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May 3 Launch for Mobile Digital TV Consumer Showcase in Washington, D.C.
Apr 12, 2010 – Viewers will be able to watch local digital TV broadcasts on a variety of mobile devices, including cell phones, netbooks, portable media players, and a unique adapter that can send Mobile DTV to laptops, iPhones, and iPads.
News categories: OMVC, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Tablet, USA

MobiTV and Triveni Digital Demonstrate Interactive Mobile Broadcast Technology
Apr 12, 2010 – MobiTV, in collaboration with Triveni Digital, has unveiled the MobiTV Interactivity Server and Mobile TV Client, based on the ATSC A/153 Mobile DTV standard, enabling new interactive possibilities for mobile media delivery.
News categories: MobiTV, Triveni Digital, Content Distribution, Middleware, Mobile, NABShow, USA

Envivio Demonstrates 1080p MVC Encoding for 3D TV at NAB 2010
Apr 12, 2010 – Envivio has began offering a public demonstration at NAB 2010 in which the company's current-generation 4Caster™ C42 Three Screens video encoder delivers full-resolution, 1080p, stereoscopic 3D content.
News categories: Envivio, Content Distribution, Metaverse, NABShow

Dolby Makes Available 3D Open Specification at NAB 2010
Apr 12, 2010 – Alongside its latest innovations in broadcast audio, Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) announced new developments in broadcast 3D and imaging accuracy at this year's NAB show.
News categories: Dolby, Content Distribution, Metaverse, NABShow

2009 worldwide STB revenue down 5% from 2008
Apr 8, 2010 – Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter (4Q09) editions of two video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

AirTies and GooMe partner to bring unified TV viewing experience across broadcast, web and home media content
Apr 8, 2010 – AirTies has announced a partnership with GooMe Interactive. The combined solution offers a set-top-box (STB) with advanced graphics supporting Pause-LiveTV and progressive download using Flash memory without the need for costly hard drives.
News categories: AirTies, GooMe, Content Distribution, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

FIFA and Sony to Launch First Ever Global 3D Experience of the FIFA World Cup
Apr 8, 2010 – Following the initial announcement to make the FIFA World Cup available in 3D, FIFA and Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) have unveiled insights into what football fans can expect from the undertaking to add a third dimension to the football viewing experience.
News categories: Sony Corp, FIFA, Content Distribution, Metaverse, South Africa

Civolution and Gracenote Expand Relationship to Launch Content Identification and Monetization Platform
Apr 8, 2010 – Civolution and Gracenote have announced an agreement to jointly launch and sell Mediahedge, an audio and video content identification platform that enables content filtering, monitoring and monetization for content owners and Web 2.0 service providers.
News categories: Civolution, Gracenote, Content Distribution, Content Protection, NABShow, Streaming

Ooyala Announces Online Video Solution Built on Microsoft Silverlight
Apr 8, 2010 – Ooyala has announced that it will be working with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to drive further adoption of Microsoft Silverlight via its end-to-end video publishing platform.
News categories: Ooyala, Microsoft Silverlight, Content Distribution, Media Player, NABShow, Streaming