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Arris and Charter Working on WorldBox 2.0

by Bob Raikes

Arris is working with Charter Communications to develop the “WorldBox 2.0”, the next generation of STB that Charter plans to use across its full geographic footprint. Details were scarce, but the aim is to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Sky Q Adds Sports Split Screen

by Bob Raikes

Sky in the UK has a new STB and service that it is calling “Sky Q” and that is based on a gateway, supporting multiple other screens over a home network. Now the company …

FCC Delays STB Vote

by Bob Raikes

The US FCC has delayed the big vote that it was planning on the 29th September on what to do about set top boxes. The FCC has wanted to “open up” the US cable …

Tags:FCC| Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Skylink to Sell Samsung Box

by Bob Raikes

Skylink of the Czech Republic said that it plans to sell an STB developed by Samsung and called the EVO-S from the 8th October at 3,390 CZK / € 124.80 (including VAT). The hybrid …

Tags:Czech Republic| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 39

UHD in India Set for Growth

by Yvette Raikes

A report from US research firm Grand View Research says that the global 4K STB market will reach $7.18 billion by 2024, with growing UltraHD viewing contributing to this. Over the next eight years, …

Xiaomi’s Android TV player with 4K and HDR is priced at just $69

by Bob Raikes

The Xiaomi box has been spotted at WalmartXiaomi has a new Android TV Box that supports UltraHD and HDR (HDR10 and HLG) and will cost $69 (the same as the Google Ultra). It is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Xiaomi

Vestel Highlights STBs

by Bob Raikes

Vestel was focusing on STBs when we went by, as we had covered the TV developments at IFA. We also had a brief discussion about the Telefonica contract in Spain. Telefonica has a special …

Humax Plans to Add Force Touch

by Bob Raikes

Humax was showing its full range of STBs. It has a new remote control that uses force-based touch to make navigation better and will be introduced in 2017. As well as better remote controls, …

Sigma Looking At HDMI and Low Power

by Bob Raikes

Sigma had a meeting room to talk to its ODM customers and was showing the way that its chips support Android. The company has an SDK that works on Android “M” and is being …

IBC 2016 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 is a German STB maker that started by being more flexible than the global brands in making relatively small designs and production runs, which suits the many small cable vendors in Germany and …

Freeview Play Update adds Support for New TV Technologies

by Isaac Oburu

Digital UK has today published an updated technical specification for Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services …

Tags:STBs| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)

MaxLinear and Realtek target reference design at 4K UHD satellite PVR market

by Isaac Oburu

MaxLinear Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and satellite broadband communications, the connected home, data center, metro, long-haul fiber networks, and wireless infrastructure, and Realtek Semiconductor …

Tags:IBC 2016| STBs