OpenTV and M@gicbox are teaming up to deliver iTV services set top boxes designed to be used with credit cards. M@gicbox, an Asian-based distributor of credit card-enabled set-tops, will finance the cost of set-top box deployment across the Asia-Pacific region in return for the rights to deliver iTV applications licens

OpenTV is unveiling OpenTV Core 2 for IPTV for cable, satellite and telecommunications operators. Available in June, the platform extends the capabilities of OpenTV's middleware to network operators who want to deploy IPTV services over traditional and hybrid broadband IP networks. "OpenTV Core 2.0 for IPTV ens

Middleware provider OpenTV has reached a deal with AT&T Broadband's "Headend in the Sky" (HITS) service, promising MSOs the satellite-based availability of interactive services. The plan is for OpenTV to bundle its platform with content from its subsidiary, London-based Static 2358, including PlayJam, an interactive t

Comcast has deployed more than one million HD-capable set-top boxes, thanks in part to Super Bowl fans getting ready for the championship game. In 2004, 800,000 set-top boxes were sold and Comcast experienced a 143 percent increase in customers wanting the HD service in January 2005, over the same period last year

The FCC refused to grant Comcast a waiver of the ban on integrated cable set-top boxes, meaning the cable giant cannot deploy new STBs with the security features built-in.

Interactive television company OpenTV plans to revamp its global operations in order to reduce expenses, focus on its recent Wink Communications acquisition and economically improve its position in the cable and satellite industry. In addition to the 60 layoffs already announced two weeks ago, OpenTV estimates that 3

Samsung is working with TeliaSonera, Sweden's dominant Telco, to develop a Smart TV-based IPTV package that will end the need for a separate set top box.