Media Player News

Tesco Selects Electra Trove Technology for Freeview Products
Mar 29, 2010 – Electra Entertainment has partnered with Tesco (LSE:TSCO) to distribute its interactive technology via standard and high definition Freeview-ready TVs, set top boxes and PVRs, available in stores from June 2010 onwards.
News categories: Electra Entertainment, Tesco, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

BBC iPlayer on the TechniSat HDFS Freesat HD digital box
Mar 26, 2010 – TechniSat Digital has released a software update that will be available from 25th March to allow the TechniSat HDFS to join the BBC iPlayer trial
News categories: TechniSat, Media Player, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

DivX playback integrated on STMicroelectronics set-top box decoder
Mar 23, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced at IPTV World Forum 2010 that the native ST Media Player on the STi7105 from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) will be DivX Certified.
News categories: DivX, STMicroelectronics, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange

Introducing TiVo® Premiere, the One Box to Rule Them All
Mar 3, 2010 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has introduced a television set-top box that simplifies finding videos from Web outlets like Netflix and YouTube in addition to local program listings.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Samsung Licenses Sorenson Spark for Playback of Internet Video on Mobile Devices
Feb 16, 2010 – Sorenson Media has announced that Samsung Electronics has licensed the Sorenson Spark video codec. Samsung will integrate the Sorenson Spark decoder into its mobile phones sold in South Korea and China.
News categories: Sorenson, Samsung, Media Player, Mobile, Silicon IP, Streaming

ST-Ericsson and STMicroelectronics to Support Adobe Flash Player 10.1
Feb 15, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and ST-Ericsson are working with Adobe to accelerate Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® on their chipsets with multimedia and graphics capabilities, used in smartphones and connected digital-home devices.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ST-Ericsson, Adobe, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

ADB Supports Telekom Austria For Europe's First DivX®-Enabled Digital TV Service
Feb 11, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) [SIX:ADBN] has announced that Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has introduced advanced 'connected home' capabilities on its aonTV IPTV service using ADB set-top devices and software technology.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Telekom Austria, DivX, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Sling Media Announces Support for Adobe Flash Platform in Hardware and Software Products
Jan 7, 2010 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced a collaboration with Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) to support the Adobe Flash Platform. Sling Media will natively support Adobe® Flash® Player and Flash streaming protocols in the Slingbox® Pro-HD and Slingbox SOLO.
News categories: Sling Media, Adobe, CES2025, Media Player, Placeshifting

DivX Plus™ HD Technology First to Market in Philips' 2010 Line of Blu-ray Disc® Players
Jan 6, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced that Philips (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) will introduce the DivX Plus™ HD playback feature in its next generation of Blu-ray products to be launched in early 2010.
News categories: DivX, Philips, Blu-ray, CES2025, Media Player, Smart Home, USA