MHEG-5 (Digital Teletext) News

Latens and Pixsan Integrate MHEG-5 open standards middleware platform
Mar 18, 2009 – Latens has partnered with Pixsan to provide an MHEG-5 middleware solution for cable operators. Demonstrated at Convergence India 2009, Latens and Pixsan offer a client solution of software-only Conditional Access (CAS) and MHEG-5 based middleware.
News categories: Latens, Pixsan, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

Technisat Licenses Redkey™ 2 From Strategy & Technology
Feb 26, 2009 – Strategy & Technology Client Systems has announced that it has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to TechniSat. RedKey 2 is a software receiver engine that adds MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to set-top boxes and IDTVs.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, TechniSat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

IMPALA welcomes inclusion of MHEG-5 in South Africa DTT trial
Feb 2, 2009 – The International MHEG Promotion Alliance (IMPALA) has confirmed that MHEG-5 is included as part of the recently started DTT trial in South Africa. The DTT trial, which began in November, is designed to test a variety of technical factors.
News categories: IMPALA, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

IWEDIA to complement its added-value offer with software components
Jan 7, 2009 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced it will be complementing its current product portfolio of turnkey software solutions with a range of standalone software components.
News categories: IWEDIA, Content Protection, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

MHEG-5 included in Windows® Media Center TV pack update
Oct 9, 2008 – The IMPALA MHEG Promotion Alliance has expressed delight at the recent announcement from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that it has released an update to the version of Windows® Media Center included with Windows Vista®, which includes support for MHEG-5.
News categories: IMPALA, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Software, Streaming

Boxer MHEG Announcement Welcomed by IMPALA
Sep 29, 2008 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has welcomed the recent announcement by Sweden-based pay-TV group Boxer that it has selected MHEG-5 as the interactive middleware to be included in all products marketed to receive its TV packages.
News categories: Boxer, IMPALA, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

Boxer includes MHEG-5 in receiver specification
Sep 18, 2008 – The DTT service operator Boxer will include the MHEG-5 format for interactivity in its technical specification for DTT receivers.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

IWEDIA Middleware announces the forthcoming availability of its Comedia DVB-CI+ host software
Aug 27, 2008 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced that it will make DVB-CI+ host software available in the middle of Q4, 2008. The announcement was made to coincide with the opening of IFA, which is taking place in Berlin from August 29th through September 3rd.
News categories: IWEDIA, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IFABerlin, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Latens Partners with Skyworth to Offer Cost Effective Solutions for the Asian Pay-TV market
Aug 14, 2008 – Latens has announced that Skyworth Digital (Hong Kong: 0751) has successfully integrated the company's BCAS product with a new range of digital video broadcast cable (DVB-C) set-top boxes (STBs) for emerging markets.
News categories: Latens, Skyworth, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, India, MHEG-5, Set Top Box