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

NDS Launches VideoGuard Connect: The Pay-TV DRM
Aug 31, 2011 – NDS has announced the launch of its next generation DRM solution for multi-platform pay-TV, VideoGuard Connect™. VideoGuard Connect provides end-to-end protection of an operator's service.
News categories: NDS Group, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Gaming, IBCShow, Mobile, Streaming, Tablet

Wyplay Offers the New 'YouTube on TV' Application in Its Client Middleware for Operators
Aug 31, 2011 – WYPLAY has integrated the 'YouTube on TV' application into its client middleware and is now deploying it with its Vodafone customers.
News categories: WYPLAY, France, Middleware, Streaming

50% of Tablet Owners View Both Feature-Length Movies and TV Shows on the Device
Aug 30, 2011 – New In-Stat research, Q2'11 US Multiscreen Video Database, reports that 50% of tablet owners are viewing not only feature-length movies on their device, but TV shows as well; an important revelation to both content producers and providers alike.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, Tablet

Waoo! Selects RGB Networks' Video Multiprocessing Gateway and TransAct Packager for Delivery of Over-the-Top Video Service
Aug 30, 2011 – RGB Networks has announced that Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider, has selected and deployed RGB's Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) and TransAct Packager to provide a complete transcoding and packaging solution for its new OTT video service.
News categories: RGB Networks, Waoo!, Content Distribution, Denmark, IPTV, Streaming

Trident Embeds Audible Magic Digital Fingerprinting Technology into Its Digital TV Platform
Aug 29, 2011 – Audible Magic has announced that Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has integrated its SmartID automated content recognition system onto its digital TV (DTV) platform.
News categories: Trident Micro, Audible Magic, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile demonstrate first video conversation using 4G technology to connect locations in China and the United States
Aug 25, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; Hong Kong: 0941) have staged the first mobile broadband video call over a 4G LTE mobile network, to connect a fixed location and a car in Shanghai with Alcatel-Lucent offices in New Jersey.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, China Mobile, 5G, Mobile, Streaming

Game Consoles Most Used Connected CE Device for Online Video in the US
Aug 25, 2011 – Game consoles were rated as the most used connected CE device in North America to stream Netflix content, according to two recent survey reports by ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

BBC Research & Development demonstrates implementation of DVB-T2-Lite at IBC 2011
Aug 25, 2011 – On the DVB stand at IBC 2011, BBC Research & Development will conduct its first public demonstration of DVB-T2-Lite, the new T2 profile set to transform audience's experience of watching programmes on the move.
News categories: BBC, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Mobile, Terrestrial, UK

China's SARFT developing Smart TV middleware
Aug 24, 2011 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's (SARFT) has announced that SARFT is currently developing smart TV operating system middleware called 'TV-OS'.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming