Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

PacketVideo's CORE Multimedia Framework Powers New SoftBank 830N Handset Manufactured by NEC
Mar 10, 2009 – PacketVideo (PV) has announced that its CORE™ multimedia client framework has been selected by NEC to power advanced media services on the new SoftBank 830N handset. The SoftBank 830N has been on sale in Japan since February 2009.
News categories: PacketVideo, NEC, SoftBank, Japan, Middleware, Mobile

hellas online launches 'hol tv' IPTV service
Mar 9, 2009 – hellas online (Athens: INTRK) has launched IPTV on its fibre-optic network in Greece, using the brand name 'hol tv'. hol tv offers high definition (HD) programming for the first time in Greece.
News categories: hellas online, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Siano and Cidana launch first CAS enabled Solution for Chinese Mobile TV PC market
Mar 4, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon and Cidana have announced the launch of a CAS solution to receive CMMB broadcast Mobile Digital TV services for PC products in China. The solution is based on a 'Big-Card' (or CI-Module) component and is SARFT-certified.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Cidana, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

SoftAtHome chooses ANT Galio Browser
Mar 2, 2009 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced that SoftAtHome has chosen ANT Galio Browser to enhance its operating platform in order to deliver a high quality user experience for service providers.
News categories: ANT Software, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart Home

TVBLOB Aims to Make TV as Open as the Web with the First BLOBbox from Telsey
Mar 2, 2009 – TVBLOB™ and Telsey® have launched the first BLOBbox™, a set-top box with advanced software able to harness all of the content available on the Web, without any filtering or pre-selection by a third party.
News categories: Telsey, TVBLOB, TecnologieCreative, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

TiVo and Alticast Announce Agreement
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Alticast have announced that they have entered into an agreement intended to reduce the time-to-market for pay TV operators seeking to harness TiVo's consumer experience in conjunction with the Alticast embedded software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Alticast, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Kudelski 2008 Results and New Client Wins
Feb 27, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2008 annual results. Digital TV progressed well in the second half, generating a 46.1% net revenue growth compared to the first half. For the full year Digital TV achieved a 15.3% growth rate.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Technisat Licenses Redkey™ 2 From Strategy & Technology
Feb 26, 2009 – Strategy & Technology Client Systems has announced that it has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to TechniSat. RedKey 2 is a software receiver engine that adds MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to set-top boxes and IDTVs.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, TechniSat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

Codetel teams with Alcatel-Lucent to launch IPTV in the Dominican Republic
Feb 25, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) has launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing subscribers across the country with high-quality TV programming, VoD and other multimedia services.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, CODETEL, Victor Agnellini, Oscar Peña, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Middleware