Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

HD arms race boosts IPTV equipment spending
Mar 18, 2009 – Infonetics Research has recently released the Q4 edition of its IPTV and Switched Digital Video report. The number of IPTV subscribers more than doubled in 2008 to 25.4 million worldwide, and is expected to grow to about 45 million in 2009.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Latens and Pixsan Integrate MHEG-5 open standards middleware platform
Mar 18, 2009 – Latens has partnered with Pixsan to provide an MHEG-5 middleware solution for cable operators. Demonstrated at Convergence India 2009, Latens and Pixsan offer a client solution of software-only Conditional Access (CAS) and MHEG-5 based middleware.
News categories: Latens, Pixsan, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

Raft of new IPTV standards set to drive market adoption
Mar 18, 2009 – ITU-T's work on IPTV standards has progressed significantly in recent weeks with a raft of new specifications agreed. The work has moved on from the foundation documents containing high-level architectures and frameworks to more detailed specifications.
News categories: ITU-T, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

NXP advances digital switchover with new integrated set-top box platform
Mar 17, 2009 – NXP Semiconductors has unveiled the new STB150 system solution, delivering a complete production-ready platform for the fast growing digital cable TV services market. NXP will be demonstrating the STB150 reference design at the CCBN show in Beijing.
News categories: NXP, iPanel, Cable TV, CCBN, China, DVR, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Comstar-UTS Selects New NDS Master UI™ to Enrich IPTV in Russia
Mar 16, 2009 – NDS has announced that COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST) is the first customer to deploy NDS Master UI™, a user interface that transforms the way content and features are presented on screen and enhances the way users interact with them.
News categories: NDS Group, Comstar-UTS, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ANTEL Uruguay goes with Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft for IPTV
Mar 13, 2009 – The Uruguayan state owned operator Antel has reportedly chosen a platform from Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU), with Microsoft Mediaroom middleware, for its IPTV network.
News categories: Microsoft, ANTEL, Alcatel-Lucent, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Uruguay

Collaboration Brings VoD to Standard TV Receivers without Set-Top Boxes
Mar 12, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC), Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE), Neotion and S&T have combined their expertise to deliver a VoD solution that enables cable operators to deliver services and adverts direct to the TV, without a set-top box (STB).
News categories: Neotion, Sony, TANDBERG Television, S&T, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Osmosys Launches New Multi-Platform Open Standard Interactive TV Solution
Mar 12, 2009 – Osmosys has announced the launch of its MHP 1.2 software. MHP 1.2 provides new features including IPTV support, a provision for unbound applications such as caller ID and targeted messaging, Switched Digital Video and other Tru2way/OCAP features.
News categories: Osmosys, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Hathway Launches DVR Services based on NDS XTV™ DVR Technology
Mar 12, 2009 – NDS has announced that Hathway, the leading digital cable provider in India, has launched its ground-breaking Digital Box PLUS DVR solution, based on NDS XTV™ DVR technology.
News categories: NDS Group, Hathway, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware