Media Player News

Samsung's MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen
Jul 23, 2008 – MediaLive from Samsung (Seoul:005930) delivers digital content in real-time from Windows Media Center on a PC running Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Vista to the big screen of a Samsung HDTV via a wireless or wired home network.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

TiVo Provides YouTube Videos Directly to the Television
Jul 17, 2008 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced the availability of YouTube videos on the TV via a TiVo® DVR. Broadband-connected subscribers with TiVo Series3™ and TiVo HD DVRs can now access millions of user generated videos hosted on YouTube.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

byd:sign Introduces First DivX Certified® HDTV to Hit Japan
Jun 30, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced the DivX Certification of byd:sign Corporation's new LCD HDTV - the first LCD HDTV with DivX Certification for the Japan market.
News categories: DivX, byd:sign, Digital TV, Japan, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming

BBC sets sights on Apple over web video
Jun 26, 2008 – The BBC is developing plans to bring web video such as its iPlayer catch-up service on to television screens, in a move that would take its online ambitions to a new level and pit the corporation against technology groups such as Apple.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Next generation BBC iPlayer launches
Jun 25, 2008 – The BBC has unveiled a new-look BBC iPlayer which fully integrates radio and TV in one interface, as the service records over 100 million requests to view programmes in the six months since its launch.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

Widevine® Connects Cable, Telco and Satellite Services to Apple, Adobe and RealNetworks Players
Jun 16, 2008 – Widevine has announced an enhancement to Widevine Cypher® that converts MPEG2 TS (transport streams) on a PC so they are recognizable by Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) Flash, Apple (Nasdaq: APPL) QuickTime and RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) RealPlayer.
News categories: Widevine, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, Watermarking

PacketVideo's CORE™ Multimedia Player for Video and Music Powers 10 New Models in NTT DoCoMo 906i & 706i Series
May 27, 2008 – PacketVideo (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: WAVE), has been selected by NTT DoCoMo to power 10 new advanced multimedia player handset options with PV's universal player software, also known as CORE™ multimedia client framework.
News categories: PacketVideo, NTT DoCoMo, DRM, Japan, Media Player, Mobile

Orb First to Enable Live TV on iPhone
May 8, 2008 – Orb Networks has announced the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time, iPhone users can enjoy the immediacy of live sporting events and fast-breaking news on their phone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Streaming

videantis introduces new scalable video solutions up to HD for mobile devices
Apr 30, 2008 – videantis GmbH has announced the addition of the new v-MP20x0MOB product line of scalable video solutions to its growing portfolio of multi-standard video IP solutions.
News categories: videantis, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP