Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Broadcom announces HD cable set-top box SoC with integrated Euro/DOCSIS
Sep 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) DOCSIS® 2.0/EuroDOCSIS™ 2.0 (Euro/DOCSIS 2.0) compatible set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Verimatrix Demonstrates MultiRights Interoperability With Marlin DRM
Sep 8, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced integration of single content authority support for the Open IPTV Forum's (OIPF) Marlin DRM. The company's MultiRights™ technology enables transparent rights management across a range of off-the-shelf devices.
News categories: Verimatrix, Open IPTV Forum, DRM, IBCShow, IPTV, Smart Home

Samsung Selects RMI Processor for 'LED TV Couple' Product Family
Sep 4, 2009 – RMI Corporations's Au1250® processor has been selected for Samsung's LED TV Couple. The LED TV Couple allows two channels of video to be watched on a primary digital TV as well as on the portable LED TV Couple device simultaneously.
News categories: RMI Corp, Samsung, IFABerlin, Media Player, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

ANT Galio HbbTV Platform Launched For New Standard
Sep 4, 2009 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced the launch of ANT Galio HbbTV Platform. The release, building on the already deployed ANT Galio Platform, is a complete go-to-market solution providing full support for Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) services.
News categories: ANT plc, HbbTV, Kaonmedia, Digital TV, HbbTV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

IWEDIA details 'Web on TV' projects
Sep 3, 2009 – IWEDIA Middleware has supplied details of its involvement in 'Web on TV' projects, such as HbbTV, which aim to provide a variety of Web services for Internet-connected TV sets.
News categories: IWEDIA, Content Protection, France, HbbTV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

DivX Announces Licensing Agreement With Realtek for DivX Plus™ HD
Sep 3, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and Realtek have announced a licensing agreement at IFA. Under the agreement, Realtek will incorporate DivX technology into Realtek's RTD1283/RTD1073 chips, enabling playback of DivX Plus HD video in the MKV file container.
News categories: DivX, Realtek, IFABerlin, Licensing, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Streaming

WirelessHD® 60GHz CE Products Arrive in Europe
Sep 3, 2009 – The WirelessHD® Consortium has announced that the European Union has approved the 60GHz band for unlicensed commercial use and WirelessHD products are now available in Europe. Products will be showcased at the IFA Expo in Berlin.
News categories: WirelessHD, European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IFABerlin, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Smart Home, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, UK

ViXS releases new HD Video Processor SoC: XCodeHD™ 3390
Sep 2, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced the availability of a new High Performance Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System on a Chip (SoC) product, the XCodeHD™ 3390, an enhanced functionality follow-on IC to the highly successful XCode® 3290.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Pace profiles Pay TV innovation at IBC 2009
Sep 2, 2009 – At IBC, Pace will demonstrate how its technology is making it possible for pay TV operators to deliver protected content and services and create an enhanced, yet easily accessible interactive consumer TV experience that puts the viewer in control.
News categories: Pace plc, Content Distribution, DVR, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart Home