Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

OpenTV Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. For the quarter, revenues were $26.8 million, an increase of 17% over revenues of $23.0 million for the second quarter of 2007.
News categories: OpenTV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

Premiere: Decisive phase in the fight against the organized theft of rights
Aug 5, 2008 – Premiere (PRE.XE) has developed and successfully tested an extensive security package together with its encryption partners NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) to ensure that all pirate viewers will be greeted with a blank screen soon.
News categories: Premiere AG, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

NDS Group PLC Reports Fiscal Year 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – NDS Group (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. 90.3 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access technology and 92.5 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, DRM, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Market Research, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Integrated Digital TV Shipments to Grow to 143 million. Is the Set-top Box Under Threat?
Aug 4, 2008 – IMS Research is forecasting that shipments of integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will grow to 143 million in 2013, up from and estimated 52 million in 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Market Research, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ATIS IPTV Metadata Standards Enable Transport of Critical Information
Jul 31, 2008 – ATIS has announced that the ATIS Interoperability IPTV Forum (IIF) has released two metadata specifications. The two standards are the IPTV EPG Metadata Specification and the IPTV Emergency Alert System (EAS) Metadata Specification.
News categories: ATIS, IPTV, Middleware

SKY New Zealand Chooses XTV™ and EPG from NDS to Power New High Definition DVR
Jul 31, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that SKY Television, New Zealand's leading subscription television provider, selected NDS XTV™ DVR technology to power its new MYSKY HDi High Definition quad tuner DVR.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky New Zealand, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box

FOXTEL Selects NDS XTV™ to Power New Quad Tuner High Definition DVR
Jul 31, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that FOXTEL has selected NDS XTV™ DVR technology to power its new FOXTEL iQ2 High Definition quad tuner DVR. NDS also developed the EPG for the FOXTEL iQ2 and carried out the systems integration for the launch.
News categories: NDS Group, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Gateway Broadcast Services Selects MediaHighway® Middleware and EPG for its African Pay TV Service
Jul 31, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS) has chosen MediaHighway® middleware and NDS Electronic Program Guide (EPG) to enhance its pay-TV satellite service for sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: NDS Group, GTV, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Launch of Hong Kong Interactive TV Platform
Jul 30, 2008 – Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) (Hong Kong: 0511) has announced the launch of its MHEG5-based interactive TV service on 8 August 2008, in time for audience to catch up with the latest news on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
News categories: Television Broadcasts Limited, ASTRI, HKSTP, Digital Living Consortium, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial