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Set top boxes poised to dethrone the PC in Xmas rush
News The plan is to wire two million UK households who currently can't get online via a free Net-enabled set-top box allowing surfing through the TV. PowerChannel, which is backed by Granada Media Group, is the latest entrant to the increasingly...
[October 31, 2000, 10:31]
Dreamcast's next target: Set-top boxes
News Amid reports that Sega will stop selling Dreamcast as a standalone gaming console, the company is finalising plans to incorporate its technology into other devices such as next-generation set-top boxes.
[January 24, 2001, 8:20]
Adobe brings Flash to TVs, set-top boxes
News The company will on Monday announce the latest version of its Flash multimedia platform that will essentially put its technology in internet-connected TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other digital home devices.
[April 20, 2009, 9:52]
ITV Digital customers get set-top box deal
News The liquidators for ITV Digital have said former customers of the bankrupt broadcaster will be allowed to keep their set-top boxes, which can now be used to view channels broadcast by Freeview -- the BBC-backed digital service.
[January 20, 2003, 13:05]
Motorola picks Lineo for set-top box
News Lineo's version of Linux will be an option for upcoming set-top boxes from Motorola, and the company announced a product to ease the legal complexities of mixing open-source and proprietary software. Motorola, an investor in Lineo, will include...
[August 29, 2001, 10:44]
New chip powers tiny Linux set-top box
News Current Freeview-style set-top boxes have already dispensed with the VCR-type form factor in favour of an alarm clock-sized box that manufacturers prefer to call a digital television adapter. There is more demand now for the smaller form factor set...
[November 27, 2002, 15:14]
BBC iPlayer heads to set-top boxes
News Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per day, the BBC's iPlayer could soon be coming to set-top boxes. Such a platform will mean the likes of BBC's iPlayer and ITV's newly rebranded ITV Player will be available through a web...
[December 12, 2008, 13:21]
News Burst: PowerChannel to give away two million set-top boxes
News Two million UK consumers will be given free set-top boxes to surf the Internet by PowerChannel over the next three years, in return for submitting details of their shopping habits, the company said Friday.
[October 30, 2000, 10:34]
BBC hints at digital set-top giveaway
News The BBC is downplaying comments by director general Greg Dyke Thursday that the broadcaster may fund a digital set-top box giveaway. He allowed the possibility that the BBC could become involved in a set-top box giveaway or subsidy scheme.
[February 9, 2001, 12:58]
Sega unveils PACE set-top box
News Sega has unveiled Wednesday the first picture of the set-top box it is jointly developing with British manufacturer PACE Micro Technology. The product, which has yet to be named, will incorporate Dreamcast architecture and will be 100 percent...
[February 14, 2001, 10:48]
Free set-top boxes for all to end digital divide
News A UK company claims it will bridge the digital divide in its ambitious plan to provide every house in Britain with a free set-top box to access digital television channels and the Internet. The company -- dubbed Freebox -- plans to make money from...
[September 27, 2000, 15:31]
US Report: New generation set-top in the works
News The new set-top is tailored for EchoStar's new satellite-TV subscribers (currently there are about 1.8 million) and could boost WebTV's base of some 700,000 subscribers. The company has vigorously pursued deals with cable and satellite companies...
[January 6, 1999, 16:30]
Casema Selects Scientific Atlanta DVB/PVR Set-Top to Expand Digital Footprint in the Netherlands
White Papers Scientific Atlanta along with Casema has selected the Explorer 8455DVBTM High-Definition TeleVision (HDTV) Personal Video Recorder (PVR) set-top for the expansion of digital interactive video services in the Netherlands.
[November 17, 2007, 0:00]
News Burst: Intel, Nokia to develop Linux set-top box
News The Nokia set-top will be based on Intel's PC architecture and will use an x86-based processor, the Linux operating system, and AOL's open-source Mozilla browser. Nokia expects the first product to be introduced in the second half of 2000, and...
[October 13, 1999, 8:13]
Nokia and Intel to produce TV set-top box
News A day after the Murdoch camp delivered the Open interactive TV experience, Intel and Nokia signed a deal Tuesday to provide integrated digital TV and Internet set-top boxes. The Nokia-branded set-top boxes will allow users to watch TV and access...
[October 13, 1999, 15:03]
US Report: Motorola plans set-top box
News Motorola is preparing to enter the digital television business, with a set-top box capable of handling bit-by-bit transmissions over the air, from satellite and through cable, according to parties close to the company.
[August 25, 1998, 6:37]
MIPS speeds broadband set-top boxes
News MIPS Technologies has given high-tech set-top boxes a boost with a new 64bit microprocessor design called MIPS64 5Kf, announced at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, California this week. The FPU, along with other optimisations, makes the...
[June 13, 2001, 14:02]
German Set-Top Box Manufacturer Cuts Development by 10 Months With Embedded Solution
White Papers TeleGent, a German manufacturer of home entertainment devices, was developing a software infrastructure called Evolution 1 for a new set-top box system. The organisation needed an operating system for small-footprint devices that shipped with a...
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
Sega to develop set-top box with PACE
News Sega announced Monday that it will jointly develop a set-top box with British manufacturer PACE Micro Technology. No release date for the first "Dreambox" has been set, although PACE has announced that it plans to show it off to the public on both...
[January 29, 2001, 11:54]
A Year Ago: COM One delivers set-top box
News French communications firm COM One today announced what will be one of one the first companies to deliver a set-top box in the UK. Although COM One claims the device will be among the first set-top boxes in the UK, the firm admits that missing the...
[December 2, 1998, 6:42]
