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Shaw Communications launched a multiroom DVR from Arris that contains six tuners, tripling the number of shows that most other pay TV providers allow subscribers to record. 

Paul Allen-owned set-top box vendor, Digeo, on Tuesday launched the Moxi Mate, a companion thin-client device for its flagship Moxi HD DVR that provides the latter with multi-room capabilities.

Paul Allen-owned set-top box vendor, Digeo is holding two "ManCave" sweepstakes in order to promote its flagship Moxi HD DVR to male sports fans (note: the company recently announced a series of new features and enhancements for the box, that appear to be designed to transform it into a platform for bringing over-the-top video to the living room, much as rival TiVo has transformed its DVR into an OTT device--see article published on itvt.com April 9th).

In an apparent acknowledgement that many consumers might find the $799 price tag of its retail-targeted Moxi HD DVR hard to afford in the current difficult economic climate, Digeo has announced new "flexible payment options" for the box. Consumers who cannot afford to buy the box outright now have the options of making--via PayPal--four interest-free monthly payments of $199.75 or 20 interest-free monthly payments of $39.95. However, because of legal restrictions, the new payment options are not currently available in Washington, DC and 13 states.

Paul Allen-owned set-top box vendor, Digeo, announced a series of new features and enhancements for its Moxi HD DVR Thursday, that appear to be designed to transform the device into a platform for bringing over-the-top video to the living room (much as rival TiVo has transformed its DVR into an OTT device). The new features, which the company says will be available automatically to Moxi HD DVR customers via a free software upgrade, include: