Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

DLNA Enhances Home Network Experience with New Ways To Find, Share and Enjoy Content
Dec 16, 2008 – Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has introduced additional connectivity options, protected setup support, content synchronization and menu sharing that enhance the entertainment possibilities for home network users.
News categories: Digital Living Network Alliance, Middleware, Smart Home

Quantenna Partners with W&W Communications to Enable Consumer Electronics Manufacturers to Offer Super Low Latency Full-HD Wireless Video over 802.11n Networks
Dec 16, 2008 – Quantenna Communications has announced a partnership with W&W Communications to deliver high definition television (HDTV) over plug-and-play standards-based Wi-Fi networks. Quantenna will demonstrate its technology at the 2009 International CES.
News categories: Quantenna, W&W Communications, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Wireless HDTV Vendors Back Their Choices with Cash, but Few Products Are Market-Ready in North America
Dec 12, 2008 – Although consumer electronics vendors continue to line up behind the two proposed standards for wireless high definition television connectivity most retailers shelves have yet to see any products.
News categories: ABI Research, WHDI Special Interest Group, WirelessHD, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home

New global standard for fully networked home
Dec 12, 2008 – The first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV has been agreed by ITU. The 'G.hn' standard promises high quality multimedia over power, coaxial, phone and other home network wiring.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, HomeGrid Forum, CPE, Digital TV, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

AMIMON Ships Its 100,000th Wireless High-Definition Chipset
Dec 9, 2008 – AMIMON has announced that it has hit a major milestone with the shipment of its 100,000th wireless HDTV chipset. AMIMON continues to advance toward making its goal of whole-home wireless HD video connectivity a reality.
News categories: AMIMON, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Valens Semiconductor's HDBaseT™ Enables 5Play™ Convergence via a Single Cable for In-Home High Definition Connectivity
Dec 8, 2008 – Valens Semiconductor is introducing its HDBaseT™ technology, enabling a single LAN cable to replace multiple cables and connectors. HDBaseT combines uncompressed HD video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, power over cable and control signals.
News categories: Valens Semiconductor, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Etisalat and France Telecom establish a cooperation agreement
Dec 1, 2008 – Etisalat (Abu Dhabi: ETISALAT) and France Telecom (Paris and NYSE: FTE) have signed a cooperation agreement covering Digital Home services, content, international networks and Enterprise solutions. Etisalat will acquire a 16.6% stake of SoftAtHome.
News categories: France Telecom, Etisalat, MandA, Media Player, Smart Home, UAE

HDMI Continues To Grow, While DVI Slides
Nov 19, 2008 – The rapid rise of HDMI and the slow decline of DVI continued in 2008, reports In-Stat. The primary driver of HDMI's success is the CE segment, with HDMI ports being found on 95% of the digital televisions (DTV) shipped worldwide in 2008.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

GridNetworks Launches Gridcast TV, A Service for Content Owners to Deliver Internet Video to the TV
Nov 17, 2008 – GridNetworks has launched GridCast TV, a service that enables content distributors to stream video directly over the internet to viewers' TVs. The service uses existing UPnP devices such as the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and internet-enabled TVs.
News categories: GridNetworks, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming