Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

OpenTV Rapid Porting Program Joined by STMicroelectronics
May 12, 2008 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has joined OpenTV's 'Rapid Porting Program,' the OpenTV-led effort to provide rapid, high quality ports of OpenTV middleware to a wide range of chipsets and set-top boxes.
News categories: OpenTV, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

FVT of Chile wins interactive TV contract in the US
May 8, 2008 – Chilean company FVT will integrate Amino (London: AMO) STBs, Verimatrix content protection and GoBackTV technology for ESEK iTV, a New York-based system that will provide TV channels to residential TVs through set-top-boxes, PCs, notebooks and cellular phones.
News categories: FVT, ESEK iTV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

CableLabs® Announces New Tru2way™ Retail Host Device License Agreement
May 5, 2008 – CableLabs® and Samsung have announced their agreement on a new tru2way™ license that provides consumer electronics device manufacturers a streamlined license for their retail products to interface to 2-way interactive cable networks.
News categories: CableLabs, Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Pace Micro Technology to Showcase Its Family of Products for the Americas at NCTA's 2008 Cable Show May 18-20 in New Orleans
May 5, 2008 – Pace Micro (LSE:PIC) has announced plans to exhibit its family of products for the US, Canadian, and Latin American markets at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 2008 Cable Show in New Orleans, May 18-20, 2008.
News categories: Pace Micro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

NDS Group plc Reports Third Quarter Results
May 1, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. NDS had 86.9 million active digital TV smart cards, 83.1 million cumulative middleware clients deployed and 12.1 million cumulative DVR clients deployed.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

ADB Launches into Hungary with HelloHD
Apr 28, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX: ADBN) has announced that it will supply high definition (HD) digital video recorders (DVRs), integrated with DVB-MHP software from Osmosys, to Hello Platform for the launch of its new television service HelloHD.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, HelloHD, Osmosys, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Hungary, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Flexible Movie Player Video/Audio Playback Software Achieves High-Performance Video Processing on the SH-Mobile Application Processor for Mobile Phones
Apr 24, 2008 – Renesas Technology has announced the development of the Flexible Movie Player video/audio playback software package for embedded systems using the SH-Mobile application processor for mobile phones.
News categories: Renesas, Digital TV, Japan, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Software

Cabot Communications announce single chip IDTV software
Apr 23, 2008 – Cabot Communications has announced that it has developed a single software stack IDTV solution that seamlessly supports both analogue and digital TV broadcasts.
News categories: Cabot Communications, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Korea's POSDATA Launching IPTV Business in the US
Apr 17, 2008 – During the initial phase, POSDATA plans to begin with bi-directional content services, mainly targeting Asians residing in California who are familiar with Korean television dramas and movies.
News categories: Celrun, POSDATA, ACANETTV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA