Digital TV News: GIGABYTE

Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast Predicts Continued Mobile Data Traffic Surge
Feb 9, 2010 – The Visual Networking Index (VNI) from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) projects that annual global mobile data traffic will increase 39-fold from 2009 to 2014 driven by the proliferation of mobile-ready devices and widespread mobile video content consumption.
News categories: Cisco Systems, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

LG Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless Blu-ray Disc Player
Sep 9, 2009 – LG Electronics has announced the addition of the HD streaming movie service from VUDU to the LG Wireless Network Blu-ray Player (model BD390). With VUDU, consumers can instantly buy or rent from an extensive library of movies and TV titles.
News categories: LG Electronics, VUDU, Blu-ray, Streaming, USA

Sonic and LG Electronics Provide Instant Access to Hollywood Hits
Jun 5, 2009 – Consumers can now digitally stream movies from Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) - including new releases from major Hollywood studios - on Blu-ray Disc players from LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS), the companies have announced.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, LG Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, USA

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

SiBEAM, Inc. Delivers High-Performance WirelessHD™ Chipsets Into Production and Touts Audio/Video and Data Capabilities
Jan 7, 2009 – SiBEAM has announced that its WirelessHD™ chipsets have entered volume production. SiBEAM has provided samples to customers since the first quarter of 2008 and is now preparing to expand partners' product development activity.
News categories: SiBEAM, CES2024, Semiconductor, Smart Home

J:COM PVR (HDR Plus) Service Set to Launch Mid-December
Dec 3, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM; JASDAQ:4817) has announced that J:COM will start offering a new HDR Plus service, delivered via an advanced STB (Set-Top Box), across all service areas on December 17th.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Japan, Set Top Box

Set-Top Box Market to Remain in Flux, iSuppli Predicts
Oct 14, 2008 – Although Set-Top Boxes (STBs) have been around for more than 30 years, the industry is far from settled. STBs should remain one of the most dynamic areas of the electronics industry for at least the next decade, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sistema Chooses NDS Technologies to Deliver Converged IPTV and Mobile TV in Russia
Jul 24, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Russian media giant Sistema Mass Media (LSE: SSA) has selected the NDS Unified Headend™ to manage and protect TV content delivery to subscribers across both IP and mobile networks.
News categories: NDS Group, Sistema Mass Media, Digital Teleradiobroadcasting, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Russia

Pioneer Succeeds in Developing World's First 16-Layer Optical Disc
Jul 7, 2008 – Pioneer has succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes for the first time in the world. Its per-layer capacity is 25 gigabytes, which is the same as that of a Blu-ray Disc (BD).
News categories: Pioneer Corp, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Optical Disc Recorder