Gateway (residential, home) News

SoftAtHome and Etisalat Demonstrate Solutions for the Digital Home
Sep 29, 2008 – SoftAtHome has announced that Etisalat will be demonstrating SoftAtHome solutions for the Digital Home on their booth during the Gitex Technology Week in Dubai, paving the way for the deployment of convergent services in this part of the world.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Etisalat, Finance, Gateway, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, UAE

SoftAtHome Strengthens its Solution with Bluestreak Technology to Provide Further Innovation in the Digital Home
Sep 12, 2008 – SoftAtHome has announced that it has licensed Bluestreak Technology's MachBlue™ platform. MachBlue runs Flash®-formatted files with a series of custom ActionScript functions on iTV, set-top boxes (STBs), Web tablets and mobile devices.
News categories: Bluestreak, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, Gateway, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Entone Unveils Europe's First Multi-Stream IP Video Gateway at IBC 2008
Sep 3, 2008 – Entone will unveil its multi-stream Janus™ IP Video Gateway at the IBC show. Derived from Entone's Hydra IP Video Gateway, Janus supports simultaneous decoding of multiple video streams, both in high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD).
News categories: Entone, DVR, Gateway, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

TELUS Selects CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 Home Networking Technology for IPTV Service
Sep 2, 2008 – CopperGate Communications has announced that TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has selected CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 technology integrated into set-top boxes and residential gateways for its TELUS TV service offering.
News categories: CopperGate, TELUS, Canada, Gateway, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Healthy Growth in Global Home Networks but Potential Issue on Horizon
Aug 26, 2008 – Driven by the rising number of broadband subscribers, the desire to share bandwidth, residential gateway use by broadband providers, the worldwide installed base of home networks is expected to break the 200 million mark by the end of 2008.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Fibre, Gateway, Market Research, Smart Home

Tilgin interim report 1 January - 30 June 2008
Aug 22, 2008 – Tilgin AB (Stockholm: TILG) has released its interim report for the period January to June 2008. Net sales increased by 31 percent from the first quarter, but decreased compared with the corresponding period in 2007.
News categories: Tilgin, Content Distribution, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Entone Selected For Panhandle Telephone HD IPTV Rollout
Aug 6, 2008 – Entone has announced that their award-winning Hydra™ HD IP video gateway and Amulet™ HD IPTV receiver have been selected by Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (PTCI) for their high-definition (HD) IPTV service rollout.
News categories: Entone, Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Thomson: First Half 2008 Results
Jul 24, 2008 – In 2Q08 Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.8 million satellite set-top boxes, 1.5 million cable set-top boxes and modems/eMTAs, and 2.9 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 7.3 million in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Netstream Selects Entone For Swiss IPTV Deployments
Jul 9, 2008 – Entone has announced that their Hydra™ HD IPTV video gateway and Amulet™ HD IPTV receiver have been selected by Netstream for their operator's high-definition (HD) IPTV deployments in Switzerland.
News categories: Entone, Netstream, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland