Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News

iWedia and DMT partner for UHD IPTV/OTT hybrid STBs running Android TV
Apr 26, 2016 – Digital Multimedia Technology (DMT) and iWedia have announced the availability of a common offering for UHD IPTV/OTT hybrid STBs. The offer combines iWedia’s Teatro-3.5 STB software for Android TV running on DMT’s UHD IPTV/OTT STB.
News categories: iWedia, DMT, Sunghoon Kim, KW Lee, Android TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange, Worldwide

Comigo and Keepixo team up for end-to-end OTT solution
Apr 26, 2016 – At TV Connect Comigo and Keepixo will unveil an integrated solution that consists of Comigo's OTT/IPTV platform, HEVC Android set-top boxes, the Comigo Experience Intelligence Engine, and Keepixo's Genova software suite for OTT/IPTV headends.
News categories: Comigo, Keepixo, Motty Lentzitzky, Jerome Blanc, Content Distribution, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange, Worldwide

MPEG LA expands HEVC licence coverage
Apr 25, 2016 – MPEG LA has announced that the coverage of its HEVC Patent Portfolio License has been updated to conform with recent revisions to the HEVC standard as defined in Recommendation ITU-T H.265 v3 (4/2015).
News categories: MPEG LA, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent, Worldwide

4K STB market to be worth $3.65 billion by 2024
Apr 25, 2016 – The global 4K Set Top Box (STB) market size is expected to reach USD 3.65 billion by 2024, according to Grand View Research. IPTV UHD STBs are anticipated to witness significant growth over the next eight years.
News categories: Grand View Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Home Gateway Initiative transfers smart home requirements to ETSI
Apr 21, 2016 – ETSI and the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) have announced that HGI will transfer three of its published requirements specifications to ETSI, where they will be handled, adapted and maintained by ETSI’s SmartM2M Technical Committee.
News categories: ETSI, Home Gateway Initiative, Enrico Scarrone, Luca Giacomello, Gateway, Middleware, Smart Home, Worldwide

SERAPHIC achieves YouTube TV 2016 pre-certification
Apr 21, 2016 – SERAPHIC has passed the pre-integration of YouTube 2016. Its Sraf HTML5 Browser, based on Blink engine, matches all performance and memory usage requirement of the challenging YouTube 2016 pre-certification.
News categories: SERAPHIC, Digital TV, HTML5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Chips&Media-powered video SoC shipments reach 140 million units
Apr 20, 2016 – Chips&Media has announced that SoCs embedded with its video core shipped over 140 million units in 2015.
News categories: Chips&Media, Market Research, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Worldwide

Annual 4K UHD TV sales to near 140 million units by 2020
Apr 18, 2016 – According to Futuresource Consulting, shipments of 4K Ultra High Definition (4K UHD) TV sets grew by almost 160% in 2015 to total 32 million units, equivalent to 14% of all sets sold. This is expected to rise to almost 140 million by 2020.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, David Tett, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Economic downturn fails to dent digital TV uptake
Apr 18, 2016 – The number of digital TV homes will increase by 1.08 billion between 2010 and 2021 to 1.67 billion – or up by 185%, according to Digital TV Research. The digital TV total will climb by 120 million in 2016 alone.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Worldwide