Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Italy - March 2009 DTT decoder market
May 8, 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 March 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

OpenTV Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 7, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) has announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Revenues for the quarter were $29.4 million, compared to $33.8 million for the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: OpenTV, Middleware, Results

Motorola Reports First-Quarter Financial Results
Apr 30, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported sales of $5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2009. Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility segment shipped more than 4.3 million digital entertainment devices in the quarter.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

CYFRA+ adds DTT reception to Philips set-tops
Apr 30, 2009 – Poland's CYFRA+ has released new software to enable the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) tuner in its Philips HD set-top boxes. As a result, subscribers will be able to receive DTT free of charge and without the need to purchase separate equipment.
News categories: CYFRA+, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

KDG Selects NDS as End-to-end Solution Provider
Apr 30, 2009 – NDS has announced that KDG has selected NDS as end-to-end solution provider to enhance its digital TV platform. KDG operates cable networks in 13 German states and supplies services to approximately 9 million connected households in Germany.
News categories: NDS Group, KDG, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

Videocon soft launches India DTH service
Apr 28, 2009 – Videocon Industries will launch its Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite service in India on May 1st, after a soft launch on April 27th in Macau in front of its 2,500 dealers.
News categories: D2H, Videocon Industries, ARION, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NDS Joins Macrovision's EPG Patent Licensing Program
Apr 27, 2009 – Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) has announced that NDS has entered into a license agreement for its Gemstar EPG patents. The agreement allows NDS to offer licensed EPGs to its pay-TV platform operator customers in specified countries.
News categories: Macrovision, NDS, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Patent, Set Top Box

DOXTV Selects NDS Technology to Bring DVR and push VOD to China
Apr 27, 2009 – NDS has announced that DOXTV, a leading value-added TV service provider in China, has chosen an end-to-end suite of NDS technologies to protect and enhance its business - the first-ever introduction of DVR and push VOD functionality in China.
News categories: NDS Group, DOXTV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Opera and I-Plus bring Web and Widgets to TVs
Apr 22, 2009 – I-Plus Technology has selected the Opera Devices SDK 9.7 for the latest addition to its IP set-top box family, the IPT110. With Opera inside, hospitality and residential customers can start surfing the Web, with Widgets, on their TV screens.
News categories: Opera Software, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming