Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

STMicroelectronics Announces Content Protection Support for Premium Interactive-TV Video Content with Adobe Flash Access
Jan 6, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has introduced out-of-the box content protection for TVs with its latest STB and TV ICs supporting Adobe® Flash® Access (Nasdaq: ADBE), a protection and monetization solution that is a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Adobe, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Digital Keystone Demonstrates Expanded Gateway Connectivity with Live TV Services on Multiple Client Devices at CES
Jan 6, 2011 – Digital Keystone has announced an increased level of integration between the Digital Keystone Maelstrom distributed gateway software and the Intel® (NASDAQ: INTC) Atom™ processor CE4200.
News categories: Digital Keystone, Intel Corp, CES2025, Content Protection, Gateway, Middleware, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ACCESS Showcases Technologies for Connected TV, Connected Home and Mobility at International CES 2011
Jan 6, 2011 – ACCESS (TOKYO: 4813) has announced its participation at International CES 2011. ACCESS has lined up a series of leading-edge technologies showcasing its most recent offerings for the connected TV, connected home and mobile markets.
News categories: ACCESS CO, CES2025, Middleware, Mobile, Streaming

ACCESS and Panasonic Partner to Promote Open Platform for Internet TV Services
Jan 6, 2011 – ACCESS (TOKYO: 4813) and Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) have announced a partnership to promote an open platform for Internet TV services. ACCESS will deliver an Internet TV platform, under the brand name NetFront™ TV Cast, based on Panasonic's Ajax-CE middleware.
News categories: ACCESS CO, Panasonic, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

HyperPanel Lab Selects ACCESS NetFront™ Browser for New HbbTV Solution
Jan 6, 2011 – ACCESS CO. has announced that HyperPanel Lab, the digital-TV solutions provider, has selected ACCESS' NetFront™ Browser DTV Profile HbbTV Edition for its new HyperPanel HbbTV solution.
News categories: ACCESS CO, HyperPanel, CES2025, Digital TV, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

ACCESS Enhances NetFront™ Series to Support Android™ OS for DTVs and Set-Top Boxes
Jan 6, 2011 – ACCESS (TOKYO: 4813) has announced that it has enhanced its NetFront™ series to support the Android™ OS for DTVs and STBs, implementing its NetFront Browser and NetFront™ Living Connect applications on Sigma Designs' (NASDAQ: SIGM) SMP8656 Secure Media Processor™.
News categories: ACCESS CO, Sigma Designs, MIPS Technologies, Android TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

TiVo and Virgin Media Deploy the World's Most Advanced Cable Set-Top Box
Jan 6, 2011 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) (LSE: VMED) is deploying Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo, its new next-generation TV offering to its customers across the United Kingdom.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Virgin Media, Cable TV, CES2025, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

D2 Technologies Collaborates with Freescale on Android-based Reference Design with HD Video Call Capability
Jan 6, 2011 – D2 Technologies has announced the availability of a new multimedia processor/software solution based on i.MX technology from Freescale. The platform offers a production-ready solution for devices delivering high definition voice and IP video calling.
News categories: D2 Technologies, Freescale, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor

PlayJam Teams with STMicroelectronics to Bring Games to TV
Jan 6, 2011 – PlayJam is teaming with STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) to bring games to connected TVs and set-top box devices. PlayJam will integrate its games channel across a wide range of ST platforms, including Freeman Ultra, a TV SoC processor.
News categories: PlayJam, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV