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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]
Set top boxes poised to dethrone the PC in Xmas rush
News The boxes, which are similar to set-top boxes sold by Bush for £79.99 (inc VAT), will allow users to surf the Net on their television set, but unlike digital set-top boxes from companies like Sky, OnDigital and Freebox will not support digital...
[October 31, 2000, 10:31]
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]
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]
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]
Free set-top boxes for all to end digital divide
News Freebox hopes to start distributing boxes to UK households before Christmas 2000. 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...
[September 27, 2000, 15:31]
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]
Ntl puts broadband on set-top boxes
News Engineers have now found a way to work around the problem by running broadband services through the subscribers' existing set-top boxes. The boxes were supplied by Pace Micro and already have broadband cable-modems installed, ntl said.
[June 28, 2001, 17:06]
ONdigital joins war for 'free' set-top boxes
Talkback i was told that ondigital had gone bust years ago isent back ther box and never got any money back over £169 was owed to me and now thay join war
[October 1, 2005, 22:41]
Rockwell/Brooktree merger could drive set-top boxes
News My guess is that they will integrate video and communications into dedicated technology for set-top boxes. "I think Rockwell will bring a lot of money and credibility in blue-chip businesses," said Brett Butcher, managing director of Datapath Ltd.a...
[July 11, 1996, 10:03]
ONdigital joins war for 'free' set-top boxes
News Previously ONdigital subscribers could only get free set-top boxes when they bought goods worth £199. The move will be seen as a direct challenge to rival digital provider BSkyB, which announced free boxes from the beginning of June.
[May 25, 1999, 17:05]
US Report: C-Cube shows set-top chip
News Called the AViA@tv, the new product includes MPEG-2 decoding, robust graphics, two way networking and a processor on a single chip that is OpenCable compliant. Consumer device makers Pioneer and Pace have already adopted C-Cube's new AviA@tv...
[December 1, 1998, 5:04]
A Year Ago: COM One delivers set-top box
News Although COM One claims the device will be among the first set-top boxes in the UK, the firm admits that missing the Christmas market is a blow. French communications firm COM One today announced what will be one of one the first companies to...
[December 2, 1998, 6:42]
COM One delivers set-top box
News Although COM One claims the device will be among the first set-top boxes in the UK, the firm admits that missing the Christmas market is a blow. SurfTV Plus is based on Cyrix's MediaGX-133 processor and runs the QNX Unix variant.
[December 3, 1997, 16:53]
Roundup: Are PCs losing their grip on the Internet?
News Set top boxes poised to dethrone the PC in Xmas rush Tue, 31st Oct 2000 Set-top boxes could be the next step forward for unwired Brits but will it become a spam frenzy? Mon, 23rd Oct 2000 New set-top boxes will enable viewers to store entertainment...
[November 15, 2000, 15:17]
VIA goes embedded with motherboard division
News VIA Technologies is hoping to exploit the vast market for embedded devices like digital video recorders and set-top Internet boxes with its new motherboard division, which was announced at the beginning of this week.
[October 18, 2001, 15:31]
Satellite broadband from Freebox
News Freebox -- the firm that promised to tackle the digital divide by giving away free Net-enabled set-top boxes -- is rolling out a satellite broadband service. Armitage believes firms that choose to give away set-top boxes are caught in something of...
[November 3, 2000, 11:44]
IBM puts Linux on TV
News IBM is launching the latest initiative to bring Linux into set-top boxes, working with MontaVista Software to bring its Hard Hat Linux to the PowerPC-based, single-chip Set-Top Box Controller. Early models include the TiVo digital video recorder...
[May 17, 2001, 7:33]
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]
