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

Roku Streaming Stick Integrates 'Smart' Experience into TVs Instantly
Jan 4, 2012 – Roku® has unveiled a new solution to make a better Smart TV. The new Roku Streaming Stick™ is a wireless device about the size of a standard USB flash drive that will plug into a TV to instantly transform it into a Smart TV.
News categories: Roku, MHL Consortium, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Siano Debuts RallyTV, Bringing Live In-Vehicle Digital TV Directly to Apple, Android and BlackBerry Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops
Jan 4, 2012 – Siano has announced the launch of RallyTV, a new platform for the delivery of high-quality, live in-vehicle digital TV for consumers on-the-go. RallyTV enables travelers to enjoy live TV broadcasts directly on their smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
News categories: Siano, Automotive, CES2025, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Face Recognition for Mobile Devices to Demo at CES
Jan 4, 2012 – Sensible Vision will demonstrate its face recognition app for iOS and Android mobile devices at the CES 2012 Wall of Apps. FastAccess Anywhere securely replaces passwords with a face to quickly and conveniently log in to apps and web sites on mobile devices.
News categories: Sensible Vision, CES2025, Middleware, Mobile

MetroPCS Partners with Mobile Content Venture to Bring Live DTV to Mobile Phones via Dyle™ Mobile TV Service
Jan 4, 2012 – MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) and the Mobile Content Venture (MCV) have announced that they are partnering to enable MetroPCS customers to watch live, local broadcast television on their mobile phones, using ATSC-Mobile technology.
News categories: Mobile Content Venture, MetroPCS, Samsung, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Broadcom Launches Over-the-Top Media Player ICs at CES
Jan 4, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a full range of platform solutions for Hybrid TV and Over-the-Top (OTT) Media Players capable of transforming existing digital TVs into smart TVs.
News categories: Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Espial Demonstrates TV Everywhere and Smart TV Solutions at CES
Jan 4, 2012 – Espial has announced that it will demonstrate its head-end and browser technologies at CES. Visitors to the Espial suite will see a powerful TV Everywhere demo -- showcasing the Espial Media Service Platform and Espial MediaBase solutions.
News categories: Espial, CES2025, Content Distribution, Middleware, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

ViXS Systems and Lite-On Collaborate on µ-Play Streaming Media Gateway
Jan 3, 2012 – ViXS Systems has announced that Lite-On is utilizing its XCode® 4210 System on Chip (SoC) for its latest Streaming Media Gateway product, μ-Play. The XCode 4210 performs as a single SoC gateway IC and executes all the software stacks required.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Lite-On IT, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smartphone, Tablet

Connected TVs and Smartphones Providing Polar Opposite Challenges for CDNs
Jan 3, 2012 – In the next five years CDNs are going to be faced with the challenge of delivering increasingly large volumes of OTT video. In 2011 Informa expects OTT video will account for 32.6 Exabytes (EB) of network traffic over fixed line broadband in Asia alone.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

FilmOn.com Brings Network Television to PCs, Smart Phones and Tablets
Jan 2, 2012 – FilmOn Labs has announced that starting in February 2012, the Company will be shipping the FilmOn AIR for free, to all its Yearly US based Subscribers, so they can watch local Network Television on their Computers and Mobile Devices.
News categories: FilmOn, Smartphone, Tablet, Terrestrial, USA