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Sigma Designs, Digisoft.tv and Novabase bring VOD to South Africa
Sep 10, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced a collaboration with Digisoft.tv and Novabase on a rental service that allows consumers in South Africa to download VOD content at public kiosks via memory stick for playback on a low-cost STB.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digisoft.tv, Novabase, Mustafa Ozgen, Fearghal Kelly, Michael Pauli, Digital TV, Gateway, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, South Africa, Streaming

Broadcom powers Vodafone Germany's 4K-enabled set-top box
Sep 10, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that its BCM7252 will power Vodafone Germany's 4K-enabled consumer set-top box. Broadcom will demonstrate its full line-up of Ultra HD SoCs at IBC.
News categories: Broadcom, Vodafone, Rich Nelson, Digital TV, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Cubiware and CreNova collaborate on DVB-C and IPTV set-tops
Sep 9, 2014 – Cubiware has made public an agreement with CreNova Multimedia to develop a platform for delivery of pay-TV. Focused initially on hybrid cable (DVB-C) and IPTV deployments, the first CreNova set-top boxes will be based on the Broadcom 7583 chipset.
News categories: Cubiware, CreNova, Jakub Gorski, Metin Atalan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Allegro DVT showcases HEVC/H.265 video encoder IP at IBC 2014
Sep 9, 2014 – At IBC 2014, Allegro DVT will perform a live demonstration of its HEVC/H.265 encoder IP core. The demonstration will be conducted on a prototyping platform, demonstrating the features and video quality of the IP.
News categories: Allegro DVT, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Worldwide

ActiveVideo, Intel reduce Virtual Set-Top Box data center capex to $1/sub
Sep 9, 2014 – ActiveVideo has announced increases in the scalability and efficiency of cloud-based virtual set-top box solutions for TV guides, online video and interactive advertising on the television using Intel technology.
News categories: ActiveVideo, Intel Corp, Eric Mentzer, Jens Wiegand, Ronald Brockmann, Content Distribution, Digital TV, HTML5, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

STMicroelectronics selected by SmarDTV for NAGRA QuickStart STBs
Sep 9, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that SmarDTV has chosen ST decoders for its SmarBOX product range, which will benefit from NAGRA technologies such as OpenTV 5 connectware and the NOCS3 hardware root-of-trust.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, SmarDTV, Cedric Hardouin, Hervé Mathieu, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Broadcom announces eight hybrid satellite and terrestrial SoCs
Sep 9, 2014 – Broadcom has announces the world's first single-chip hybrid direct broadcast satellite terrestrial and IP devices for set-top boxes with integrated HEVC and MoCA 2.0.
News categories: Broadcom, Rich Nelson, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial, Worldwide

Vantrix, Verimatrix and Broadcom show secure 4K/UHD HEVC video delivery at IBC
Sep 8, 2014 – Vantrix has announced a collaboration with Verimatrix and Broadcom featuring 4K H.265 content encoded with the Vantrix Media Platform (VMP), protected with Verimatrix security and delivered to a Broadcom STB reference design.
News categories: Vantrix, Verimatrix, Broadcom, Jean Mayrand, Petr Peterka, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Eutelsat and partners to show HbbTV-based Push VOD at IBC
Sep 8, 2014 – Eutelsat, MStar Semiconductor, Aston and Quadrille have announced that they have combined their skills to implement and validate Push Video-On-Demand (VOD) services using the HbbTV v2.0 standard.
News categories: Eutelsat, MStar Semi, Aston, Quadrille, Digital TV, HbbTV, IBCShow, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide