Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

CopperGate Shipped Over 10 Million HomePNA Chips for Home Networking
Jun 29, 2009 – CopperGate HomePNA chips are used in digital devices deployed worldwide in home entertainment networks and IPTV systems. They are deployed by more than 40 telecommunications, cable, and satellite companies.
News categories: CopperGate, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

CableLabs® Releases Software Tools to Enable More Interactive Content
Jun 15, 2009 – CableLabs® has completed its beta development phase of the tru2way™ Reference Implementation and has made it publicly available through java.net, Sun Microsystems' open source project site.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Game Consoles to Remain Preeminent Device for Web Video on TV in the U.S.
Jun 15, 2009 – The range of connected consumer electronics devices delivering web video into the living room is growing. Networked video game consoles are currently the most utilized devices and will remain so through 2013, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

AACS Finalizes Managed Copy for Blu-ray Discs
Jun 12, 2009 – The AACS licensing authority has finalized specifications that would allow consumers to make legal copies of Blu-ray content, but that will require new hardware.
News categories: AACS, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DRM, Gaming, Smart Home

Thomson Portable Media Center selected by PCCW
Jun 10, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that it has been selected by PCCW Hong Kong to provide a unique WiFi enabled portable device as the platform for PCCW's second generation 'eye service', a multimedia over IP to the home service.
News categories: Thomson, PCCW, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Smart Home, Tablet

2Wire, Huawei, and Thomson Make Major Gains across Broadband CPE Market Share Segments
Jun 8, 2009 – 2Wire, Huawei and Thomson captured major market share gains in the 2008 broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) segments, according to In-Stat. The segments include cable and DSL modems, routers, Wi-Fi Aggregators, and residential gateways.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

Entone Hydra Selected By Valley Telecom
Jun 3, 2009 – Entone has announced that its Hydra HD™ IP video gateway has been chosen by Valley TeleCom Group for their IPTV service rollout. Valley Telecom delivers digital telephone, Internet and IPTV services to customers in Arizona and New Mexico.
News categories: Entone, Valley TeleCom, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Big Growth Ahead for Connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Players and Digital Media Adapters
Jun 1, 2009 – Connectivity will be a force to reckon with according to Yankee Group's connected device forecast, which predicts more than 60 percent of U.S. households will have a home network by 2013.
News categories: Yankee Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Sigma Introduces New Thin Client Media Processor
Jun 1, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the availability of its SMP8652 media processor SoC. The SMP8652 is designed for thin client applications, such as IPTV set-top boxes (STBs), digital media adapters (DMAs), and hybrid cable/IP thin clients.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming