Worldwide shipments of hybrid set-top boxes — boxes that combine a broadband connection with satellite TV reception — will reach 50 million by 2011, according to a report from ABI Research. During ...

Shipments of set-top boxes that receive signals from digital satellites will continue to grow worldwide through 2008, fueled by increasing demand for "free-to-air" boxes, according to a new report. In ...

Broadcom's Single-Chip Satellite Multi-TV Set-Top Box Solutions Selected by EchoStar Highly Integrated Chips First to Enable a Single Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Set-Top Box to Support Multiple ...

MUNICH — While most chip vendors strain to find a bright spot in a chronically depressed market, STMicroelectronics has reported an uptick in demand for free-to-air satellite decoder boxes in Europe, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new study by the National Resources Defense Council has found that digital video recorders ...

Satellite TV installations use a set-top box (STB) that works with a remote low-noise block (LNB) converter at the antenna so the Ku band signals (10.95 to 14.5 GHz) are downconverted to the 950- to ...

Earl of DBStalk really loves TV. He (and people like him) is the reason why DirecTV invented this 26-pound satellite TV box that lets you get satellite television anywhere. If you’re asking yourself ...