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Following a long and thorough development phase, NDS has announced the first customer deployment of its Snowflake user interface at ZON TV Cabo.

Comcast's thePlatform subsidiary and Adobe Systems are teaming up to provide enhanced capabilities for video publishers using the Adobe Flash Platform.

Charter Communications, which just more than a year ago emerged from bankruptcy, is taking a different direction with its set-top box and OTT strategy, enlisting TiVo to provide its new Premiere DVR as the MSO's STB of choice. The box, which was launched to mixed reviews last year, will be at the core of Charter's multiroom/whole house strategy.

How worrisome is "The Netflix Phenomenon" to pay-TV providers? There's a lot of noise in the space about how content providers have learned their collective lessons and will never allow the video delivery service to have "cheap content" again. As a whole, most have publicly adopted the "we'll make them pay next time" stance of folks like Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, who has said he'll make sure the Starz content he sells Netflix next time will have a more appropriate price tag. Ditto HBO and the rest of TW's stable of programming.

Last week we noted that Arris has been testing 800 Mbps cable modem service with South Korean broadband ISP SK Broadband.

Microsoft filed a U.S. trade complaint on Monday seeking to block TiVo from importing set-top boxes.

Add Charter to the growing list of provider's delivering TiVo hardware to their customers, as the two announced a multiyear deal earlier today.

More than 440 million devices certified by the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) were installed in homes by the end of last year, according to ABI Research. New software certification efforts are now set to propel the adoption of in-home streaming of content between those DLNA electronics.

As we've discussed for years, network DVRs store video content at the network head end, eliminating the need for consumer-side video storage.

Charter Communications inked a multiyear pact with TiVo to supply DVR set-tops as well as provide technology to merge traditional cable TV with Internet-delivered content.

According to an ABI Research report entitled “Home Networking Market Data," more than 440 million DLNA-certified devices – from digital cameras to game consoles to TVs – had been installed in users’ homes by the end of 2010.


Metrological Media Innovations has announced that Walter Blom and Paul Römer have been appointed to the company’s advisory team.

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), today announced that Charter is setting its strategy for the next generation of television into motion with TiVo Inc. Charter and TiVo have finalized a multi-year agreement that will leverage the TiVo user interface to bring a new and enhanced entertainment experience to customers using a hybrid platform that leverages traditional cable and next generation IP technologies. Through this agreement, Charter is making a significant commitment to deploy the TiVo service to enable an enhanced television experience for consumers.

So why will 3D content never take off? It's not the silly glasses or the lack of content. It's not even that we all kinda hate it. According to Academy Award-winning editor Walter Murch: it's evolution, baby.

Google TV could soon be getting a much needed boost with the reported launch of the Android Market app store on the platform later this year.

Erik Huggers has outlined the reasoning behind pulling radio off of the iPlayer, and onto a new amalgamated radio and music channel that will be available on 'whatever internet–connected device you happen to have".

The publishing industry must embrace connected TV if it is to survive, according to former YouView chief technology officer Anthony Rose.

3D TV is not – yet – delivering on its promise, according to a report from Screen Digest. “3D TV set shipments for 2010 will be 3.3 million units globally – a far cry from the 6 million-7 million expected based on projections from just four of the largest companies (LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony),” says SD. Indeed, Screen Digest says if you consolidate anticipated 3D-TV shipments from the overall trade generally then numbers of between 7.5 million to a staggering 20 million were expected for 2010.

The IPTV subscriber base in the emerging BRIC markets exceeded 8 million subscribers for 2010, with China dominating the figure, according to IMS Research. A CAGR of 13% for BRIC is expected through the forecast period, which ends in 2015. The Russian IPTV Market has reached just 374,000 subscribers.

Watch Video: NDS has announced that Portuguese cabler ZON TV Cabo is the first to launch the NDS Snowflake User Interface, enabled by MediaHighway set-top box nsoftware as the basis for its new IRIS service.