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LG Launches Pro:Centric Set Top Box For U.S. Hospitality Market

by Vanessa Browning

LG Electronics has introduced a new set-top box that will bring the power and convenience of its Pro:Centric Internet-protocol television (IPTV) platform to even more hotel rooms. Available now, LG’s new hotel set-top box, …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| STBs

Virgin Media’s KipstR Wearable records TV if you fall asleep

by Bob Raikes

The ‘KipstR’ is a new 3D-printed wearable, created at Manchester Creative Studio by two teenage students working with Virgin Media. The band links to a TiVo box and uses a pulse-oximeter to sense whether …

Entropic Leaves STB SoC Development

by Raverstead

Entropic has announced that it will no longer produce SoC devices for use in set-top boxes. The company will continue to supply its STB SoCs that are already in production and believes that the …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| STBs| Vol 21 - Issue 45

KPN Scraps STB for IPTV Service

by Raverstead

Dutch operator KPN is working with SMiT, a manufacturer of conditional access modules (CAMs), to launch an IPTV service that does not require a set-top box. A product pilot will begin next year, using …

EE TV Now Live

by Raverstead

The EE TV service (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 40) is now live in the UK. The set-top box costs £250 ($400), but is free to new and existing mobile customers if they subscribe …

High-End STB Shipments to Rise Quickly to 2020

by Raverstead

Worldwide UltraHD-capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, says ABI Research. HEVC STB shipments will climb even higher, to 88 million units. Only about 60,000 STBs with both features will be …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Imagination Scales From 16 to 512 Cores

by Raverstead

New GPU IP has been introduced by Imagination Technologies. PowerVR Series7 range from 16 to 32 (Series7XE) and up to 512 (Series7XT) arithmetic logic unit (ALU) cores. The GPUs feature full hardware virrtualisation and …

STMicro Claims First to Market With Android 5.0 Platform

by Raverstead

STMicroelectronics has created a set-top box platform using Android TV, based on Android 5.0. The company says that it is the first such product in the world. The platform, based on STM’s STiH412, features …

ADB Takes on iQor for After-Sales Service

by Super User

ADB has signed an agreement with iQor, where iQor will provide after-sales service of all ADB-provided equipment. The deal covers all areas related to repair, refurbishment, testing and spare part fulfillment. The work will …

Looping, Streaming and Playout Promoted at IBC

by Super User

The SceneGate 8073 is an entry-level OTT and IPTV set-top box (STB) from Albis (hall 14, stand C04 and C15). The 85 x 85 x 35mm box supports 1920 x 1080 content and functions …

Efficient STBs Save Americans Almost $170 Million

by Super User

Around $168 million in energy bills has been saved by American consumers using energy-efficient set-top boxes, according to a new report (the Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the Energy Efficiency of Set-Top Boxes …

KT Makes Ambitious Claims

by Super User

An UltraHD IPTV service will be launched by Korean mobile carrier KT this month. ‘Olleh Giga UHD TV’ will be available through a set-top box, which will feature voice command and the ability to …