Gateway (residential, home) News

Ericsson, Sony and Sony Ericsson to demonstrate new multimedia experience for the connected home
Oct 9, 2007 – During Broadband World Forum in Berlin October 8-11, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Sony Ericsson will jointly demonstrate the possibilities of new multimedia experiences between mobile handsets and home network devices.
News categories: Ericsson, Sony, BBWF, Content Distribution, Gateway, IPTV, Mobile, Smart Home

200,000 customers have chosen Telia's digital TV
Sep 17, 2007 – Customers continue to choose Telia's digital TV service. Telia recently registered its 200,000th TV customer - and the total number of customers has doubled since May 2007.
News categories: Telia, Broadband, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Subscribers, Sweden

HGI To Finalise Second Specification Release at Debut Asia Meeting
Sep 10, 2007 – At its first ever Asia-based meeting, the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) will make steps towards a major milestone in the development of specifications for IMS and Fixed-Mobile Convergence in home networking when it finalises the second release of its specification document.
News categories: Home Gateway Initiative (HGI), Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance, BBWF, Broadband, Gateway, Smart Home

DS2 emerges as leading supplier of Powerline Technology solutions for US multi-media networking
Aug 20, 2007 – DS2 has confirmed that shipments to the US of its 200 Mbps chipset increased by 229% during the first half 2007. In general the Powerline market is growing at a rate of 100% p.a. while growth in other home networking technologies has stagnated.
News categories: DS2, NPD Group, NETGEAR, Digital TV, Gaming, Gateway, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, USA

BroadLogic Shows Reconstruction of a Complete Analog and Digital Channel Lineup
Aug 1, 2007 – BroadLogic will demonstrate their residential gateway at the CableLabs Summer Conference. The gateway reconstructs an analog channel lineup from an all-digital channel line-up, showing cable operators a key step in the switch to an all-digital network.
News categories: BroadLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Semiconductor

Hisense and Metalink 802.11n Multimedia Home Networking for China
Jul 9, 2007 – Hisense and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced their collaboration to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions for delivering high-definition (HD) multimedia over wireless home networks.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

IGRS and Metalink Wireless HDTV Platform for China TV Vendors
Jul 9, 2007 – IGRS, the Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing working group, and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced that they are working together to provide an advanced High Definition (HD) TV Decoder Platform for wireless home networks.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA