Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

DIRECTV Selects NDS Videoguard Connect™, the DRM for Multi-Platform Pay-TV
Aug 31, 2011 – NDS has announced that DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has selected NDS' VideoGuard Connect™ DRM for multi-platform pay-TV to protect and enable their multi-platform Over-The-Top (OTT) and home networking services.
News categories: NDS Group, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DRM, IBCShow, Satellite, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Pace launches 'Elements' software platform with cloud-based capabilities
Aug 30, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the launch of Elements, a new software platform for the broadcast and broadband industries. Elements supports the design, delivery and management of digital content and services into and around the home.
News categories: Pace plc, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Pace Completes Certification of Industry's First RVU Compliant Client
Aug 25, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced that its C30 RVU Client solution has been certified by the RVU Alliance. The Pace C30 set-top box is the first device to go through the RVU Alliance certification program.
News categories: RVU Alliance, Pace plc, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Jinni brings the Semantic Video Discovery to Netgem's IPTV solutions
Aug 24, 2011 – Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) and Jinni have partnered to offer end-users a new way of discovering and choosing content to watch on any connected screen within the home.
News categories: Jinni, Netgem, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ACCESS Combines Leadership in Connected TV and DLNA to Drive Multi-Screen Media Consumption
Aug 24, 2011 – ACCESS CO. has announced that visitors to IBC will see how ACCESS has built upon its software expertise to develop browser and software solutions for connected TV and the connected home that support standards like HbbTV, BBC iPlayer, DLNA and widgets.
News categories: ACCESS CO., IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Grande Communications selects TiVo set-top boxes for its next-generation whole home solution
Aug 24, 2011 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Texas-based Grande Communications have announced an agreement under which TiVo Premiere will be the exclusive DVR promoted by Grande.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Grande Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Pace launches powerful set-top box range
Aug 23, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has launched a set of powerful new HD set-top boxes (STBs) that energise the home network, delivering an advanced viewing experience for pay TV subscribers. The boxes can be used as standalone HD STBs or as IP clients within a home network.
News categories: Pace plc, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ANT stakes its claim in multiscreen TV market with launch of ANT Galio Move
Aug 23, 2011 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced the launch of ANT Galio Move. ANT Galio Move combines extended live TV viewing with companion device TV services, responding directly to the growing demand by viewers for a 'TV everywhere' experience.
News categories: ANT plc, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Channel Master MoCA and Powerline Adapters Now Offered by National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
Aug 23, 2011 – The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) has agreed to offer to their member companies PCT International's Channel Master line of Home Networking accessories including MoCA adapters, HomePlugAV adapters and IPTV set-top boxes.
News categories: Channel Master, NCTC, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA