Set Top Box

Sharma added that interoperability in a product should not come as an "after thought" but should be in place at the product planning stage itself.

Airtel brings Netflix, YouTube to TV sets; Can DTH rivals rise to the challenge?

Closely competing with the Google Chromecast, Bharti Airtel's new hybrid set-top box (STB) can convert any TV into a smart TV.

Set Top Box interoperability on top of TRAI's agenda for 2017

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma held a meeting with leading broadcasters today and discussed the issue of interoperability of Set Top Boxes (STBs), among others.

What‘s cheaper, what‘s dearer after Arun Jaitley's Budget?

Here is the list of items getting cheaper and costlier for you post Arun Jaitley‘s Budget 2016.

Tata Sky, Videocon d2h to launch new STB's for net browsing

Tata Sky in a statement said the service will be available at no additional cost to Tata Sky subscribers, in the coming months.

No change in 2nd phase of digitisation deadline: Tewari

Ruling out extension of deadline in the second phase of digitisation, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari today said the government planned to implement the transition from analogue to digital cable in a sensitive manner.

Hike in package prices cannot be ruled out: Dish TV

RC Venkatesh, CEO, Dish TV says, on CNBC-TV18 that the hike in STB prices would cut subsidy and reduce subscriber acquisition costs.

Imported STBs dominate market after cable digitalisation

Foreign set-top box makers have benefited the most with India's policy on cable digitalisation, having garnered around 95 per cent of the business, Industry body CEAMA said today.

Will digitisation improve media company economics?

The resulting consumer behaviour changes will soon spiral up the industry chain and the players who absorb them early into their marketing mix will get the maximum windfalls.

Confident of achieving double-digit growth in H2: Sun TV

SL Narayanan, Group CFO, Sun Group, says that the subscription revenues are good and there has been tangible evidence of increased sales of DTH connections on the ground and now the company is in much better shape.

Microsoft rumoured to be working on Xbox 360 set-top box

In recent times, Microsoft has been focusing on turning the Xbox 360 from a gaming console to a general entertainment device. There are rumours that the company...

Deadline for cable TV digitisation in 4 metros ends today

The deadline for cable operators to switch to digital TV ends on Wednesday in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. What it essentially means is that if you don't have a set top box, then you can't watch TV starting Wednesday.

AVerMedia AVerTV Box PVR Review

Convert your regular monitor into a TV with time-shift and recording features.

Tech Toyz: LCD's get smart and futuristic

Videocon came up with what it thought was a 'smart' idea. Videocon integrated the 3D HD TV with the features of a DTH set top box, a media box and a cloud service. But will it be successful in this integration? CNBC-TV18's show Tech Toyz learns about Videocon's DDB Technology.

Hopeful of no more extension in digitisation deadline: WWIL

This step would disappoint broadcasters, but it would aid multisystem operators to gear up and put things in place, A Mohan, President-Legal at Essel Group told CNBC-TV18. "Taking the ground realities into account the extension is fine."

Technicolor rejects higher JPMorgan offer

A planned cash injection into French set-top box maker Technicolor SA hit a snag on Monday as the group said it had rejected a higher offer from an investment fund managed by JPMorgan on the grounds it imposed unacceptable conditions

Report hints at prototypes of the iTV in carriers' labs

The Apple iTV may have been a well kept secret, after Hogwarts. But, as everyone knows Hogwarts doesn‘t ...

More details surface on the integrated Apple's iTV

The news of Apple launching an integrated HDTV has been doing the rounds for some time now. It first began ...

Apple to launch iTV by Q3 2012, states report

There have been many rumours of a Siri-enabled Apple HDTV in the works, but there was no actual time frame ...

More rumours of an Apple HDTV surface

With rumour mills working overtime about the forthcoming Apple iPad and iPhone, more news about a Siri-enabled HDTV have surfaced. During early December it was

Apple HDTV to possibly come in 3 sizes featuring A6 processors

Since August, rumour mills have been abuzz about Apple preparing to launch a HDTV, and since then various ...

Apple Siri-enabled HDTV has been in the works for years

After Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray echoed his own predictions of Apple launching an integrated Apple television set by late 2012, Nick Bilton of the New York

Prototypes of Apple televisions reportedly 'in the works'

A few days ago we reported that Steve Jobs‘ final project was an integrated Apple HDTV. This was said in reference to a biography written about

Steve Jobs' last project - An 'integrated' Apple HDTV

In late August we reported that a plan of Apple debuting an HDTV by 2012 could possibly be in the pipeline. These were all based on rumours and speculations from

Dish TV aims at DTH portability with 'Dish Freedom'

Dish TV has launched a new device called the ‘Dish Freedom‘.