Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

ATIS IIF Delivers New IPTV Standards
Nov 17, 2009 – ATIS has announced the release of three IPTV new standards: a test plan for validating objective quality models; Software download sequence and remote management security; and network provider domains, home networks, and the IPTV terminal device.
News categories: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Rovi Launches Media Discovery and Connectivity Solution for the Car
Nov 10, 2009 – Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) has introduced its Automotive Solution, a digital media platform that can help manufacturers build car infotainment systems with the ability to recognize and share digital media with devices on a home network.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Automotive, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart Home

Digital Media Adapters, Players, Receivers Emerge as Competitive New Connected Home Product Category
Nov 10, 2009 – A new class of devices, Digital Media Adapters (DMAs), Digital Media Players (DMPs), and Digital Media Receivers (DMRs) is emerging in the connected digital home, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, DVR, Gaming, Home Server, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

IPTV operator Telefónica del Sur grows with Latens
Nov 4, 2009 – Latens has announced that Telefónica del Sur (Telsur) has over 25,000 IPTV subscribers. Latens software only Conditional Access (CAS) is integrated with Telsur's IPTV partners including Minerva for middleware and set top boxes from Amino.
News categories: Latens, Telsur, Chile, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers

Ocean Blue Software teams with Rovi for home networking TV software
Oct 29, 2009 – Ocean Blue Software has announced a collaboration with Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) to integrate Rovi's Connected Platform software for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) capabilities into its Sunrise digital video broadcast (DVB) stack.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Rovi Corp, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators
Oct 28, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to its DCX product line. The low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Conditional Access, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Pace Set to Launch Multiroom DVR with Multiple Cable Operators
Oct 28, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that multiple cable operators, including Buckeye Cablevision, Mediacom, Sunflower Broadband, and others, are already nearing completion of field trials for Pace's Home Content Sharing (HCS) solution.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, Smart Home, USA

ADB Leads the tru2way™ in Enabling Content Convergence on the TV
Oct 27, 2009 – At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) will demonstrate how it enables operators deliver the promises of tru2way™ together with an enhanced consumer TV experience for linear and on-demand entertainment services.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®
Oct 27, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home