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Pace Confirms It Entered Bid For Motorola Mobility's Home Unit

Arris Also Said to Have Submitted Proposal to Google to Buy Set-Top Group
By: Todd Spangler Dec 10 2012 - 2:19pm
Arris Also Said to Have Submitted Proposal to Google to Buy Set-Top Group

U.K.-based set-top manufacturer Pace issued a statement Monday confirming that it submitted a proposal to Google to potentially acquire Motorola Mobility’s Home business, while Arris also has reportedly made an offer for the set-top unit.

HBO Names Xbox Co-Founder Berkes CTO

Will Replace Zitter, Who Is Retiring from Premium Network
By: Todd Spangler Dec 10 2012 - 1:16pm
Will Replace Zitter, Who Is Retiring from Premium Network

HBO has elevated Otto Berkes, one of the original creators of Microsoft’s Xbox game platform, to the position of chief technology officer to take over the reins from longtime CTO Bob Zitter, who is stepping down from the post in March 2013.

As CTO and executive vice president of technology, Berkes will be responsible for overseeing all technology efforts worldwide, including consumer technology, distribution, origination, production operations, engineering and IT.

Samsung Invests $5 Million in T-Commerce Firm Delivery Agent

Delivery Agent to Extend Platform to Internet-Connected TVs and Mobile
By: Todd Spangler Dec 10 2012 - 10:14am
Delivery Agent to Extend Platform to Internet-Connected TVs and Mobile

Samsung Venture Investment, the venture-capital arm of the Samsung Group, has taken a $5 million stake in Delivery Agent, which provides multiplatform commerce services for TV and entertainment clients.

Delivery Agent said it will use the funding to expand the deployment of commerce applications across connected devices, including Internet-connected TVs and mobile.

Solekai Hooks Up With Comcast's RDK

Comcast Hosting Conference on Set-Top Development Initiative This Week in NYC
By: Todd Spangler Dec 10 2012 - 6:59am
Comcast Hosting Conference on Set-Top Development Initiative This Week in NYC

Digital video engineering shop Solekai Systems announced it has licensed Comcast’s Reference Development Kit software stack, ahead of a two-day conference the MSO is hosting this week in New York around the initiative aimed at next-gen set-tops and video gateways.

Comcast’s RDK is a pre-integrated software bundle for powering tru2way, IP or hybrid set-top boxes and video gateway devices. The initiative is intended to speed up the development and deployment of next-generation video services such as cloud-based functionality and enhanced guides.

Net2TV Launches Portico Streaming TV Service

Cloud-based Service Features Content from CBS Interactive's CHOW.com, Discovery's Revision3
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Dec 9 2012 - 10:34am
Cloud-based Service Features Content from CBS Interactive's CHOW.com, Discovery's Revision3

 

Net2TV Corporation has launched an advertiser-supported, cloud-based television programming service, Portico, that includes programming from CBS Interactive's food site CHOW.com, Popular Science and WSJ Live from The Wall Street Journal. Initial distribution is on Philips smart TVs in the U.S.

Arris Expected to Bid for Google’s Motorola Set-Top Unit: Report

Proposals from Interested Buyers Due Friday, According to WSJ
By: Todd Spangler Dec 7 2012 - 2:02pm
Proposals from Interested Buyers Due Friday, According to WSJ

Arris Group and private-equity firms are expected to be among the bidders for Motorola Mobility’s Home group, with Google setting a Friday deadline for proposals from interested buyers, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources.

OnScreen Summit: Rogers: TiVo's an 'Underdog' Just Like Tim Tebow

CEO Says Company Has Turned Around Its Standing With Cable Operators
By: Todd Spangler Dec 6 2012 - 1:16pm
CEO Says Company Has Turned Around Its Standing With Cable Operators

New York -- Although TiVo is certainly getting more TV playing time these days than its new spokesman, Tim Tebow, the company identifies with his persona as a talented underdog, president and CEO Tom Rogers said.

Tebow, the New York Jets quarterback who’s largely been sidelined this season, is “a real underdog who performs when he gets out there… We identify with him,” said Rogers, speaking at the fifth annual Multichannel News/B&C OnScreen Media Summit here Thursday.

Video Encoder RGB Hires Away Envivio's Pranger

Envivio Recruits Ex-Terayon Exec Baranski as COO O’Keefe Departs
By: Todd Spangler Dec 5 2012 - 8:05am
Envivio Recruits Ex-Terayon Exec Baranski as COO O’Keefe Departs

Looking to gain a competitive edge on a struggling rival, RGB Networks has recruited Scott Pranger, previously head of channel partnerships at video-encoding vendor Envivio, as vice president of global channels.

Sony, Ensequence to Pitch Over-the-Top ITV Ads and Content

CE Maker Cuts Deal to Embed Ensequence’s Platform Into Connected HDTVs
By: Todd Spangler Dec 4 2012 - 9:56am
CE Maker Cuts Deal to Embed Ensequence’s Platform Into Connected HDTVs

Sony Electronics struck a multiyear pact to embed Ensequence's interactive TV platform software on all of its Internet connected TVs, with Ensequence planning to sell the ITV capabilities to programmers and advertisers.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Beginning in the first quarter of 2013, all new Sony TVs will ship with Ensequence’s ITV platform software. In addition, the software will be available for Sony’s 2011-12 models of connected TVs through software updates.

Entropic Cuts 6% of Workforce

Set-Top and Home Networking Silicon Maker Lays Off 40 Employees
By: Todd Spangler Dec 3 2012 - 6:27pm
Set-Top and Home Networking Silicon Maker Lays Off 40 Employees

Entropic Communications laid off 40 employees, or about 6% of its workforce, as the vendor of set-top and home networking silicon said it looks to “rebalance its operations” following a pair of acquisitions earlier this year.

The company, in a regulatory filing Monday, said the layoffs are "an attempt to leverage synergies from its acquisitions, optimize resources around the projects and customers that drive the maximum growth of its businesses, and meet its financial objectives."

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