MaxLinear and 3view announce a joint collaboration on the 3view HD Digital TV Recorder, a hybrid IPTV and DVB-T2 set top box. The 3view HD Digital TV Recorder includes a 500GB hard drive, dual MxL5007T DVB-T2 broadcast tuners and broadband connectivity. The receiver enables consumers to view and record a wide variety of free content in the UK, including 50+ TV channels, all free-to-air HD channels, YouTube videos, and other IPTV content. The integrated Sky Player and BBC iPlayer allow users to “catch up” on previously broadcasted TV shows on these two networks. In addition, the receiver provides a simple user interface to view personal photos and home videos, stream digital music, and interact with friends & family through Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites.

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3view Launches Hybrid Digital/IPTV HD PVR Set Top Box with MaxLinear DVB-T2 Tuner

The ENC-300 is a hardware encoder blade built for 24/7 streaming and real time encoding. The H264 HD encoder series supports input of DVI signals up to 1920×1200, HDMI or HD-SDI. Additionally the ENC-300 supports RGB, analogue Components and Composite, for those applications where many different signals are found and the encoder inputs need to be switched.

The ENC-300 uses only 9W power to encode video and audio signals. Making it ideal not only for fixed installations but also for mobile 4G sports, broadcast contribution and news gathering, since the HD encoder can be powered by a battery.

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Teracue Introduces the ENC-300 H264 HD Encoder Series at IBC2010

Visioneering announced the availability of the vPortal IPTV set-top box for unmatched standard definition and high definition (1080p) Internet Protocol Television directly to a home television (Web 3.0) for $99 in OEM quantities.

The vPortal IPTV set-top box provides leading edge functionality for interactive TV, including:

• 420i, 720p, 1080i or 1080p@30Hz (NTSC/PAL) blu-ray quality resolution
• H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10), MPEG-2 and VC-1 video compression
• vPortal software toolset (SDK) for fast GUI set-up and development
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Visioneering Releases $99 Web 3.0 IPTV STB

Pace and 2Wire announce that the companies have reached an agreement under which Pace proposes to acquire 2Wire for cash consideration of $475 million. The consideration includes 2Wire’s balance sheet cash at closing, expected to be approximately $55 million.

Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer of Pace plc, commented:

“This acquisition will strengthen our Americas business, extending Pace’s US market coverage with entry into the tier one telco market. We have built a strong position in the US with cable and satellite operators and 2Wire, with its expertise in the broadband residential gateway market, will enable us to address a full range of US operator requirements. 2Wire’s software and gateway expertise will further drive development of our home entertainment convergence strategy. The transaction introduces deep client relationships with important customers including AT&T and further develops our platform to deliver ongoing sustainable growth.”

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Pace Announces Intent to Acquire 2Wire for 475 Million

ScandiTV officially launches on August 1, 2010. ScandiTV, based in California, is dedicated to providing the very best entertainment and to increase media and cultural exchanges between Scandinavia and the Americas.

ScandiTV will deliver programming to consumers’ TV sets via IPTV and is committed to bringing the very best in-language television entertainment to the Scandinavian community who reside in the USA and Canada. ScandiTV has secured strategic partnerships with major Scandinavian media companies and will be constantly expanding its line-up of live television channels and video on demand programming. The company will further expand its service to Latin America in the future.

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ScandiTV to Launch in United States and Canada