UPC Polska expects to launch Horizon sometime in 2013, according to Simon Boyd, the company’s CEO.
Hard drives bring hard graft at Pace
Pace says it expects the cost of continued hard drive supply problems to cost it between $25 million and $35 million (€18 – €26m) in the next 12 months. Pulli also gave an insight into the company’s failed attempts to win the UPC Horizon project.
UPC Polska prepares for Horizon
UPC Polska will start preparations this year for the eventual launch of Horizon, according to Simon Boyd, the company’s CEO.
CE manufacturers already on the Horizon…
We all know we can look at the horizon, but we can never touch it. Does the same also apply to Liberty Global’s Horizon set-top box? We saw the pictures, we even saw the box at IBC – and we saw some flashy Flash demos. But touching it was out of the question – let [...]
German Horizon launch planned for second half 2012
Liberty Global plans to launch the Horizon box on its German nets in the second half of 2012, said Lutz Schüler, CEO Unitymedia.
Adobe pulls Flash from TV environment
Adobe is to break with plans to put its Flash technology into the TV space, at the same time pulling out of the mobile market, in favour of HTML-5. The move follows two decades of development of the Flash Player for mobile browsers.
Fries: Horizon launch early next year
“We’re on track to launch our Horizon platform in the Netherlands early next year,” according to Mike Fries, president and CEO, Liberty Global, “and believe it has the potential to differentiate our digital video services much in the way that DOCSIS 3.0 improved our competitive advantage for broadband within our markets.
Intel stays with set-tops
Intel is to remain a supplier of processors to the set-top box sector following its decision to abandon the connected TV market.
KIT digital signs deals with Liberty Global and LG
IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. KIT digital has announced agreements with LG Electronics for its smart TV platform and with Liberty Global for its planned Horizon online service.
Intellicore develops Horizon iPad TV application
Intellicore, a developer of IPTV & cloud TV applications for iPad, is the company that developed the 2nd Screen application for Liberty Global’s Horizon Project.

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