Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

NETGEAR Introduces 3DHD Wireless Technology for Sending High-Definition Video to Home Theaters
Nov 5, 2010 – NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) has announced availability of its 3DHD Wireless Home Theater Networking Kit (WNHDB3004), the first solution capable of reliably delivering jitter-free 1080p high-definition video streams throughout the home with no new wires.
News categories: NETGEAR, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces Its Complete Hardware and Software GPON Residential Gateway Solution
Oct 27, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the availability of its BCM6818 Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)-based residential gateway system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.
News categories: Broadcom, BBWF, Fibre, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Marvell and Jungo Team-up to Introduce Residential Gateway Reference Platform
Oct 27, 2010 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Jungo have announced that the two companies have integrated Jungo's OpenRG™ residential gateway software and Marvell's AVANTA™ Application Gateway-on-a-Chip (GoC).
News categories: Marvell, Jungo, BBWF, Fibre, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Amis Telekom Selects Celeno to Support Nationwide IPTV in Slovenia and Croatia
Oct 26, 2010 – Celeno Communications has announced that the leading triple-play service provider in Slovenia and Croatia, Amis Telekom, has selected Celeno-enabled Wi-Fi Ethernet bridges to support its fast-growing 'AmisTV2.0' IPTV service.
News categories: Celeno Communications, Amis Telekom, BBWF, Croatia, IPTV, Semiconductor, Slovenia, Smart Home

Technicolor, the first company to deliver 100 million gateways worldwide
Oct 25, 2010 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH ; NYSE: TCH) has announced that it has achieved the major milestone of 100 million gateways delivered worldwide, out of 500 million broadband connections deployed in households and businesses globally.
News categories: Technicolor, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Smart Home

Sigma Designs Unveils Industry's First G.hn Chipset
Oct 25, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced the CG5110, the first G.hn chipset for home entertainment networking. With the chipset, solutions can be designed to handle the bandwidth required by media-rich applications and HD content over any wire.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Wyplay Selected by Vodafone Spain to Provide Its 'Internet TV' Box
Oct 19, 2010 – WYPLAY has been selected by Vodafone Spain (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) to provide its turnkey next generation Hybrid IPTV Box. Vodafone Spain launched its 'Vodafone Internet TV' at the SIMO Network Fair in Madrid.
News categories: WYPLAY, Vodafone, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Spain, Streaming, Terrestrial

Ocean Blue planning YouView software solution
Oct 19, 2010 – Ocean Blue is working with an Asian set top box manufacturer to develop a full solution for YouView -- the soon-to-be-launched video platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel Four, Five, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva -- to be released early 2011.
News categories: Ocean Blue, YouView, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, UK

No Ofcom investigation into Project Canvas
Oct 19, 2010 – Ofcom has announced that it will not open an investigation into 'Project Canvas' under the Competition Act following complaints made by Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED, LSE:VMED) and IPVision.
News categories: YouView, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, UK