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From CCBN: Set-Top Box Tech Tailored For China’s Growing Cable Market

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Mar. 21, 2013

BEIJING — From the floor of the China Content Broadcasting Network show this week, one trend is clear: Growth is on the horizon for the cable television landscape in China.

Today’s cable industry in China is expanding at full tilt for a number of reasons. First, a change in administration is expected to bring a boost to the economy and increase capital spending on infrastructure. Second, a sweeping Next-Generation Broadband initiative and a nationwide transition from analog to digital broadcast …

Pay TV Goes Global: Countdown to Russia’s Digital Transition

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Jan. 28, 2013

Paid television services are on a growth tear in countries around the world — and Russia is emerging as a standout.

At the CSTB Conference in Moscow this week, Broadcom’s Dan Marotta, executive vice president and general manager of the Broadband Communications Group, will address the attendees from the keynote stage to talk about the technologies that enable the portability of video and introduce the company’s latest offerings for the country’s upcoming switch to digital TV.

“Russian audiences increasingly …

From CES 2013: Dish Hopper DVR Powered by Broadcom [Video]

 By: Peter Zhao Posted: Jan. 11, 2013

Broadcom partner Dish Network made a splash last year when it trotted out a real, live joey (that’s a baby kangaroo, for the non-Aussies) to introduce the Hopper, a digital video recorder that lets consumers watch TV in any room of the house.

Cute, furry marsupials are a tough act to follow, but Dish is making a go of it again with it’s newest Hopper DVR. The biggest addition this year is that Dish was able to integrate Slingbox’s …

Boxee’s Latest Set-Top Creation on Display at CES

 By: Nawar Fadil Posted: Jan. 10, 2013

The 2010 debut of the Boxee Box garnered a lot of attention for the scrappy Israeli startup with the same name, drawing some appeal for its hefty tech chops, as well as its eye-catching industrial design.

This year, Boxee TV is back with a new, sleeker design and a $99 price tag that’s sure to catch the attention of price-conscious consumers looking for some extra freedom when it comes to watching television. Certainly, the concept of what Boxee offers — a …

DLNA’s CES Mission: Premium Content on Any Device in Your Home

 By: Nick Kim Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

“Connecting everything” is Broadcom’s tagline, but we’re not the only ones living up to its ideals. The DLNA (the Digital Living Network Alliance) is on the floor this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrating that it, too, is into connecting everything.

This year at CES, the DLNA group is joining forces with other connected-home organizations (MoCA, Wi-Fi Alliance and HomePlug) to show off all the ways it can give consumers their media content.

It’s pretty much …

IPTV Gets Supercharged with 5G WiFi

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

Perhaps the most salient feature of the “always-on” digital age is that consumers want their content, and they want it now.

Whether it’s viewed on a smart TV, a tablet or a smartphone, streamed via an Internet-connected set-top box or stored on a laptop and beamed to another device, the expectation is still the same: Access to content should be easy, seamless, and available anytime, anywhere in the home.

For cable, satellite and other pay-TV operators around the world, the …

Broadcom and Samsung Bring Google’s Android Experience to the TV

 By: Dana Brzozkiewicz Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

The momentum behind the growth of Google’s Android ecosystem is showing no signs of a slowdown. Android’s online store, counts some 700,000 apps and games in its portfolio and last year added movies, TV shows, music, books, news and magazines to the lineup. In September, Google’s Eric Schmidt said there are already more than a half-billion Android devices on the market and that more than one million new devices are activated daily.

Now, Google is taking it to the next …

Comcast Picks Broadcom for Cloud-based IPTV Set-Tops

 By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Jan. 07, 2013

Comcast is on the road to an all IP-based set-top box, and Broadcom’s helping it get there.

It’s one of the many cable innovations being delivered through powerful new set-top boxes on display across the convention center floor at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

Cable operators like Comcast are hoping to thrill subscribers with new offerings that go beyond the typical “triple play” broadband package. 

The rise of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) boxes and …

Just in Time for CES: Broadcom and Intel Team Up to Drive Wireless Display Adoption

 By: Susan Vander May Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

The volume of video being consumed over the Internet is growing at an exponential rate, representing about half of all global Internet traffic today and expected to reach 93 percent by 2015. At the same time, the number of devices consumers are using to watch video is also on the rise. Researchers estimate that approximately 4.8 devices are in an average U.S. household with a home network — nearly double from just four years ago.

The challenge for consumers is …

Broadcom and CRI Thwart Set-Top Box Content Pirates

 By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

In the age of on-demand television — where DVRs, Netflix and mobile streaming give viewers instant access to their favorite programming — the broadcasters themselves haven’t moved much. Shaken by the piracy that has been compromising their content since the arrival of the Internet, broadcasters have been almost overly cautious about protecting their programming.

They’re kind of justified. Take this recent example: The uber-popular HBO series “Game of Thrones” saw so much pirating that the number of downloads per episode almost …

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