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

KAON STBs selected for Online.nl IPTV service
Sep 11, 2014 – KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ:KAON MEDIA) has announced that M7 Group has selected KAON to supply IPTV set-top boxes for its Online.nl platform. M7 launched the IPTV service on Kaon boxes in the Netherlands earlier this year.
News categories: KAON, M7 Group, Ron Paans, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Netherlands, Set Top Box

Broadcom powers TiVo's new Ultra HD set-top box
Sep 11, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) has announced that it will power TiVo's Ultra HD set-top box. Broadcom and TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) will demonstrate TiVo's set-top, delivering 4X the resolution of traditional 1080p60 HD displays, at IBC.
News categories: Broadcom, TiVo Inc, Rich Nelson, Jeff Klugman, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Wyplay and Sigma Designs announce joint IPTV/OTT client reference design
Sep 11, 2014 – Wyplay and Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) have lifted the veil on the turnkey integration of the open-source Frog by Wyplay set-top-box middleware with Sigma's HEVC 4k-capable SMP875x family of system-on-chip ARM® processors.
News categories: Wyplay, Sigma Designs, Mustafa Ozgen, Jacques Bourgninaud, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

Telefónica selects KAON as partner for TV service
Sep 11, 2014 – KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ:KAON MEDIA) has announced that Telefónica has selected KAON as official partner for its TV business. Since July 2014, KAON has started to supply DTH set-top boxes to Telefónica Chile.
News categories: KAON, Telefónica, Javier Lucendo, Brazil, Chile, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sigma Designs introduces 4K HEVC set-top box chipset
Sep 11, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced the SMP8758 SoC, designed to support UltraHD (4K) resolution using HEVC (H.265) compression technology for next-generation set-top boxes.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Mustafa Ozgen, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

ActiveVideo joins RDK community
Sep 11, 2014 – ActiveVideo has announced that it has joined the RDK (Reference Design Kit) community as a licensee and to provide a cloud-based browser for delivery of HTML5-based interactive TV UX, content and applications to RDK devices.
News categories: ActiveVideo, RDK Management, Steve Heeb, Jeff Miller, Apps, Digital TV, HTML5, IBCShow, RDK, Set Top Box, Worldwide

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

iWedia software for Bouygues Telecom Android TV STB
Sep 11, 2014 – iWedia has announced that the Android TV STB (codenamed 'Miami') recently announced by French telco Bouygues Telecom is operated by iWedia’s Teatro-3.5 software based on its ANDROID4TV framework and APIs.
News categories: iWedia, Bouygues Telecom, Nikola Teslić, Pierre Schaller, Android TV, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

M7 Group selects Verimatrix to provide security for Online.nl
Sep 11, 2014 – Verimatrix has announced that M7 Group has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to provide security for its Online.nl service, which offers linear TV and on demand services in the Netherlands.
News categories: Verimatrix, M7 Group, Ron Paans, Steve Oetegenn, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Netherlands, Set Top Box, Streaming