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

BeeSmart middleware compliant with Amino STBs
Apr 24, 2012 – BeeSmart has announced that its middleware is compliant with the IPTV/OTT set-top box range of Amino (AIM: AMO). The middleware combines a fast user interface, an intelligent content recommendation system, VoIP on TV and OTT support.
News categories: BeeSmart, Amino, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Asia Pac TV market to pass one billion TV sets in 2012
Apr 24, 2012 – According to Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia Pacific is the world's largest TV market and will pass the one billion TV sets mark this year. The region leads the way in terms of pay-TV subscribers with 394 million households taking pay-TV at the end of 2011.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Cyfrowy Polsat Selects MaxLinear MxL601 for Hybrid DVB-T / IPTV Set-Top Box
Apr 24, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) has selected its MxL601 global TV tuner for use in its own T-HD 1000 set-top box (STB) that is the heart of a new nationwide hybrid DVB-T / IPTV service.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Reports 2012 First Quarter Financial Results
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. ST's net revenues decreased 8.0% on a sequential basis with ST's wholly-owned businesses posting a decrease of 3% while the Wireless product segment was lower by 29%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics Announces its Next Step in Multimedia Convergence
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the next step in its multimedia convergence strategy, which will focus on offering a single application processing platform to serve a broad range of multimedia devices like set-top-boxes, TVs, cars, smartphones and tablets.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet

ARM and MStar Extend Relationship with License for ARM Cortex-A9 Processor
Apr 23, 2012 – ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that MStar has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ and ARM926EJ-S™ processors, in addition to a range of ARM system IP for use in smart-TVs, set-top-boxes (STBs) and smartphones.
News categories: MStar, ARM, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV, Smartphone

IN Media Announces Tablet PCs and IP Set Top Box on Android 2.3
Apr 23, 2012 – IN Media (IMDC.OB) has announced that they have begun to ship Android-based Tablet PCs with telephony capabilities using CDMA and GSM SIM cards, and an IP Set Top box that brings web content to large screen TVs transforming a TV into Smart TV.
News categories: IN Media Corp, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet

HBC goes OTT with Amino with successful trials of Freedom Jump companion device
Apr 19, 2012 – Hiawatha Broadband (HBC) of Minnesota is trialling Amino's (AIM:AMO) Freedom Jump OTT media centre. Working closely with aioTv, Amino's Freedom Jump delivers a new layer of content that is blended with HBC's existing branded user interface.
News categories: Amino, aioTV, Hiawatha Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

MStar launches Android 4.0 smart TV SoC
Apr 19, 2012 – MStar Semiconductor has unveiled a smart TV System-on-chip (SoC) with Android 4.0 embedded, for the China market. The SoC is equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1080p high definition decoding, and MStar proprietary set-top-box technologies.
News categories: MStar Semi, Android TV, China, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box