Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Celrun and Sigma Designs to Demonstrate Next Generation WiMedia UWB IPTV Set-Top Boxes at IPTV World Forum 2007
Mar 6, 2007 – Celrun (Kospi:013240) and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) have announced that both companies will demonstrate the next generation of an IPTV set-top box at IPTV World Forum 2007 at the Olympia Conference Centre in London.
News categories: Celrun, Sigma Designs, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange

US - Growth of Broadband over Power Line to outpace Cable and DSL
Jan 18, 2007 – The number of U.S. households subscribing to broadband over power line (BPL) services will increase from 400,000 in 2007 to 2.5 million by 2011, according to Parks Associates' 'FTTx and BPL: Analysis and Outlook' report.
News categories: Parks Associates, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home, Subscribers, USA

Future Home Network Growth to be Driven Mostly by Asia
Jan 17, 2007 – The worldwide installed base of home networks will rise by over 20% CAGR from 2005 to 2010, driven heavily by Asia, and China in particular, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home

Focus Enhancements' UWB and TV-out Technology Receives Strong Customer Response at CES 2007
Jan 16, 2007 – Focus Enhancements (NASDAQ: FCSE) summarized its attendance at the 2007 CES. Focus Enhancements showed portable media devices incorporating its high definition media semiconductor chips.
News categories: Focus Enhancements, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Tablet

Middleware providers Iwedia (DVB) and AwoX (UPnP/DLNA) to cross-license their technologies
Jan 9, 2007 – Iwedia, a provider of embedded DVB-based software, and AwoX, a supplier of UPnP/DLNA-based solutions for networked audiovisual devices, have announced a cross-licensing process.
News categories: Iwedia, AwoX, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart Home

Digital Media Extender Products Emerge at CES 2007 Using Media Processor Technology from Sigma
Jan 8, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that the wide range of digital media extender products shown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2007) are powered by Sigma's award winning media processors.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2025, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Taiyo Yuden and Sigma Demonstrate A WiMedia-based High Definition Streaming Solution at CES 2007
Jan 8, 2007 – Taiyo Yuden and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) announced a joint showcasing of a WiMedia™ Alliance-based UWB wireless high definition audio/video streaming solution at CES 2007.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Taiyo Yuden, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Pixelworks and AMIMON Fuse Video Performance and WHDI Technology
Jan 8, 2007 – Pixelworks and AMIMON have announced reference designs that combine Pixelworks' video and image processing hardware and software and AMIMON's Wireless HD Interface (WHDI) wireless uncompressed HDTV solution on a single platform.
News categories: AMIMON, Pixelworks, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

NETGEAR® Announces 'Digital Entertainer HD,' First Media Receiver with HDMI for Streaming HD Movies, YouTube Videos, iTunes Music and More from PCs, Storage Devices and the Internet to Home Entertainment Systems
Jan 7, 2007 – NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) has announced the Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) to bring the universe of digital content to television sets.
News categories: NETGEAR, CES2025, Digital TV, Smart Home, Streaming