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ATEME and ST demonstrate interactive 360° TV at CES
Jan 6, 2015 – ATEME has announced that LiveSphere, a live video broadcast solution that captures, stitches, streams and displays video to provide an interactive consumer experience, is now possible on the TV in the living room, allowing a viewer to dynamically change their field of view using a remote control.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ATEME, LiveSphere, Ismail Allalcha, CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Broadcom debuts multi-standard Ultra HD chip family
Jan 6, 2015 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced two Ultra HD system-on-a-chip devices, for client and media gateway set-top box (STB) applications, with support for Google's VP9 open video compression standard.
News categories: Broadcom, Rich Nelson, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Telechips adds Sansa DRM to TCC896x processor
Jan 6, 2015 – Telechips and Sansa Security have announced a partnership to enable DRM for Telechips' TCC896x chipset. The partnership enables Telechips to provide a trusted execution environment (TEE) that complies with Hollywood studio standards.
News categories: Telechips, Sansa Security, Andrew Lee, Yossi Hermush, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Samsung, Comark and TeamCast demonstrate ATSC 3.0 at CES
Jan 6, 2015 – Samsung, Comark and TeamCast will demonstrate the world’s first terrestrial broadcast of full ATSC3.0 technology at CES 2015. The demonstration will show a live transmission of MPEG-H HEVC Ultra HD video and MPEG-H 3D audio content.
News categories: Comark, TeamCast, Samsung, Richard E. Fiore, Eric Pinson, John Godfrey, ATSC 3, CES2025, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

U.S. 4K UHD display shipments to reach 4 million in 2015
Jan 5, 2015 – According to research to be released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), shipments of 4K UHD displays in teh U.S. are projected to reach four million units in 2015, marking a 208 percent increase over 2014.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, Brian Markwalter, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

ViXS and Harmonic demonstrate HEVC 1080i and hybrid AVC/HEVC MPEG-DASH streaming
Jan 5, 2015 – ViXS Systems (TSX: VXS) has teamed up with Harmonic at CES to demonstrate hybrid AVC/HEVC, MPEG-DASH technology - called HybridDASH. The companies will also demonstrate 1080i HEVC broadcast video delivery using SAFF standard syntax.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Harmonic Inc, Sally Daub, Thierry Fautier, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

Matchstick launches Flint open source streaming platform
Jan 5, 2015 – Matchstick has announced Flint, an open software and open hardware video-streaming platform created with Mozilla’s Firefox OS inside. In addition, the company has announced hardware partnerships with both Phillips/AOC and TCL to distribute Flint enabled products.
News categories: Matchstick, AOC, TCL Multimedia, Jack Chang, Sean Shih, Rita Chao, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

Firefox OS powers Panasonic's 2015 Life+Screen Smart TVs
Jan 5, 2015 – Panasonic has announced that it has collaborated with Mozilla to create an interactive User Interface powered by Firefox OS, which will be available on Panasonic's Life+Screen Smart TVs. Panasonic's 2015 line includes the CX850, CX800, CX650, and CX600 series.
News categories: Mozilla, Panasonic, Andreas Gal, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV

DISH Network to launch 4K Ultra HD set-top box
Jan 5, 2015 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced that it will be the first U.S. pay-TV provider to launch a 4K 'Ultra HD' set-top box. Named the 4K Joey, the unit is designed to integrate with DISH's Hopper Whole Home HD DVR system.
News categories: DISH Network, Vivek Khemka, CES2025, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA