Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Entone and Minerva to Showcase First IPTV Whole-home DVR at NXTComm 2008
Jun 10, 2008 – Entone and Minerva Networks have unveiled their whole-home digital video recorder (DVR) solution which they will be demonstrating at NXTComm in Las Vegas (June 17th - 19th).
News categories: Entone, Minerva Networks, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Smart Home

Cable tru2way™ Platform Gains Endorsements from Major CE and IT Companies
Jun 9, 2008 – Major consumer electronics (CE) and information technology (IT) companies have signed binding memorandums of understanding (MOU) on tru2way™ technology with the top six cable operators in the United States.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Sunplus Selects Sonic CinePlayer BD Navigator for its Blu-ray SoC
Jun 3, 2008 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced an agreement to license the Sonic® CinePlayer® BD Navigator software to Sunplus Technology. Sunplus is integrating Sonic's HDMV and BD-J technology with its new Blu-ray Disc player SoC solutions.
News categories: Sonic Solutions, Sunplus, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Middleware, Semiconductor

Dreampark Commits to SVG Standard for Optimized Speed and Performance
Jun 3, 2008 – Dreampark has announced that it is fully committed to the new SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) standard for its ability to optimize the speed and performance of IPTV services.
News categories: Dreampark, SVG, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Ocean Blue Demonstrates World's First CI+ Application
Jun 2, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software has produced the world's first CI+ application. The application is the first to use the new Common Interface Plus (CI+) standard, delivering advanced, graphic applications inside a CAM, to run on a CI+ enabled TV.
News categories: Ocean Blue, CI+ Forum, ANGA COM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV

Axel Springer and Philips establish global alliance for Personal TV
May 30, 2008 – Axel Springer (Frankfurt: SPR) Digital TV Guide and Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) establish an alliance for the introduction of a global innovation in the sector of Personal TV. The new offering TV DIGITAL PERSONAL is powered by APRICO.
News categories: Philips, Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, APRICO, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Corbina Telecom Partners With Microsoft to Deliver Connected TV on the Microsoft Mediaroom Platform
May 29, 2008 – VimpelCom (NYSE:VIP) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deliver new connected TV experiences to consumers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through Corbina TV, powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform.
News categories: Microsoft, VimpelCom, Corbina, Steve Ballmer, Jean-Pierre Vandromme, Dmitry Malov, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia

TWB Develops User Interface for Next Generation Digital Broadcasting Products
May 28, 2008 – The Writers Block (TWB) has been chosen by a leading Internet Media company to develop and implement a video user interface for its set-top box (STB), allowing users to access digital content from multiple broadcasting platforms and across formats.
News categories: The Writers Block, Broadband, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Panasonic chooses S&T's MHEG Engine for UK Freesat Service
May 27, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) Client Systems has announced that Panasonic has confirmed that it has chosen the company's RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV engine for use within IDTVs to receive Freesat, the UK's new, free satellite TV service.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Panasonic, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Smart TV, UK