Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Sigma Designs Announces CoAir, the World's First Ultrawideband chipset with integrated Wireless, Coax and Gigabit Ethernet for High Speed Whole Home Networking
Jun 24, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced CoAir™, the industry's first Ultrawideband (UWB) and WiMedia™ standard-based chipset with combined wireless, coax and Ethernet capabilities.
News categories: Sigma Designs, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

W&W Communications Announces its Taos Series of H.264 ASICs for Wireless HDMI, Video Surveillance and Video Conferencing Applications
Jun 20, 2008 – W&W Communications has announced its Taos series of ASICs, consisting of the WW108, WW602 and WW508 single chip H.264 video codecs.
News categories: W&W Communications, Digital TV, Home Server, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Global Home Server Market Poised for Rapid Growth
Jun 18, 2008 – According to new research from TDG, global diffusion of Home Servers will grow from 1.2 million in 2008 to more than 90 million by 2015.
News categories: TDG, Digital TV, Home Server, Market Research, Smart Home

Wireless HDTV Technologies Battle for A Million Installations in 2012
Jun 18, 2008 – We've got wireless phones, wireless Internet and wireless home networks. Next, coming to a living room or commercial facility near you, is wireless high-definition TV.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home

MatrixStream to Revolutionize In-Vehicle Entertainment with High Definition IPTV
Jun 16, 2008 – MatrixStream is partnering with motor vehicle manufacturers to bring consumers the new MX2 wireless terminal touch screen IPTV platform codename MX-Drive.
News categories: MatrixStream, Automotive, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

ZyXEL Announces Industry's First ADSL2/2+ 802.11n Gateway and New IPTV Product Offerings
Jun 16, 2008 – ZyXEL has announced the availability of two new products - the P-660HNU series 802.11n ADSL2/2+ wireless gateway and the STB-1001 IPTV set-top box.
News categories: ZyXEL, Broadband, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Consumer electronics consortium to forge future of remote control technology
Jun 12, 2008 – Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI), Samsung, Sony and Panasonic (NYSE:MC) have announced they have joined forces to develop a standardized specification (RF4CE) for radio frequency-based remote controls for audio visual consumer electronics devices.
News categories: Philips, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Widevine® Expands Ability to Secure In-Home Networks
Jun 11, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced expanded capabilities for operators to quickly and affordably secure content between multiple devices within an in-home network using Cypher 4.2.
News categories: Widevine, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Entone and Minerva to Showcase First IPTV Whole-home DVR at NXTComm 2008
Jun 10, 2008 – Entone and Minerva Networks have unveiled their whole-home digital video recorder (DVR) solution which they will be demonstrating at NXTComm in Las Vegas (June 17th - 19th).
News categories: Entone, Minerva Networks, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Smart Home