Gateway (residential, home) News

IEEE 1905.1 industry standard moves to product design stage
Jan 9, 2012 – The IEEE 1905.1 Working Group has approved its Hybrid Networking (P1905.1) draft standard. The industry standard combines the mobility of wireless with the performance of wires to enable the next-generation networked home.
News categories: Powerline Alliance, IEEE 1905.1, Blu-ray, Gaming, Gateway, Home Server, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

RVU Alliance Announces Major Update to RVU Specification
Jan 5, 2012 – The RVU Alliance has announced a major upgrade to the RVU protocol standard. The RVU 2.0 specification is under development and will be released in early 2012.
News categories: RVU Alliance, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Motorola Mobility Simplifies Convergence With Connected Home Innovations at CES 2012
Jan 5, 2012 – At this year's CES, Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) is making the Smart Home simple -- with the introduction of the Connected Home Gateway. Key innovations from Motorola's Home division are also driving the evolution of television.
News categories: Motorola, CES2025, Gateway, Smart Home

ViXS®, Topfield and Morega Join Forces to Develop Mobility Gateway Set-Top Box
Jan 5, 2012 – ViXS Systems has announced a partnership with Topfield to develop a media gateway set-top box. The design demonstrates ViXS' XCode® 4210 STB processor and Xtensiv® software, combined with Morega Systems' content portability solution.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Topfield, Morega Systems, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom announces industry's first integrated MoCA® 2.0 STB and Hybrid IP Gateway SoCs
Jan 4, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced one of its showcase innovations at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - the industry's first MoCA 2.0-Integrated Portfolio including six new set-top box (STB) and Hybrid IP Gateway SoCs.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ViXS Systems and Lite-On Collaborate on µ-Play Streaming Media Gateway
Jan 3, 2012 – ViXS Systems has announced that Lite-On is utilizing its XCode® 4210 System on Chip (SoC) for its latest Streaming Media Gateway product, μ-Play. The XCode 4210 performs as a single SoC gateway IC and executes all the software stacks required.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Lite-On IT, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smartphone, Tablet

Broadband CPE and Home Networking Vendors Make Push towards Premium Services
Dec 19, 2011 – Infonetics has released vendor market share standings and market forecasts from two third quarter (3Q11) broadband access reports. Despite a 7% worldwide decline in cable CPE revenue, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) held on to the top spot in cable CPE.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DOCSIS, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

Rovi and Pace to Deliver Integrated Hybrid IP Solution
Dec 1, 2011 – Rovi (Nasdaq:ROVI) and Pace (LSE: PIC) have announced that they are combining respective strengths in applications and service platforms, and in hardware and middleware, to jointly develop an integrated hybrid Internet Protocol (IP) solution.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Pace plc, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, USA

Magyar Telekom launches hybrid satellite TV service
Nov 23, 2011 – T-Home Hungary has announced that, starting on December 1, 2011, the company will introduce a satellite TV package, under the name of Interactive Sat TV, offering additional interactive services over broadband.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, T-Home, Digital TV, Gateway, Hungary, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming