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

Opera, TechniSat and Verimatrix provide smooth TV browsing for operators
Jan 7, 2014 – Opera Software, together with TechniSat Digital and Verimatrix have announced that the latest TechniSat hybrid set-top boxes (STB) will be powered by the Opera SDK and protected by Verimatrix security.
News categories: TechniSat, Opera Software, Verimatrix, Aneesh Rajaram, Petr Peterka, Udo Scalla, Cable TV, CES2025, Content Protection, Middleware, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Broadcom expands satellite ODU device portfolio for operators
Jan 7, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a new Outdoor Unit (ODU) satellite chipset that enables operators to deliver a wider range of services to more subscribers without additional satellite dish installations.
News categories: Broadcom, Nicholas Dunn, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

ViXS XCode 6400 SoC powers Panasonic Ultra HD 4K television
Jan 7, 2014 – ViXS Systems (TSX: VXS) has announced that Panasonic has chosen ViXS' XCode 6403 System-on-Chip (SoC) for their latest Ultra HD 4K Television line up.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Panasonic, Yuki Kusumi, Sally Daub, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide

Broadcom expands HEVC portfolio with entry-level satellite set-top box SoCs
Jan 7, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced two SoCs for entry-level satellite set-top boxes. Broadcom's BCM7364 and BCM7399 ICs support HEVC to enable operators to deliver more channels of HD content to their subscriber base over existing network infrastructure.
News categories: Broadcom, Rich Nelson, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Novabase, Entropic develop HDMI IP-set-top box stick with broadcast quality security
Jan 7, 2014 – Novabase and Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) have announced the development of an HDMI IP-based set-top box (IP-STB) stick that supports broadcast quality conditional access security (CAS).
News categories: Novabase, Entropic, Michael Pauli, Roger Gregory, CES2025, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Entropic to embed NAGRA NOCS 3 security in set-top box SoCs
Jan 7, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that it is working with NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S). Through this engagement, Entropic will embed NAGRA's latest NAGRA-On-Chip Security (NOCS 3) conditional access and DRM into its line of set-top box SoCs.
News categories: Entropic, NAGRA, Maurice van Riek, Matt Rhodes, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Meet-Bob debuts Android-based HDMI TV stick at CES2014
Jan 7, 2014 – A new Android-based HDMI TV stick – called Bob and developed by Meet-Bob Ltd. – turns any TV into a content and communications center.
News categories: Meet-Bob, Sigalit Klimovsky, CES2025, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

India's KCCL deploys Cardless security from Conax on ALi chipset
Jan 7, 2014 – Conax has announced that Kerala Communicators Cable has entered a pilot project to deploy Conax Cardless security. KCCL is a consortium of over 3000 independent cable TV networks in Kerala, South India.
News categories: Conax, KCCL, ALi Corp, Nassir Hassan Anwar, Tom Jahr, Tony Chang, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ViXS adds Quantenna 802.11ac Wi-Fi to XCode 6400 reference design
Jan 7, 2014 – Quantenna Communications has announced at CES that ViXS has added Quantenna’s 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology to their XCode 6400 reference design platform.
News categories: Quantenna, ViXS, Sally Daub, Dr. Sam Heidari, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home