Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Motorola Mobility Helps Altibox Extend Video Services to any Room in the Home
Oct 31, 2011 – Altibox customers will soon enjoy an enhanced viewing experience with the introduction of Motorola Mobility's (NYSE:MMI) VAP2400 wireless video bridge.
News categories: Motorola, Altibox, IPTV, Norway, Smart Home

DiiVA Consortium Announces Mobile Extensions to the DiiVA Specification
Oct 31, 2011 – The DiiVA™ Consortium has announced the release of the DiiVA 1.1a specification which adds provisions for a standard low pin-count mobile interface targeted at portable devices such as tablets, smartphones, digital cameras and camcorders.
News categories: DiiVA, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Portable, Smart Home, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet

Cisco Launches Industry's First Integrated Wireless TV Solution
Oct 25, 2011 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced the launch of the industry's first wireless IPTV service with AT&T (NYSE:T). Cisco is the sole provider of this advanced wireless IPTV solution featuring new wireless receivers and wireless access points (WAPs).
News categories: Cisco Systems, AT&T, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Smart Home, USA

Quantenna Partners With Sagemcom On Wi-Fi Whole-Home Networking
Oct 20, 2011 – Quantenna and Sagemcom have announced a collaborative agreement to integrate Quantenna's Wi-Fi technology in Sagemcom video bridges and other Wi-Fi products, accelerating time-to-market for advanced wireless video and TV services.
News categories: Quantenna, Sagemcom, Gateway, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Verizon and Sigma Designs Make Smart Home a Reality
Oct 12, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that Verizon's (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) Home Monitoring and Control service uses Sigma's Z-Wave networking technology within the home.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Verizon, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, USA

Motorola and Verizon Collaborate to Deliver Connected Home Services
Oct 12, 2011 – Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) has teamed up with Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ). Verizon is offering its Home Monitoring and Control service based on Motorola's 4Home technology.
News categories: Motorola, Verizon, Gateway, IPTV, Smart Home, USA

Germany: Video market continues to decline
Oct 12, 2011 – The Video market in Germany has continued to record negative results, declining by 11.8% in units in 2011, according to GfK. Robust sales of Blu-ray players (30.5%) was not enough to rescue the drop in demand for traditional DVD players.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart Home

Shaw Gateway now available across Canada
Oct 6, 2011 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) has launched its Shaw Gateway Experience in Canada. The Gateway is a multi-room HD-PVR that allows families to access recorded content and the entire Shaw Video On Demand library on multiple TVs.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

HDMI-Enabled Mobile PC Shipments to Surpass 300 Million in 2014
Oct 5, 2011 – Last year saw a dramatic increase for HDMI in portable consumer devices. In addition, on the PC side, HDMI's share continued to increase. New In-Stat research forecasts that HDMI-enabled mobile PC shipments will surpass 300 million units in 2014.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart Home