Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Wireless high def start-up Amimon raises $10m
Feb 20, 2008 – Wireless high definition interface (WHDI) developer Amimon Inc. has raised $10 million out of a planned $15 million third financing round.
News categories: Amimon, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Venture Capital

Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications are creating Soft At Home, a joint venture publisher of software for the digital home
Feb 20, 2008 – Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have joined forces to create a joint venture: Soft At Home. This structure is aimed at creating a standard for the interconnection of equipment within the multimedia ecosystem.
News categories: Soft At Home, Sagem, Thomson, France Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Multimedia Home Networking Growing But Still Not Mainstream
Feb 19, 2008 – Although In-Stat's consumer research shows that there has been progress, the majority of consumers still only use their home network for Internet sharing.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home

Orb Opens Architecture, Licenses Technology to CE Manufacturers
Feb 14, 2008 – Orb Networks has announced a licensing program that will allow manufacturers and service providers to aggregate content from virtually anywhere - connected devices, online and broadband services powered by the internet, and wireless networks.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Samsung's New See'N'Search Set-Top Box Revolutionizes How Consumers Access the Internet
Feb 13, 2008 – Samsung is changing the way consumers enjoy the Internet in the living room with the introduction of its See'N'Search technology. Using just their TV's, users can directly pull up Internet information and media-related content onto the screen program without the need for a PC/keyboard and or special content programming.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Broadband, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Orb Networks Continues Phenomenal Growth, Surpasses 5M User Mark
Feb 12, 2008 – Orb, which unlocks media stored on a PC and enables users to their enjoy music, videos, webcams, and anything from the web on any device with an internet connection, has announced that it has surpassed the 5 million registered-user milestone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Media Player, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Streaming, Subscribers

PacketVideo (PV) Mobile Broadcast Receiver Delivers New TV Services to Existing Handsets
Feb 11, 2008 – Eliminating a major obstacle to launching mobile broadcast services, PacketVideo (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ:WAVE), is demonstrating its patented new pocketable mobile broadcast receiver that turns WiFi-enabled phones and personal media players into mobile TVs.
News categories: PacketVideo, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Smart Home, Tablet

ACCESS to Exhibit at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008
Jan 31, 2008 – ACCESS products will be on display, notably ACCESS Linux Platform™, the Company's next-generation mobile platform; NetFront™ Browser Widgets, a comprehensive mobile widget platform; and NetFront™ Transcoder, ACCESS' PC website-to-mobile conversion solution.
News categories: ACCESS CO., 5G, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Smart Home, Software

Shipments of Internet-Enabled Consumer Electronics Pass the 60 Million Unit Mark in 2007
Jan 29, 2008 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports that shipments of Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled consumer electronics reached 64 Million units in 2007. This represented nearly 73% growth. However, the market continues to be dominated by internet-enabled video game consoles.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming