Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

PCCW reports interim results for 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – PCCW Limited has announced stronger growth of its core telecom, media and ICT business segments in the first half of 2007 as the Company began to reap the benefits of its quadruple-play strategy. now TV's installed base was 818,000 at the end of June, up 35 percent from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

Motama's software technology will be used in future digital home entertainment products from Bang & Olufsen
Aug 28, 2007 – Bang & Olufsen has chosen Motama as its competence partner to provide key software technology for its future products for digital home networks. With its Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM), Motama offers a unique and powerful approach to digital media networking that provides the innovative features and high quality required for Bang & Olufsen's distinctive high-end consumer products.
News categories: Middleware, Smart Home, Smart TV

Kudelski Group 1st half 2007 results: continued growth and investments in the future
Aug 24, 2007 – Digital TV is on its way to successfully meet the target to more than double revenues in new business areas and exceed the CHF 100 million mark for the full year. New business areas include new segments (terrestrial TV, IPTV and mobile TV) and new products (PVR/pushVOD/EPG, advanced smart cards and conditional access modules).
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Terrestrial

White Paper From Espial Reveals How Operators Can Save $195M on Large-Scale IPTV Deployments
Aug 22, 2007 – The cost of deploying new IPTV services can be reduced by as much as 33% if operators select open, scalable and more flexible middleware, according to a white paper released by Espial (TSX: ESP), a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Alticast Brings a Complete Digital Receiver Software Stack - 'entavio Total Solution' to the Market for entavio Set-Top-Boxes
Aug 21, 2007 – In cooperation with APS and Nagra, Alticast has developed a complete digital receiver Software Stack for the new Astra satellite platform 'entavio' which is now available for STB and iDTV manufacturers.
News categories: Alticast, DVB-MHP, Europe, IBCShow, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Dreampark to show IPTV innovations at IBC 2007
Aug 20, 2007 – Dreampark AB, a provider of middleware for IPTV and hybrid systems, will be demonstrating the range and flexibility of its software at this year's IBC 2007 at the RAI in Amsterdam.
News categories: DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

ADB To Provide A Clear Vision For Digital Television Operators At IBC2007
Aug 14, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it will focus on a number of revenue enhancing technologies and solutions specifically designed to open new service and revenue opportunities for digital television operators at IBC2007.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

NDS at IBC 07: Bringing Convergence Home
Aug 14, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that at this year's IBC it will showcase a full range of solutions geared to helping TV service providers enable convergence and capitalize on the business opportunities it presents.
News categories: NDS Group, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Software, Tablet

OpenTV's High Definition PVR and PUSH VOD solutions selected by Multichoice South Africa
Aug 14, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), the pioneer of multi-channel television in Africa and a Naspers group subsidiary, selected OpenTV as a key partner for the rollout of advanced digital television services on their DStv platform.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, South Africa