Tag: DVR
NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to IPTV service providers who choose Synamedia Metro to protect and enhance their business.
The middleware and content protection attributes of NDS Synamedia Metro combined with the power of Jungo's Open RG software, bring peer-to-peer video sharing and distributed DVR...
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A/V geeks and open source hackers alike are sure to fall in love with the MonolithMC HD DVR system, which runs the Linux based MythTV platform.
The system “one-ups” TiVo by waiving monthly fees and completely ignoring DRM codes that limit what shows you can save. Not only that but the Monolith is also capable of running all kinds of open-source plugins, including weather reports and jukeboxes.
The Monolith packs a dual tuner which lets you record two shows at the same time (TiVO feature as well) onto an included 200 gigabyte hard...
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Embracing a media technology once feared by commercial television as the industry's boogeyman, the CBS network has teamed up with TiVo Inc. to help promote its new fall shows.
In a first-of-its-kind deal between one of the Big Three U.S. broadcasters and the leading maker of digital video recorders (DVRs), TiVo users will be able to watch the pilot episode of CBS's upcoming sitcom "The Class" a full week before its prime-time premiere.
"The Class" pilot will be delivered to TiVo subscribers along with a separate package of brief clips of...
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In a sudden twist of events, a Washington D.C. court has allowed the continued use of DISH PVRs, sold by EchoStar Communications.
"We are pleased that this morning, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked an injunction issued by a Texas Court, while it considers a longer-term stay of that injunction," EchoStar said in a statement.
The ruling was the latest in an ongoing battle between TiVo, one of earlist companies to design personal video recorders, now called digital video recorders or DVRS.
"As...
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