Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Whose software manages your IPTV service?
Sep 25, 2007 – According to iLocus, at the end of Q2 '07, an estimated 31% of IPTV subscribers were being served by proprietary IPTV middleware.
News categories: iLocus, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware

Axel and Siano Cut DVB-H Channel Switching Time Down to 2 Seconds
Sep 25, 2007 – Axel Technologies and Siano Mobile Silicon have announced a comprehensive platform for DVB-H terminals, with record-fast channel switching time of even less than 2 seconds. The platform will be demonstrated in a mobile phone at the Informa DVB-H conference in London, September 26-27.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Axel Technologies, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

Minerva Networks' iTVManager 3.0 Platform Proves Popular For Advanced IPTV Services
Sep 19, 2007 – Minerva Networks has announced that several U.S. telecommunications operators--including Connexion Technologies, Paul Bunyan Telephone, and Rural Telephone--have selected Minerva's new iTVManager 3.0 platform as their IPTV middleware solution.
News categories: Minerva Networks, Connexion Technologies, Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative, Rural Telephone, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

"The Cable Show" Set for 2008 Return to New Orleans
Sep 17, 2007 – Keeping a commitment to return its annual national convention to New Orleans post-Katrina, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) has announced that The Cable Show '08 is scheduled May 18-20, 2008 in the Big Easy.
News categories: The Cable Show, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

TelecomView Study Measures TelcoTV Opportunities for Service Providers and Systems Companies
Sep 17, 2007 – The global growth of TelcoTV services has demonstrated that significant opportunities exist. TelecomView's new report "Opportunities in TelcoTV: Forecast & Market Shares - 2006 to 2012" sizes the available opportunities and identifies which companies are most likely to capitalize on it.
News categories: TelecomView, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

Anevia and Netgem provide IPTV and VOD head-end and set top-box for Telco customers
Sep 14, 2007 – Anevia and Netgem have announced the successful integration of their IPTV technology. Anevia advanced TV services such as catch up TV, network PVR, start over, and pause TV are now available on Netgem STBs.
News categories: Netgem, Anevia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Expway's innovative software for TV over mobile now deployed in more than 1 million mobile devices worldwide
Sep 11, 2007 – Expway has announced that its FastESG™ client software has been deployed in more than one million DVB-H mobile telephones and portable media players worldwide.
News categories: EXPWAY, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile, Results

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Delivers Complete Right-First-Time Set-Top Box SoC Platform for NXP Semiconductors
Sep 11, 2007 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) has announced that it provided a full suite of IC, software and hardware design capabilities to NXP enabling the delivery of their latest STB100 System-On-Chip (SoC) based platform for consumer Set-Top Box (STB) applications.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3), NXP, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial

Alticast Partners with S&T For Next Generation MHEG5/MHP/Blu-Ray Hybrid Solution
Sep 10, 2007 – Alticast and S&T have announced a strategic software partnership for next generation HDTV integrated digital TV and set-top box software. The partnership will target IPTV, MHEG5, MHP and Blu-ray markets.
News categories: S&T, Alticast, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, IPTV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial