Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Funai and Valens Semi to Demonstrate HDBaseT™ Technology at IFA
Aug 24, 2009 – Valens Semiconductor and Funai Electric will jointly demonstrate Valens's HDBaseT™ technology at IFA. Valens's VS100 chip will be activated to connect Funai's DVD Player and HD television in the booth.
News categories: Valens Semi, Funai, DVD, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Rovi Platform Selected by Pace for Next-Generation Set-top Boxes
Aug 24, 2009 – Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) has announced that Pace (LSE:PIC) is using the Rovi Connected Platform solution to enhance its next-generation set-top boxes for cable operators and service providers throughout the Americas.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Pace plc, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Latin America, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Amino to deliver the pure IPTV experience at IBC
Aug 24, 2009 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO), the world's largest independent IPTV specialist, will showcase its pure IPTV focus with a range of new set-top box (STB) products and innovative interactive solutions at IBC 2009.
News categories: Amino, Content Distribution, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Latens Broadens Scope for Pay TV Operators at IBC 2009
Aug 13, 2009 – Latens has announced the launch at IBC of the its ECO Cable Gateway, enabling cable operators to deploy a single integrated middleware and conditional access system for the delivery of next generation TV services across the whole home network.
News categories: Latens, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DVR, Gateway, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Cloakware Introduces DTCP-IP Media Player Solution
Aug 12, 2009 – Cloakware (JSE: NPN) has announced its DTCP-IP Media Player solution, designed to enable cable operators to secure and monetize programming content within the home entertainment network.
News categories: Cloakware, Cable TV, Content Protection, DRM, Media Player, Smart Home

Powerline technology from DS2 and Comtrend for SingTel's mio TV
Aug 11, 2009 – DS2 and Comtrend have announced that Comtrend's Power Grid 902 adapter, based on DS2's Aitana powerline communication chipset, has been selected by SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) to create a home network for its IPTV service, mio TV.
News categories: DS2, Comtrend, SingTel, IPTV, Semiconductor, Singapore, Smart Home

Japan's OESF plans Android extensions for Consumer Electronics
Aug 11, 2009 – The Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF), an industry group based in Japan, has laid out details of its roadmap for developing Android software stacks for set-top boxes and other consumer devices.
News categories: OESF, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Software

Sigma Designs and 4Home to Deliver Home Control STB Reference Design
Aug 10, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced a partnership with 4Home. As a result of the partnership, Sigma will be able to offer set-top box suppliers a home control solution based on 4Home's software platform and Sigma's Z-Wave technology.
News categories: Sigma Designs, 4Home, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

More than 300 Million DLNA-Certified Consumer Electronics Devices to Ship in 2012
Aug 6, 2009 – According to a new study from ABI Research, nearly 200 million DLNA products shipped in 2008; that number will rise to more than 300 million in 2012, and the growth curve accelerates even faster in the years that follow.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Gateway, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV