In July, Razor bought Ouya, a company with an Android gaming box. After months of working under the radar, the results of the buy are finally starting to emerge with an updated Cortex game store.

Apple is set to launch an updated Apple TV with a redesigned remote and perhaps with even more features and services.

StarHub today announced a strategic partnership with Samsung and Nagra for its next-gen set-top box lineup. First out of the gate is the Samsung GX-SH530CF HD interactive set-top box.

Amazon has just launched its new Fire TV set-top box that lets users enjoy video content from Amazon, Hulu, Netflix and more for just US$99.

Intel has officially shut down its Web TV initiative that was first announced in January 2013. However, it may find a new lease of life with its sale to Verizon, and the deal is expected to be completed by the first quarter of this year.

StarHub has successfully raided a storage facility of illegal set-top boxes and uncovered a few hundred units. The raid, conducted with help from the Police, was carried out earlier this week.

Intel is reported to be dropping the facial recognition feature from its Web TV service set-top box. This feature was intended to deliver customized programming to different family members. However, due to certain technical issues, Intel will do away with this feature.

Intel is beta testing set-top boxes from its Internet TV services, with more than 2,000 company employees located in three different states in the US. The trials are alleged to have started as early as March this year, and the testing contingent is set to grow as more employees are included.

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Amazon is planning to launch its own television set-top box. This TV-based device can be viewed as a natural extension to Amazon Instant Video that is an video-on-demand service currently only available in the United States.

Intel is planning to launch its own Internet TV service along with its set-top box by the end of the year. This is according to Mr. Erik Huggers who is the corporate vice president at Intel Media, a new company division that comprises staff members formerly from Apple, Google, Netflix and Jabber.