Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Pace demonstrates IP connectivity leadership at IPTV World Forum
Mar 22, 2010 – Pace (LSE:PIC) will demonstrate its IP connectivity expertise during the IPTV World Forum show in London this week. Pace will showcase both future technological innovation and real-world customer deployments of its converged pay TV technologies.
News categories: Pace plc, Mathias Hautefort, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange

Arxan to Demonstrate Application Hardening Technology at IPTV World Forum
Mar 22, 2010 – Arxan Technologies has announced that it will conduct live product demonstrations of its GuardIT technology at the IPTV World Forum. Arxan's software security technology ensures that DRM-enabled systems such as IPTV can comply with DRM robustness rules.
News categories: Arxan, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ADB and Mariner Provide Proactive Service Monitoring Solution
Mar 22, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX:ADBN) and Mariner have unveiled a solution to enable proactive pay-TV service monitoring which increases the quality of subscribers' experience and reduces operator costs.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Mariner, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Vestel to Integrate Miniweb for Advanced Connected TV services
Mar 21, 2010 – Vestel and Miniweb have announced a strategic partnership for the deployment of Miniweb's broadband content guide and services platform across a range of Vestel's connected TV devices.
News categories: Miniweb, Vestel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Video Exchange

Open IPTV Forum Release 1.1 implementations on show at the IPTV World Forum
Mar 18, 2010 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) booth (#233) at the IPTV World Forum in London will showcase technology solutions demonstrating elements of Release 1.1 of its specifications.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ST-based set-top box design released by SemiDevices
Mar 12, 2010 – SemiDevices has released a new set-top box design, developed in partnership with STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM). The design is based on the STi7167 STB decoder with integrated DVB-T/DVB-C demodulator, which allows also IPTV broadcasting and supports SD/HD video.
News categories: SemiDevices, STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Latens and Coship offer solution for IPTV and Cable markets
Mar 10, 2010 – Latens has announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with Coship (Shenzhen:002052). The partners are to work together on delivering solutions based on Coship's range of set-top boxes (STBs) with Latens software CAS and ECO Middleware.
News categories: Latens, Coship, Cable TV, Conditional Access, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Minerva IPTV Platform Powers Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Television Deployment
Mar 10, 2010 – Minerva Networks has announced that Pioneer Telephone, the fourth largest telephone cooperative in the United States, has successfully completed the migration from a legacy third-party system to the Company's platform.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Pioneer Telephone, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA

TiVo subscribers down 131 thousand in quarter to end-January 2010
Mar 8, 2010 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for the quarter ended January 31, 2010. For the quarter, service and technology revenues were $45.3 million, compared with $48.5 million for the same period last year and $47.1 million in the prior quarter.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, USA