Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News

iWedia makes ANDROID4TV Software Framework open source
Sep 11, 2014 – iWedia has open sourced its ANDROID4TV software framework and published the reference applications and the related APIs. ANDROID4TV is iWedia’s approach for the integration of Digital TV in the Android environment.
News categories: iWedia, Nikola Teslić, Android TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

Sigma Designs reports 2Q FY2015 results
Sep 10, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2014. Net revenues for the quarter were $42.8 million, down $11.0 million from the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Altair Semi, D-Link and Roundbox develop LTE eMBMS HDMI dongle
Sep 10, 2014 – D-Link, Roundbox and Altair Semiconductor have announced the development of the world's first LTE eMBMS-enabled HDMI dongle that is compatible with a leading U.S. carrier's 4G LTE network.
News categories: D-Link, Roundbox, Altair Semiconductor, GK Lee, Doug Dominiak, Eran Eshed, 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Worldwide

SmarDTV extends agreement with Conax to include set-top boxes
Sep 10, 2014 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it will introduce a new range of innovative CI+ modules, and has extended its license and cooperation agreement with Conax to include set-top boxes.
News categories: SmarDTV, Conax, Conor Ryan, Tom Jahr, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Worldwide

STMicroelectronics introduces SoCs for second generation 4K Ultra HD STBs
Sep 10, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has introduced four new low-power SoCs that pave the way for the large-scale deployment of new UHDp60-enabled '4K' set-top boxes. The new SoCs will be demonstrated at IBC 2014.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Gian Luca Bertino, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Marvell adds 4K UltraHD SoC to ARMADA 1500 family
Sep 10, 2014 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has announced that it has extended its ARMADA 1500 family of SoCs. The ARMADA 1500 PRO features an Ultra HD-capable video processor, 12K DMIPs quad-core ARM CPU, Verimatrix security and 3D graphics.
News categories: Marvell, Weili Dai, Petr Peterka, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

MStar Semi adds OpenTV 5 support to Set-Top-Box platforms
Sep 10, 2014 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that its set-top box system-on-chip (STB SoC) solution driver is now validated for NAGRA OpenTV 5, the most powerful set-top box connectware from NAGRA.
News categories: MStar Semi, NAGRA, Dennis Lai, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Dune HD and Sigma Designs announce set-top box collaboration
Sep 10, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that Dune HD has selected Sigma Designs' secure media processors (SMPs) for a variety of its most advanced and high performance set-top box products.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Dune HD, Konstantin Dyshlevoy, Mustafa Ozgen, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Smart TV Alliance Specification v4.0 published
Sep 10, 2014 – The Smart TV Alliance has announced the publication on its Common Developer Portal of Smart TV Alliance Specification v4.0. So far, more than 4,000 smart TV application developers have download the Smart TV Alliance SDK.
News categories: Smart TV Alliance, Seijiro Yasuki, Apps, Digital TV, IBCShow, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide