Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Gracenote Connected TV Technologies Ship With Leading Home Entertainment Products
Jan 6, 2011 – Gracenote® has announced that its connected TV technologies have been adopted by leading home entertainment brands to bring a more interactive experience to consumers, as well as drive new revenue opportunities for manufacturers and content providers.
News categories: Gracenote, CES2025, Middleware, Smart TV

Panasonic Takes Connected TV to the Next Level With Launch of VIERA Connect™
Jan 5, 2011 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) has unveiled at CES, VIERA Connect™, an enhancement of its connected TV offering that includes expanded video streaming, two-way interactive features from gaming to social networking, and fitness programs.
News categories: Panasonic, CES2025, Middleware, Smart TV, Social TV, Streaming

RVU Alliance to Showcase RUI Technology at CES
Jan 5, 2011 – The RVU Alliance has announced that its members will conduct demonstrations of the RVU Remote User Interface technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from Jan. 6-9.
News categories: RVU Alliance, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home

LG Electronics and Synerchip Announce Broad DiiVA Collaboration
Jan 5, 2011 – LG Electronics and Synerchip have announced a wide-ranging collaboration to bring Digital Interactive Interface for Video & Audio™ (DiiVA™) functionality to market in a broad array of advanced TVs and other consumer electronics (CE) devices.
News categories: LG Electronics, Synerchip, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Hillcrest Labs Unveils Low Cost, Embedded Motion-Control System for Connected TVs
Jan 5, 2011 – Hillcrest Labs has announced a new low cost, embedded motion-control system for TV manufacturers. The new turnkey solution is designed to support new motion pointing and gesture-enabled user interfaces. It will be showcased at the CES show.
News categories: Hillcrest Labs, Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor

MIPS Technologies Continues Digital Home Leadership With New SmartCE™ Platform
Jan 5, 2011 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) has unveiled the new SmartCE™ (Connected Entertainment) platform, which will be demonstrated running on several of its licensees' SoC platforms at CES.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Blu-ray, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV, Streaming

SeaChange's VividLogic Tru2Way® Software to be Integrated in Technicolor Set-Top Boxes
Jan 5, 2011 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) has announced an agreement with Technicolor (Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) that will bring its VividLogic tru2way® software stack to Technicolor's range of Intel-based (NASDAQ: INTC) digital set-top boxes in 2011.
News categories: SeaChange International, Technicolor, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Trident and Flingo Deliver the World's First Deployment of Sync Apps(SM) on Connected TVs
Jan 5, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that it has integrated Flingo's Sync App(SM) technology onto its digital TV (DTV) platform to make TV watching more fun and engaging through a new level of interactivity with TV programming.
News categories: Trident Micro, Flingo, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV

NDS Partners with ARM to Enable OTT Delivery on Connected TVs
Jan 5, 2011 – NDS has announced that it is has entered into a partnership with ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) to enable the delivery of Over-the-Top (OTT) content and services to connected TVs, with NDS InfiniteTV™.
News categories: NDS Group, ARM, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Streaming