Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Investment in IPTV equipment continues despite subscriber slowdown
Oct 28, 2008 – The North American IPTV and SDV equipment market declined sharply in 2Q08, pulling the worldwide market down 5% sequentially to $1.27 billion despite healthy increases in EMEA, Asia Pacific, and CALA, reports market research firm Infonetics Research.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Subscribers

PrimeTel to unveil Arabic user interface at IPTV World Forum MEA 2008, Dubai
Oct 23, 2008 – Following a successful presence at IBC 2008, PrimeTel will showcase Thunderworx's Twister triple-play platform at IPTV World Forum Middle East & Africa 2008, in Dubai.
News categories: PrimeTel, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 23, 2008 – NDS (Nasdaq: NNDS) has announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. 95.4 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access and 98.7 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Netflix and Samsung Partner to Instantly Stream Movies on Next Generation Blu-ray Disc Players
Oct 23, 2008 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Samsung Electronics America have announced a partnership to offer consumers the ability to stream movies and TV episodes from the Netflix web site directly to Samsung BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray disc players.
News categories: Netflix, Samsung Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking and Conax Chipset Pairing into Its Leading Digital Television Reference Designs to Offer Turnkey Solution in the Growing Threat of Illegal Content Theft and Redistribution
Oct 22, 2008 – Digialist has announced that it has integrated the NexGuard™ forensic watermarking technology from Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), and Conax Chipset Pairing into its low-cost MPEG-2 set-top-box reference design.
News categories: Digialist, Thomson, Conax, Content Protection, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking

Motorola Accelerates IPTV Deployment With Standards-Based Device Management
Oct 22, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has launched remote device management for its IPTV set-tops. Motorola NBBS is a software platform that enables operators to remotely access a full portfolio of consumer devices, home networks and services.
News categories: Motorola, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

China Mobile selects Streamezzo to develop and deploy interactive mobile TV offering in time for 2008 Olympics
Oct 21, 2008 – Streamezzo has announced that China Mobile (Hong Kong: 0941; NYSE: CHL) has selected Streamezzo's rich media software platform and professional services to design, develop and deploy its new interactive Mobile TV offering.
News categories: Streamezzo, China Mobile, 5G, China, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile

BBT First Field Trial Next Month
Oct 20, 2008 – Beyond Broadband Technology (BBT) will begin the first field trial of its downloadable conditional access system (DCAS)-based video platform by the end of the month, using the WinDBreak Cable system in Lyman, Nebraska.
News categories: Beyond Broadband Technology, R.L. Drake, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

ATIS IIF Releases Key Standard on Network Attachment and Initialization of Devices & Client Discovery of IPTV Services
Oct 20, 2008 – ATIS has announced the release of a new standard created by the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF). This document specifies the initial set of activities that prepare devices in the consumer domain to receive and consume IPTV services.
News categories: IPTV Interoperability Forum, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box