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

Motive Television STB deployment exceeds expectations in Turkey
Jan 16, 2014 – Motive Television has been informed by Digiturk that during 2013 approximately 115,000 set-top boxes containing Motive's technology were provided to subscriber homes.
News categories: Motive Television, Digiturk, Leonard M Fertig, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Turkey

ATSC invites watermarking proposals for future broadcast TV system
Jan 15, 2014 – The ATSC has announced a Call for Proposals regarding audio and/or video watermarking technologies for Automatic Content Recognition to help enable interactive applications and other features of the ATSC 3.0 standard.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, Mark Richer, Content Protection, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA, Watermarking

Marvell joins forces with SK broadband to deploy IPTV STB with Google Services
Jan 15, 2014 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has announced a collaboration with SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630), who have launched B TV Smart, an IPTV set-top-box with Google services for the Korean market. B TV Smart is powered by Marvell's ARMADA® 1500 Plus SoC.
News categories: Marvell, SK broadband, Winston Chen, In-Chan Lee, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SFR launches Google Services STB powered by Marvell ARMADA 1500 Plus
Jan 14, 2014 – Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) has announced that SFR has launched its hybrid set-top box powered by Marvell's ARMADA® 1500 Plus (88DE3108) system-on-chip (SoC) platform.
News categories: Marvell, SFR, Weili Dai, Frank Cadoret, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Philippine Long Distance Telephone launches TVolution IPTV STB
Jan 14, 2014 – Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) has announced the launch of TVolution, a small device that can turn an ordinary TV to an Internet TV. The device allows streaming of movies and series straight from the Internet to televisions.
News categories: PLDT, Ariel P. Fermin, Digital TV, IPTV, Philippines, Set Top Box

Telefónica selects Technicolor HD set-top boxes for Latin America
Jan 9, 2014 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has announced a partnership with Telefónica as its HD satellite set-top box provider, starting in Latin America. In parallel, Technicolor will provide support to Telefónica's cable operations in Peru.
News categories: Technicolor, Telefónica, Francois Rossiensky, David del Val, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Peru, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sigma Designs licenses ARM Mali-400 MP graphics IP
Jan 9, 2014 – Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that they have licensed the popular ARM® Mali™-400 MP for their leading range of multimedia SoCs.
News categories: Sigma Designs, ARM, Mustafa Ozgen, Trina Watt, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Worldwide

Zinwell selects MaxLinear IC for channel-stacking digital ODU
Jan 9, 2014 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Zinwell is developing a new satellite digital outdoor (D-ODU) unit using MaxLinear’s MxL865 channel stacking system on chip (SoC).
News categories: MaxLinear, Zinwell, Brian Sprague, Chester Wu, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

Opera Devices SDK for Sigma Designs' Smart TV processors
Jan 9, 2014 – Opera Software and Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) have announced that the Opera Devices SDK will land in Sigma Designs’ Smart TV processors.
News categories: Opera Software, Sigma Designs, Aneesh Rajaram, Mustafa Ozgen, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide