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

Vodafone Internet TV launches in Spain
Oct 5, 2010 – Vodafone España (London:VOD) has launched 'Vodafone Internet TV', a service that combines broadband, home networking and digital terrestrial television (TDT) reception.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Spain, Streaming, Terrestrial

iSuppli Teardown Reveals Apple TV's Inner iPad
Oct 5, 2010 – Although Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) second-generation Apple TV represents a dramatic departure from the first-generation product, its internal design and key components are almost exactly the same as the iPad and iPod Touch, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Apple TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Siano Launches Advanced Receiver Chip for USA Mobile Digital TV
Oct 5, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new product targeting the mobile TV market in the United States. Siano's SMS1530, which supports the ATSC A/153 Mobile Digital TV Standard, was developed in collaboration with LG Electronics.
News categories: Siano Mobile, LG Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, USA

Telstra to Deliver Live Television Over the Internet with Widevine
Oct 5, 2010 – Widevine has announced that Australia's Telstra (ASX:TLS) will soon start delivering linear broadcast television channels over the internet using Widevine's live adaptive streaming, virtual DVD experience and digital rights management (DRM) platform.
News categories: Widevine, Telstra, Australia, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Silicon Image Unveils First MHL™ Products
Oct 4, 2010 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG) has announced the availability of its first products that include support for the new MHL™ (Mobile High-Definition Link) standard - an MHL transmitter, an MHL-to-HDMI bridge and an MHL-enabled HDTV port processor.
News categories: Silicon Image, Mobile High-Definition Link, Blu-ray, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

FOXTEL Launches Internet TV Service FOXTEL On Demand
Oct 1, 2010 – FOXTEL has announced it will broaden its suite of services by connecting the internet to its set-top-boxes. The new FOXTEL On Demand service delivers TV and movies straight to the High Definition iQ2 set-top-box via an internet connection.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Hybrid Web-to-TV Set Top Boxes Enable Operators and Broadcasters for Internet Video Battleground
Sep 29, 2010 – With an Internet Protocol (IP) link coming in to nearly every possible consumer electronics device with a screen, hybrid Web-to-TV set top boxes (STB) will be vital tools that enable broadcasters and operators to compete, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

WCMH-TV (Columbus, Ohio) is the First Media General Station to Launch MDTV
Sep 29, 2010 – Media General (NYSE: MEG) has said that WCMH-TV, its NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, is the company's first broadcast television station to launch mobile digital television (MDTV).
News categories: Media General, WCMH-TV, Mobile, USA

Video Makes it Big on the Small Screen in Europe
Sep 29, 2010 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 percent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries.
News categories: comScore, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Mobile, Spain, UK