Hardware (DVD, TV, PMP, Set-top Box, …) News

FRANSAT unveils USB format CAM CI Plus 2.0 module
Sep 13, 2024 – At IBC 2024, FRANSAT is premiering a miniature set-top box designed to plug into the USB port of new-generation TV sets equipped with an integrated satellite tuner.
News categories: FRANSAT, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, HbbTV, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Smart TV

Kineton adds DTG DVB-I Test Suite to compliance platform
Sep 13, 2024 – Kineton, in collaboration with the Digital TV Group (DTG), has announced the integration of the DTG DVB-I Test Suite into the Kineton MediaCert standards compliance platform.
News categories: Kineton, Digital TV Group, Giuseppe Aprea, Ranjeet Kaur, Digital TV, Europe, IBCShow, Middleware, QoE, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

Amlogic shows WiSA wireless audio STB reference design at IBC
Sep 12, 2024 – WiSA Technologies (NASDAQ: WISA) has announced that its WiSA E wireless immersive audio software has been embedded onto an Amlogic reference design and is now available for customer implementation.
News categories: WiSA, Amlogic, Tony Parker, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Software, Worldwide

Teads and Whale TV collaborate on home screen display advertising
Sep 12, 2024 – Teads and Whale TV have expanded their partnership in Europe to include collaboration on the monetization of Connected TV (CTV) Native Display Inventory on Whale TV models.
News categories: Whale TV, Teads, Mike Duin, Geert Hoogeveen, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV, UX

ACCESS and SmarDTV create integrated 4K puck and content solution
Sep 11, 2024 – ACCESS Europe and SmarDTV have collaborated to integrate the NetRange TV Store and FAST Hub from ACCESS with SmarDTV's Lynx - a compact, 4K streaming puck based on Android.
News categories: ACCESS Europe, SmarDTV, Masahiro Aono, Lionel Boissier, Apps, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Vantiva unveils AI-enabled 4K Android TV set-top at IBC
Sep 11, 2024 – Vantiva (Paris: VANTI) is introducing its ONYX 4K Android TV STB at IBC 2024. ONYX incorporates AI capabilities enabling features such as image enhancement and event detection within video.
News categories: Vantiva, Leopold Diouf, Android TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Worldwide

iWedia brings WatchParty to Smart TVs
Sep 11, 2024 – iWedia has upgraded its WatchParty solution to run not only on Android TV STBs but also on Smart TVs, enabling broadcasters, for example, to use WatchParty through HbbTV portals for mass events.
News categories: iWedia, Hans-Jürgen Desor, Digital TV, IBCShow, Smart TV, Social TV, Worldwide

Eutelsat launches EPG for TV sets with integrated satellite tuner
Sep 11, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) is launching Sat.tv Connect, for TV sets with an integrated satellite tuner. The application provides a programme guide for the channels broadcast FTA on its satellites.
News categories: Eutelsat, Laurence Delpy, Digital TV, Europe, HbbTV, IBCShow, Middle-East, Satellite, Smart TV, UX

Ekkaa Electronics to offer Smart TVs running Tizen OS
Sep 11, 2024 – Ekkaa Electronics has announced that it has integrated Samsung's Tizen Operating System (OS) into its range of smart LEDs. The TVs will be available to consumer electrical brands across India.
News categories: Samsung, Ekkaa, Tizen, Heeyeong Ahn, Sagar Gupta, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, TV OS