Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

BT Vision now available to self install
Nov 8, 2007 – BT Vision is now available for customers to self install for a one-off connection fee of just £30 - making it even better value for people looking to enjoy Freeview and a vast range of film, sport, music and television programming on-demand, with no compulsory subscription.
News categories: BT Vision, Comtrend, Broadband, IPTV, Smart Home, Terrestrial, UK

Ruckus Wireless Lands Deutsche Telekom IPTV Deal
Nov 5, 2007 – Ruckus Wireless has been selected by T-Home to supply 802.11a Smart Wi-Fi systems to enable in-home wireless distribution of its Entertain Comfort IPTV service.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, T-Home, INTEROP, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Smart Home

Entone Hydra HD Selected By HickoryTech For Advanced IPTV Services Deployment
Nov 1, 2007 – Entone, Inc. has announced that its award-winning Hydra™ IP video gateway is being deployed by HickoryTech for its IPTV rollout in Minnesota.
News categories: Entone, HickoryTech, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial, USA

HomePlug/Panasonic Merged Proposal Takes the First Step in Becoming a Worldwide Standard through the Efforts of the IEEE P1901 Work Group
Oct 30, 2007 – The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance has announced that the joint proposal, submitted by HomePlug member companies and Panasonic®, is the sole MAC/PHY proposal remaining in the IEEE P1901 work group process for creating an international standard for in-home and access powerline communication technologies.
News categories: HomePlug Alliance, DS2, Universal Powerline Association, CEPCA, P1901, Digital TV, Smart Home

DLNA and Universal Plug and Play Will Enable 2.7 Billion Phones, TVs, and Other Devices to Join Home Networks by 2012
Oct 25, 2007 – UPnP is pervasive in nearly all home networking hardware shipped today (an estimated 130 million devices in 2007 will be UPnP-enabled) while DLNA is increasingly becoming important in allowing new devices such as TVs, mobile phones and video game consoles to connect to the home network.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home

Announcing Babel TV. A unique, simple to use device combining the benefits of Freeview TV, a personal video recorder and extremely user-friendly and safe Internet access
Oct 24, 2007 – Serial entrepreneur and UK Internet pioneer Peter Dawe announces the launch of Babel TV. Babel TV is unique. It is a simple to use device that combines the benefits of a Freeview "set-top-box", personal video recorder and Internet access.
News categories: Babel TV, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Sigma Designs to Showcase IPTV Set-Top Box and UWB Wireless Solutions at TelcoTV 2007
Oct 24, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it will conduct a range of IPTV and UWB wireless technology demonstrations of the company's media processor and software solutions at TelcoTV 2007.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Amino Powers First Wireless IPTV Connected Homes in Latin America
Oct 24, 2007 – Amino has announced that Telefonica del Sur (Telsur) in Chile has selected the AmiNET110 IPTV Set-Top Box (STB) to deliver pure IPTV services to thousands of its customers in the region.
News categories: Amino, Telefonica del Sur (Telsur), Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 23, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported that net revenue for the third quarter of 2007 was $950.0 million, an increase of 5.8% compared with the $897.9 million reported for the second quarter of 2007 and an increase of 5.2% compared with the $902.6 million reported for the third quarter of 2006.
News categories: Broadcom, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home