Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

ANT and Unihan Partner to Target Japanese IPTV Market
Jul 16, 2008 – ANT Software (London: ANTP) has announced that Unihan (Taipei: 2357) has licensed ANT Galio Browser for its new set top boxes. The first customer for the new set-top box is Cool.revo who plans to roll-out innovative new IPTV services in Q1 2009.
News categories: ANT Software, Unihan, Cool.revo, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

SkyLife Broadens Relationship with NDS by Selecting VideoGuard® and MediaHighway® for New HD Service
Jul 14, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) has extended its relationship with NDS by selecting NDS' VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) and MediaHighway® middleware for its new HDTV service.
News categories: NDS Group, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Middleware, Satellite

Ocean Blue supports Freeview+ PVR software & HD standard
Jul 10, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software has announced full support for the UK DTG hard disk based set top software standard and rebranding to Freeview+ with updated versions of its software for STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and NXP chipsets.
News categories: Ocean Blue Software, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

WhereverTV Delivers Hundreds of International Television Channels to Any Standard TV with the Introduction of the WhereverTV Receiver
Jul 9, 2008 – WhereverTV, a pioneer in delivering international television programming available on the Internet directly to TVs, has announced the launch of the WhereverTV Receiver and service at the SINO Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: WhereverTV, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Edgeware and Dreampark Announce Joint Integration to Enable Advanced nPVR and Time Shift TV
Jul 8, 2008 – Dreampark and Edgeware have announced the completion of a joint integration project. The combined offering enables a wide range of interactive features including nPVR, Time Shift TV, Start Over TV, Historic EPG and Scheduled Recordings.
News categories: Dreampark, Edgeware, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

China Digital TV Chosen as Mobile TV Solution Developer by State Administration of Radio Film and Television
Jul 2, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that the Company has been designated as a mobile TV solution developer by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), China's regulatory body on broadcasting.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, SARFT, China, Middleware, Mobile

Half of US Cable Subscribers Will Have "tru2way" by 2013
Jul 1, 2008 – Operators are finally starting to deploy tru2way STBs and in 2013 about half of all US cable subscribers will have a tru2way STB. But according to ABI Research, many obstacles and interoperability challenges must be overcome along the way.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

OKI Develops Audience Rating Information System for IPTV
Jun 30, 2008 – Oki Electric (TSE: 6703) has announced it has developed an IPTV 'Audience Rating Information System' which will be offered to the Japanese market. The system collects viewership data to enable broadcasting companies to improve their services.
News categories: Oki Electric, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Cable TV specification could revive living room PC
Jun 30, 2008 – A new specification that defines a two-way digital cable TV link is being developed by CableLabs. The standard is essentially a PC version of CableLabs' Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) specification.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Streaming, USA