is saying that Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) could retain a 100 percent market share position in the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) platform IPTV service owing to delays in field trials of Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) set-top box.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Corel® WinDVD® Receives AVCREC™ Certification
Jan 9, 2009 – Corel Corp. (NASDAQ:CREL, TSX:CRE) has announced that Corel® WinDVD® has received AVCREC™ Certification which means that WinDVD has passed the stringent guidelines set by the Blu-ray Disc Association for playback of HD content on DVDs.
News categories: Corel, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Content Protection, DVR, Media Player

Entropic Communications and TOPFIELD Co., Ltd. Partner On Next-Generation Digital Video Recorder Design
Jan 9, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that the EN4020, its new multi-mode hybrid RF CMOS silicon tuner, has been selected by TOPFIELD for digital video receivers including DVB Systems for CATV and DVB-T.
News categories: Entropic Communications, TOPFIELD, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Xceive's XC5000 Selected for New Mele PVR Product Line
Jan 8, 2009 – Xceive has announced that Mele has selected Xceive's XC5000 hybrid silicon tuner for its new line of HMC-3915T and HMC-S01BT personal video recorders (PVR), manufactured under the Emtec brand, for use in its Movie Cube product lines.
News categories: Xceive, Mele, Digital TV, DVR, Europe, Semiconductor, Terrestrial