Streaming (Over-the-top, OTT, P2P, PC-TV, Internet TV, online video, IP Video) News

Danish national broadcaster launches HbbTV pilot
Mar 14, 2012 – Danish national broadcaster DR has launched a pilot HbbTV project. The service, called 'DR NU', is based on Nordija's fokusOn Hybrid TV middleware.
News categories: Nordija, DR NU, Denmark, HbbTV, Middleware, Streaming

ATSC-MH 2nd Generation Demodulator Core for the US Mobile DTV Market from Iberium Communications
Mar 14, 2012 – Iberium Communications has announced the availability of its second generation Santana digital demodulator core for the US mobile DTV market. The core is fully compliant with the mobile DTV standard ATSC-MH including support for the Scalable Full Channel Mobile Mode.
News categories: Iberium Communications, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Entone FusionTV Deployed at Twin Lakes Telephone
Mar 13, 2012 – Entone has announced that Twin Lakes Telephone has selected its FusionTV™ solution. Entone's FusionTV enables Twin Lakes Telephone to offer their subscribers an experience that combines live HDTV, DVR and cloud services via a single TV user interface.
News categories: Entone, Twin Lakes Telephone, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming, USA

Danish world premiere of next generation mobile TV standard DVB-T2 Lite
Mar 13, 2012 – As one of the first in Europe, Open Channel started trials of DVB-T2 in 2010. Open Channel again leads the way as the first in the world to air the next generation of mobile TV, based on the new standard DVB-T2 Lite profile.
News categories: Open Channel, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Mobile, Tablet

Broadcom Introduces Set-Top Box Platform for Secure Convergence of Pay-TV and Open Internet Applications
Mar 12, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has introduced the BCM7435, the industry's first 40nm Dual Core Hybrid Gateway system-on-a-chip (SoC) with Web domain security.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Gateway, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Siano Launches New Products for Japanese Mobile DTV Market
Mar 12, 2012 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that is also rolling out a family of new receiver chips designed to serve Japan's mobile and portable DTV markets, as well as the ISDB-Tmm market, Japan's new mobile Pay-TV initiative.
News categories: Siano, DoCoMo, Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Apple Brings 1080p High Definition to New Apple TV
Mar 7, 2012 – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced the new Apple TV® featuring 1080p programming including iTunes® movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, and more in HD. With iTunes in the Cloud, customers can purchase and play movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store® and watch them on their HD TV.
News categories: Apple, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Mobile TV Viewing to Reach 3 Hours per Month on Tablets by 2014
Mar 6, 2012 – A new report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, Tablet

Zee New Media launches India's first OTT distribution platform
Mar 2, 2012 – Zee New Media has launched India's first and only OTT distribution platform, Ditto TV, with an aim to offer LIVE TV Channels and On Demand Video Content to consumers on their Mobile Phones, Tablets, Laptops, Desktops, Entertainment Boxes and Connected TVs.
News categories: Zee, Ditto TV, Apps, Digital TV, India, Streaming, Tablet