Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Iliad adds 146k subscribers in 1H09
Aug 4, 2009 – Over the 1st half-year 2009, Iliad (Paris: ILD) consolidated its position as the leading ADSL alternative operator. At 30 June 2009, Iliad's ADSL had a total of 4,371,000 subscribers, compared with 3,134,000 at 30 June 2008.
News categories: Iliad, DVR, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers

RVU Alliance Forming to Accelerate Development Of Remote User Interface Technology
Aug 3, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) are forming an alliance to develop a specification for a 'pixel accurate' Remote User Interface (RUI) that will form the core of the RVU technology.
News categories: RVU Alliance, Digital TV, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Entropic and Sigma Announce MoCA Enabled Set-Top Box Collaboration
Jul 30, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) have announced their cooperative relationship to develop high definition, MoCA compliant Cable TV and IPTV Set-Top-Box (STB) reference designs.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Sigma Designs, Cable TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Thomson Supplies STBs and Home Networking To Bouygues Telecom
Jul 27, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that it is providing a range of home networking solutions to Bouygues Telecom for the roll out of its 'Bbox' gateway, launched at the end of 2008.
News categories: Thomson, Bouygues Telecom, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Canal Digital is first customer of Pace's new MultiDweller™ head-end equipment
Jul 27, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that Canal Digital (Oslo:TEL) is the first customer of its new MultiDweller™ technology. Canal Digital will use the equipment to help increase its reach amongst multidweller-subscribers in the Nordic market.
News categories: Pace plc, Canal Digital, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Sweden, Terrestrial

Telco/IPTV subscribers to total almost 40 million in 2009
Jul 21, 2009 – The number of subscribers worldwide to telco/IPTV services will approach 40 million by year-end 2009 according to a new white paper 'IPTV and the Digital Home' from Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home

20 Million Wireless Networked TVs To Ship in 2011
Jul 20, 2009 – A new study from ABI Research forecasts that in 2011, some 20 million TVs offering wireless connectivity will be shipped worldwide. This segment is expected to show linear growth through the study's forecast horizon of 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Rovi (Macrovision) Launches 'Liquid' Digital Media Guide
Jul 16, 2009 – Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI), formerly Macrovision, has unveiled a new media guide, codenamed 'Liquid,' capable of connecting consumers to entertainment content on the internet, stored at home, or broadcast, with a single user interface.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

North American Households with Home Networking over Coax & Phone Wiring to Double in Two Years
Jul 8, 2009 – Coax and phoneline networking is becoming increasingly important among home network connectivity alternatives, particularly for service provider provisioned networks, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Canada, DVR, Market Research, North America, Smart Home, USA