Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News

LATTO and Verimatrix partner on secure OTT monetization platform
May 18, 2015 – LATTO has announced that it has partnered with Verimatrix to bring a mutual over-the-top (OTT) video solution to market. The joint solution offers service providers and broadcasters a business management platform with revenue security.
News categories: Verimatrix, LATTO, Steve Oetegenn, Alon Lavi, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Streaming, Worldwide

70% of Ultra HD TVs to feature HDR or other enhancements by 2020
May 15, 2015 – ​ABI Research expects that by 2020 nearly 70% of UHD TVs will support new technologies and enhancements like HDR, wider color gamut, high frame rates, and immersive audio. This could prove too conservative if a lower tier of UHD TVs does not persist as currently anticipated.
News categories: ​ABI Research, Michael Inouye, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Panasonic launches first Firefox OS-based TVs
May 15, 2015 – The first Panasonic VIERA Smart TVs powered by Firefox OS are now available in Europe and will be available worldwide in the coming months. Panasonic Smart TVs powered by Firefox OS are optimized for HTML5 to provide strong performance of Web apps.
News categories: Mozilla, Panasonic, Andreas Gal, Masahiro Shinada, Digital TV, Europe, HTML5, Smart TV, Worldwide

ABI Research study on the role of DLNA's VidiPath
May 14, 2015 – The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has released results from an ABI Research study on the anticipated impact of VidiPath Certified devices for subscription TV service delivery to interoperable devices.
News categories: Digital Living Network Alliance, ABI Research, Scott Lofgren, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Worldwide

Satellite TV revenues to overtake cable in 2015
May 13, 2015 – Satellite TV revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, according to Digital TV Research. Satellite TV accounted for 44% of total revenue in 2014, rising to 46% by 2020. Cable will drop from 46% to 40% over the same period.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, Worldwide

Ultra HD Blu-ray specification and logo released
May 12, 2015 – The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has announced completion of the Ultra HD Blu-ray specification and released the new logo that will delineate Ultra HD Blu-ray products. The Ultra HD Blu-ray specification will enable delivery of Ultra HD content via Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc to UHD TV households.
News categories: Blu-ray Disc Association, Victor Matsuda, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Licensing, Worldwide

Retail OTT set-top boxes set to overtake telco IPTV STB shipments
May 11, 2015 – Global shipments of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail -- including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes -- will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay TV services in 2015, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS, Daniel Simmons, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

ARM and partners show virtual set-top box reference platform
May 5, 2015 – ARM, Applied Micro and Netzyn have announced a virtual set-top box (vSTB) reference platform which utilizes network functions virtualization (NFV). The vSTB platform offers the potential to reduce network operator CapEx and OpEx.
News categories: ARM, Applied Micro, Netzyn, Karthik Ranjan, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

ARRIS to offer TiVo on its set-tops
May 4, 2015 – ARRIS (NASDAQ: ARRS) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced a partnership to bring the TiVo experience to ARRIS customers by integrating TiVo software and cloud-based services with ARRIS set-top boxes.
News categories: TiVo Inc, ARRIS Group, Tom Elam, Larry Robinson, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA, Worldwide