Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Italy's Wind launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent
Dec 6, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Wind has launched a nationwide commercial IPTV offering based on Alcatel-Lucent's market leading solutions and the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Wind, Microsoft, Frédéric Rose, Khaled Bichara, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware

GestureTek Inc. and Telefónica announce strategic partnership and investment agreement
Dec 5, 2007 – GestureTek, world leader and patent holder in computer vision and gesture-recognition technology for presentation, information and entertainment systems, has announced a strategic investment in the company by Telefónica SA, Spain's leading telecommunications operator.
News categories: GestureTek, Telefónica, MandA, Middleware, Mobile

Ocean Blue Develops 'Deep Hibernation' software to tackle rising standby power consumption
Dec 4, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software, the digital TV specialist, has developed an intelligent, "deep hibernation" system for digital TVs and set-top boxes to reduce standby power consumption.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Energy Saving Trust, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Telia Stofa Selects Motorola Hybrid Set-Top Box for Denmark
Dec 3, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has confirmed that Telia Stofa has selected the Motorola hybrid cable/IP set-top box (STB) for the launch of its Danish cable/IP video service - a first for the cable industry.
News categories: Motorola, Telia Stofa, Broadband, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Dreampark Delivers IPTV Middleware to TUÅ  TELEKOM
Dec 3, 2007 – Dreampark announced its first customer in Central Europe when the Slovenian IPTV provider TUÅ  TELEKOM chose Dreamgallery™ as the middleware for its IPTV solution in Slovenia.
News categories: Dreampark, TUÅ  TELEKOM, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Slovenia

Broadcom and RaisingSun Collaborate to Deliver Industry's First Digital TV Solution for China's Television Market
Nov 28, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a collaboration with RaisingSun Digital Video Technology Company of Shanghai, China, that provides the industry's first complete digital television (DTV) solution for China's television market.
News categories: Broadcom, iTVware, ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

S&T wins Freesat MHEG5 biz
Nov 25, 2007 – Freesat is the BBC-backed free-to-view satellite service due for launch early next year. Strategy & Technology Ltd has won the contract to integrate MHEG5 into the system.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, UK

SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft Announce Integration of Encryptonite ONE™ System with BEE's Vision TV Platform for Next-Generation IPTV
Nov 20, 2007 – SecureMedia and BEE MediaSoft ("BEE") have announced that SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ CA/DRM System has been seamlessly integrated with BEE's Vision TV Platform, enabling TV service providers to offer enhanced, totally protected digital TV services.
News categories: SecureMedia, BEE MediaSoft, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange

Report Presents The Development of STB Markets in China and Abroad and Also Studies the STB Application Market
Nov 15, 2007 – According to ResearchInChina, global sales of set-top boxes reached over 70 million units in 2005, of which satellite STBs were 60%. In China, digital cable TV set-top box sales volume will reach 25 million units by 2008.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial