Media Player News

ArcSoft Launches Multimedia Solutions for Android Platform
Feb 17, 2009 – ArcSoft has announced the launch of ArcSoft PowerMobia™ for Android, the software-based multimedia turn-key solution, on the Android platform.
News categories: ArcSoft, OpenMax, Media Player, Mobile, MWC24

Broadcom Accelerates Flash Based Entertainment for Mobile Phones
Feb 16, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the integration of the Adobe® Flash® Platform into Broadcom's advanced multimedia processor system-on-a- chip (SoC) solution featuring the company's latest version of VideoCore® mobile multimedia technology.
News categories: Broadcom, Adobe, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

On2 Technologies Demonstrates High-Definition Mobile Video Solutions at Mobile World Congress
Feb 5, 2009 – On2 Technologies (NYSE Alternext US: ONT) will demonstrate high-definition mobile video solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 16-19.
News categories: On2 Technologies, Media Player, Mobile, MWC24, Silicon IP

ADB Receives DivX Certification™ for IPTV Set-Top Box
Jan 29, 2009 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) has announced the DivX Certification™ of the ADB-3810TW IPTV set-top box (STB) from Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN). The newly enhanced STB will be available throughout Europe.
News categories: DivX, Advanced Digital Broadcast, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming

SENSIO Signs a Licensing Contract for the Sale of its New Software Decoder: The S3D
Jan 28, 2009 – SENSIO Technologies (TSX VENTURE:SIO) has licensed its new S3D, or SENSIO Stereoscopic Software Decoder, product to ArcSoft. The S3D decoder is a software version of the SENSIO® 3D decoder that is already being sold on the consumer electronic market.
News categories: SENSIO, ArcSoft, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Media Player, Metaverse, Streaming

Mozilla and Wikimedia Join Forces to Support Open Video
Jan 27, 2009 – Mozilla has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation to help coordinate improvements to the development of Ogg Theora and related open video technologies. Mozilla and Wikimedia share a strong commitment to open standards.
News categories: Theora, Vorbis, Wikimedia Foundation, Mozilla, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming

Zodiac Interactive and Alticast Team on Tru2way™ Technology
Jan 26, 2009 – Zodiac Interactive and Alticast have announced that they will bundle Zodiac PowerUp™ for tru2way technology with Alticast AltiCaptor™. The combined solution will enable MSOs to deliver interactive services and applications and advanced VOD.
News categories: Zodiac Interactive, Alticast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions Team for Internet Movie Delivery
Jan 14, 2009 – Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions have announced an alliance to give consumers access to a vast library of premium digital entertainment across a wide assortment of home (PC and consumer electronics) and mobile devices.
News categories: Blockbuster Inc, Sonic Solutions, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet

Eco Controllo codec improves on H.264 and MPEG-4
Jan 13, 2009 – Eco Controllo has claimed that it has developed a new codec for high definition video with a compression ratio up to four times greater than that currently available with H.264 and MPEG-4 codecs.
News categories: Eco Controllo, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Streaming