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

Royal Media Entertainment selects Exset Conditional Access and Middleware for DTT
Mar 5, 2012 – Exset has been selected as the CAS and Middleware provider by the Royal Media Group for its DTT platform. The platform is a Cambodian DTT service planned to have more than a hundred linear and non-linear services and channels.
News categories: Exset, Royal Group, Cambodia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

MaxLinear Launches Low Power, Full-Spectrum Capture Cable Receivers
Mar 5, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced the MxL265 and MxL267, its 40nm CMOS single-chip 16-channel and 24-channel digital cable front-end receivers based on the company's proprietary Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC™) technology.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, ICs, Semiconductor

MStar partners with Taiwan Multiple System Operator CNS
Mar 5, 2012 – MStar has announced that it's set-top box semiconductor platform will be used by Taiwanese cable TV operator CNS for its move to digital broadcasting. The partnership is also expected to form the basis of CNS' smart digital home platform.
News categories: MStar Semi, CNS, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Taiwan

ONO and TiVo to Expand High-Definition Hybrid TV Solution in Spain
Mar 2, 2012 – ONO and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced that following their initial launch in Madrid and Barcelona, its next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO fiber optic subscribers in Valencia.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

Ocean Blue To Unveil New User Interface at IP&TV World Forum
Mar 1, 2012 – Ocean Blue Software will launch their graphical User Interface 'Spinnaker' at the IP&TV World Forum. Spinnaker has been developed using QML and enables customers to re-skin the UI with their own corporate identity, or build their own UI from scratch.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Video Exchange

EOY 2011 Set-top Box Shipments Reveal Extent of DVR Drop
Feb 29, 2012 – Recent forecasts from IMS Research's Online Set-top Box Database anticipate a 2012 DVR volume drop of more than 20 percent as operators rely on existing inventories and delay new DVR orders.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box

Smart CE Device Unit Shipments to Surpass 92 Million in 2016
Feb 29, 2012 – The advent of 'smart CE devices' is having a profound effect on the digital multimedia home. New NPD In-Stat research forecasts that smart CE device unit shipments will surpass 92 million in 2016.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box

Siano and LIFIA Team Up to Support Mobile DTV Project in Argentina
Feb 29, 2012 – Siano and LIFIA-UNLP, an IT R&D research group out of Argentina's La Plata University, have announced a combined 'Ginga' DTV solution for Windows and Linux PC applications in mobile devices.
News categories: Siano, LIFIA, Argentina, Middleware, MWC24, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DTG unveils next-generation features for Freeview platform
Feb 29, 2012 – The DTG has announced the latest technical specification enhancements for Freeview and Freeview HD - as the digital television industry gathers for its annual Summit on 2 March in London. An updated D-Book will be published on 31 March 2012.
News categories: DTG, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK