Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Shipments of Internet-Enabled Consumer Electronics Pass the 60 Million Unit Mark in 2007
Jan 29, 2008 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports that shipments of Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled consumer electronics reached 64 Million units in 2007. This represented nearly 73% growth. However, the market continues to be dominated by internet-enabled video game consoles.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

NDS Group plc Reports Second Quarter Results
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite

MediaTek adopts Ocean Blue MHEG-5 software
Jan 29, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software and MediaTek have completed a software engineering project to adapt the Ocean Blue Voyager MHEG-5 & DSMCC software to the MediaTek DVB platform.
News categories: Ocean Blue, MediaTek, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, UK

NDS Partners with Kaonmedia to Support ASTER to Launch Advanced TV Services in Poland
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has joined forces with Kaonmedia to deliver digital set-top boxes (STB) and DVRs, including a DVR for viewing in High Definition, to ASTER, a leading provider of media and communication services in Poland.
News categories: NDS Group, Kaonmedia, ASTER, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box

Microsoft, Daum to Launch IPTV Service in Korea
Jan 22, 2008 – Microsoft has said that it will start an IPTV service in Korea in a joint venture with local partners.
News categories: Microsoft, Daum Communications, Celrun, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Set Top Box

MTS Allstream to Work With Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent to Introduce Enhanced Broadband Internet and TV Services
Jan 17, 2008 – MTS Allstream has announced that it will move forward with steps to introduce next generation high-speed Internet and TV services to Manitoba customers, with more HDTV offerings, PVR and DVR functionality, improved guide features and other advances.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, MTS Allstream, Alex Giosa, Christine Heckart, Kelvin Shepherd, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware

Next-Generation Digital Set-Top Boxes will be able to Play Content from Other Devices in the Home
Jan 17, 2008 – Samsung Electronics and Macrovision® (NASDAQ:MVSN) are bringing together their technologies to create next-generation set-top boxes with the capability of downloading, finding and managing digital content seamlessly throughout the home.
News categories: Macrovision, Samsung Electronics, Content Protection, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

MultiChoice Licenses onHandTV from S3
Jan 15, 2008 – Silicon & Software Systems (S3) has announced that leading Pay-TV operator MultiChoice has licensed S3's onHandTV™ Software Development Kit (SDK) for DVB-H to further develop their interactive Mobile Broadcast TV services.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, MultiChoice, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, South Africa

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan