Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Ericsson powers interactive TV for Ucom in Armenia
Jun 24, 2009 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is bringing high-quality, interactive TV to viewers in Armenia through a deal with operator Ucom. Ericsson will deliver its IPTV solution including GPON technology in the first contract of its kind.
News categories: Ericsson, Ucom, Armenia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware

OpenTV Powers Digital Cable Launch in China
Jun 23, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that it has launched an end-to-end middleware solution for Southern Yinshi Network Media Ltd, a subsidiary of Southern Media Corporation, one of China's leading broadcasting groups.
News categories: OpenTV, Southern Media Corporation, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Kaonmedia moves to ANT Galio Platform for new Set-Top Boxes
Jun 23, 2009 – ANT (London: ANTP) has announced that Kaonmedia has licensed the ANT Galio Client for its latest range of set-top boxes. The new range will be targeted at the retail and operator markets and are due to launch in Q4 2009.
News categories: ANT plc, Kaonmedia, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

TelstraClear Partners with Top Developers for Personal Video Recorder
Jun 22, 2009 – TelstraClear (ASX:TLS) has contracted Digisoft and Verimatrix to deliver a next generation personal video recorder (PVR) for its cable customers. The companies will jointly develop a hybrid HD DVB-C set-top box with PVR, IPTV and supporting services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Digisoft, TelstraClear, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box

Multimedia Polska grows to 100,000 digital TV subscribers
Jun 22, 2009 – Latens has announced that Multimedia Polska's hybrid DVB-C and IPTV service - secured by Latens software-only Conditional Access - has reached 100,000 subscribers.
News categories: Latens, Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Celestial Semiconductors selects S&T MHEG technology
Jun 16, 2009 – Strategy & Technology has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG solution to Celestial Semiconductors of China. The libraries are being integrated into Celestial's software for markets such as Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand, as well as UK HD Freeview.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Celestial Semiconductors, Digital TV, DVR, Licensing, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

CableLabs® Releases Software Tools to Enable More Interactive Content
Jun 15, 2009 – CableLabs® has completed its beta development phase of the tru2way™ Reference Implementation and has made it publicly available through java.net, Sun Microsystems' open source project site.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Leading-edge Digital Technologies at BroadcastAsia 2009
Jun 11, 2009 – BroadcastAsia returns to the Singapore Expo on 16 19 June 2009. MediaCorp, Skycom Satellite Systems and Zentek Technology Singapore will demonstrate an open standard, end-to-end MHP-based interactive television system.
News categories: BroadcastAsia, Skycom, Zentek, MediaCorp, BroadcastAsia, DVB-MHP, DVB-T2, Set Top Box

Italy - April 2009 DTT decoder market
Jun 10, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of April 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial