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[Techwatch Tech News: Digital & Satellite TV, 3DTV, HDTV, IPTV, Cable, Computers, Games, Mobile Phones, Broadband, Internet, Telecoms and Wireless] Virgin Media confirms Tivo in new STBs: Virgin Media confirms Tivo in new STBs at Techwatch Tech News: Digital & Satellite TV, 3DTV, HDTV, IPTV, Cable, Computers, Games, Mobile Phones, Broadband, Internet, Telecoms and Wireless. Virgin Media confirms Tivo in new STBs.

[FierceIPTV] Canvas names STB partners - FierceIPTV: The Digital TV Group also said that Canvas has accepted a role on its steering committee, which as further details on Canvas become available should help to begin smoothing over what had been a bumpy relationship between Canvas and Digital TV group member companies working on a Connected TV standard. Broadband TV News reports that Canvas is expected to bring all of its own technology details into that discussion in the next few months.

[TVover.net] Reports: IPTV and Video Equipment and Service Markets Hampered by ...: -- Worldwide set-top box revenue dropped 6% in 3Q09 from 2Q09, due to lower subscriber growth, a decrease in purchases of add-on STBs by subscribers with multiple televisions, and operators looking to replenish their inventories -- Motorola is the worldwide set-top box market share leader, followed by Cisco and Pace -- Worldwide revenue for all video infrastructure segments declined quarter-over-quarter, including VOD and streaming content servers, video encoders, IPTV middleware/content delivery platforms, video content protection software, edge QAMs, digital cable middleware, and satellite video middleware -- However, combined revenue for all video infrastructure segments is up 90% year-over-year, and quarterly growth is expected to pick up, led by VOD and streaming content servers, video encoders, and edge QAMs -- Worldwide revenue derived by service providers and cable companies for IPTV, cable video, and satellite video services is forecast to grow to $234 billion in 2013 -- The biggest threat to revenue growth will be online (or "over-the-top") viewing, which allows users to stream programming delivered over the Internet via sites like Hulu and YouTube, and to aggregate programming via services such as Boxee

[AVForums.com] available bandwidth - AVForums.com: Are the required TV channels delivered on demand as part of an IP stream or are they delivered as mulitplexed signals at UHF? If the digital TV signal is effectively tuned and demultiplexed in the box, how do Virgin know which pay per view services have been viewed?

[Total Telecom RSS Feed] <b>Content strategies:</b> IPTV services: Target practice: Advertising will be the same on VOD as what you see on the STB. We're seeing the same model.” If service providers are hoping to add on revenue with advertising, they are also hoping to reduce spend on content production or acquisition.

[BBC Internet Blog] BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Update: BBC iPlayer on Freesat: In terms of convenient one-button/menu access to iPlayer”¦ the BBC can’t themselves do this, as they don’t control the firmware, and if the manufacturers were to do it, you’d still be waiting for access now. The approach the BBC has taken means people with firmware supporting the MHEG extensions can try it out today (which means the BBC has an opportunity to tweak things based upon feedback) instead of having to wait for their STB manufacturer to not only decide when to release an update providing access via the main menus, but also whether to do it at all.

[paidContent:UK] Next-Gen TV Platforms: Virgin Media-Avinity; NDS-Comstar; BBC HD ...: With the iPlayer growing in popularity and the BBC’s Canvas project set to bring affordable IPTV into homes via an open standard set-top box, 2009 could well be a watershed year in the changing viewing habits of UK consumers. Here are a few developments to key on….

[PR Hub] Pirelli Broadband Solutions Selects WebTView Technology: PARIS - Viaccess, a France Telecom company and leader in conditional access, Quadrille editor of the software product Quadricast(TM) currently involved in the design of content push and VOD systems for both Satellite or DTT and IP DSL networks , 27M & Proxy Electronics announced today that they have been selected by TDF, a broadcasting transmission network operator and leading service provider in the audiovisual, multimedia, mobile telephony and broadband sectors to power on-demand services. This innovative solution will offer TDF a significantly enhanced value to its network by efficiently being able to deliver premium content to VOD channels' subscribers.

[SPOnG.com: Latest game info and file additions] Xbox 360 As IPTV Set Top Box Dated... Almost - News (Xbox 360): haritori posted on 7 Jan 2008 12:29 This is ridiculous, using BT for such a venture, BT vision provides Freeveiw through an ariel and IPTV is basically downlaoded movies and sports along with various docs and cartoons etc, now if softy was serious about this home intergration service, Virgin Media is where they should of started, with a cable network service that better provides speeds and more choice of TV, along with HD possibility and ON demand services, MS could offer the Movie downloads still. i here you say not all the uk has access to Cable well not all the uk has access to BT services such as fast broadband and (UPTO being there fav word) the bt vision service is limited to certain areas, with the US using cablecard services for media centre why couldnt something like this be intergrated with virgin, infact an incentive to sign up could be a free 360 with the required equipment all installed and working for free!

[Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog] Catch-up Killed the Video-on-Demand Star? « Andrew Burke's ...: It could be that broadcasters combine linear and catch-up packages, brand them completely and pay service providers purely to distribute the content.  The service provider falls back to the role of dumb carrier and monetises the network.  The broadcaster fronts customer acquisition activity by leveraging their media reach and the service providers offer installation help, guaranteed quality or discounted triple-play bundles.  Maybe not an ideal scenario for the service provider but it does allow them to ”˜revert to type’ and leverage core skills.  The broadcaster gets to exploit its ”˜content is king’ position but will always have an uneasy alliance with the distributor.  And both need to decide how the set-top box is funded.  Is it a universal product which can subscribe to multiple broadcaster services or a tethered offering?  Here lies the real opportunity of a Freeview/Canvas-like product, the consumer buys the box and as long as the OTT content is only ”˜gatekeeped’ by the consumer then many different content providers could compete for that customer’s loyalty.  Sounds like the PC to me - one platform, many services.

[Whatanews4u.Sports] BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's happening with Freeview HD?: Oh right, so it's OK to expect people to buy a new STB, TV or PVR but some how it's not OK for them to have to buy a new aerial - come on - has it not occurred to you that those who will be taking up the HD-DVB-T platform will be those who can't (for what ever reason) use the DVB-S platform but almost certainly would do if they could (who would choose to limit themselves to four or five HD channels when any number are available via satellite), thus the cost of a new aerial and STB will actually be within the same price range as an outright purchase of a non tied satellite package. Also, don't forget that economies of scale will bring the price of 'MIMO' aerials down, just as they did with UHF aerials all those years before.

[SmartLabs news blog] SmartLabs news blog: Mirifice partners with SmartLabs: a powerful development environment which has all typical TV user interface objects (windows, menus, lists, etc.), animation templates (motions, movements, object behaviors, etc.) as well as typical client-server interoperability mechanisms (i.e., EPG and VoD content data exchange, available services, etc.). Once created, the UI might be easily transferred to different end-point devices.

[BBC Internet blog] BBC - BBC Internet Blog: More in store on BBC HD: The whole point about live horse racing (especially on the flat where runners are likely to be bunched together in blanket finishes) is that the ability to identify 'your' horse through spotting the jockeys' colours clearly would be greatly enhanced by the increased picture definition provided by HD. I live pretty close to the Epsom course and spoke to some SIS-Live (the outside broadcast company providing the transmission facilities) technicians who confirmed that to their knowledge no HD horseracing contact was in place with the BBC (and they should know as most of them are ex-BBC outside broadcasts employees!)

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