Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Coventive Licenses and Deploys Espial's Evo IPTV Middleware and Applications on its Multimedia Set-top Box
Aug 13, 2007 – Espial® Group Inc. (TSX: ESP), a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications, has announced that Coventive K.K., an international system integrator and set-top box manufacturer, has signed an agreement to license Espial's Evo® Client.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box

Vision TV, Ukraine's First Licensed DTH Satellite Pay-TV Provider, Chooses NDS Solutions
Aug 13, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced an agreement with Vision TV, a DTH satellite pay-TV operator based in Kiev, Ukraine. NDS will provide Vision TV with market-leading VideoGuard conditional access and MediaHighway middleware.
News categories: NDS Group, Vision TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Ukraine

ADB Supplies Telefónica Chile With IPTV Set-Top Boxes For First Launch Of IPTV Services In Latin America
Aug 9, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX:ADBN) has announced that it has been selected by Telefónica to supply its advanced ADB-3800W-SD IPTV set-top boxes to Telefónica Chile - the first telecommunications company to deploy television over broadband (IPTV) services in Latin America.
News categories: Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Sumitomo Electric Networks Licenses Additional Espial® Evo® IPTV Application for Next Generation Set-Top Box
Aug 7, 2007 – Espial® Group (TSX: ESP) has announced that Sumitomo Electric, a leading supplier of broadband access equipment in Japan, has licensed an additional application of Espial's Evo IPTV Service Platform for use with Sumitomo's IPTV set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box

NDS Group plc Reports Fiscal Year 2007 Results
Aug 7, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. There was an increase in conditional access revenues of 13% during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the number of middleware clients deployed in the same period.
News categories: NDS Group, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Results

OpenTV Reports Second Quarter Results
Aug 2, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV), a leading provider of solutions for the delivery of advanced digital television and cross platform interactive services, has announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
News categories: OpenTV, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Middleware, Results

Zinwell Licenses Highgate MHEG-5 Solution
Jul 31, 2007 – Highgate has announced that Zinwell has licensed its MHEG-5 (v1.06) solution for deployment across its range of MPEG-2 SD STB and iDTV module solutions
News categories: Highgate, Zinwell, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

S3 Supports OMA BCast Mobile TV Security with Discretix
Jul 30, 2007 – Discretix and Silicon & Software Systems (S3) have announced that Discretix' multi-scheme mobile TV security client is being integrated into S3's onHandTV™ mobile interactive Digital TV (DTV) client.
News categories: CAM, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Mobile

OpenTV expands its solutions offering with Casema
Jul 26, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that Casema, one of the Netherlands' leading cable providers, has selected OpenTV to provide solutions enabling its new high definition, interactive digital television services.
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Netherlands, Semiconductor, Set Top Box