Software (Media Players, Middleware, Browsers, Stacks, …) News

snakebyte STB to feature Nexway games app store
Mar 4, 2015 – Nexway has announced that snakebyte's QEUS SmartTV set-top box will feature a snakebyte-branded white label Android app store powered by Nexway. The GameStore will allow users of the QEUS SmartTV system to download core and casual Android games.
News categories: Nexway, snakebyte, Gilles Ridel, Mike Steup, Apps, MWC24, Set Top Box, Worldwide

NVIDIA launches its first living-room entertainment device
Mar 4, 2015 – NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has introduced NVIDIA® SHIELD™, the world's first Android™ TV console, which delivers video, music, apps and games to the home. SHIELD can play 4K video content and includes access to Google Voice Search and Android's app ecosystem.
News categories: NVIDIA, Jen-Hsun Huang, Android TV, Digital TV, Gaming, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Telefónica to offer OTT TV on Windows Phone-based devices
Mar 3, 2015 – Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) have announced a joint initiative for the provision of OTT TV on devices with Windows Phone OS. Telefónica’s Movistar TV Go service for Windows Phone 8.1 will enable Telefónica users to enjoy TV content just by speaking into the phone.
News categories: Telefónica, Microsoft, Michael Duncan, Steven Guggenheimer, Apps, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, MWC24, Spain, TV Everywhere

Zenterio and RiksTV launch support for companion devices in Norway
Mar 3, 2015 – Zenterio has announced that it continues to collaborate with Norway’s second largest pay TV distributor RiksTV. The latest launch includes support for companion devices as well as an improved user interface for a seamless experience of RiksTV’s digital and OTT services.
News categories: Zenterio, RiksTV, Robin Rutili, Christopher Knudsen, Digital TV, Middleware, Norway, Set Top Box, Streaming

T-Labs develops new concept for the TV of the future
Mar 2, 2015 – Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs has developed a TV-service concept for the future. The concept provides for a 'TV kernel' with a set of basic services, such as free live channels and an EPG. Customers can then customize the service by adding components in keeping with their personal tastes and needs.
News categories: T-Labs, Digital TV, Middleware, Worldwide

Expway LTE Multicast middleware ported to Technicolor OTT set-top-box
Mar 2, 2015 – Expway has announced that its LTE Multicast middleware is now available on a Technicolor (Paris:TCH) Over-the-top (OTT) set-top-box. The result of this integration has been successfully tested on the Ericsson LTE Multicast platform.
News categories: Expway, Technicolor, Claude Seyrat, 5G, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Set Top Box, Streaming

Spain's ONO to upgrade to latest TiVo APIs
Mar 2, 2015 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that, after the acquisition of ONO by Vodafone Spain, ONO's Intelligent TV service will be expanded in Spain and TiVo's platform will be upgraded to take advantage of TiVo's latest generation of capabilities.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Vodafone, David Sandford, Patricia Ferruz, Cable TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

VeriSilicon introduces multiformat decoder IP with VP9 Profile 2 support
Mar 2, 2015 – VeriSilicon has announced the availability of its Hantro G2v2 Multi-format Decoder IP to support Google’s VP9 Profile 2. This profile was introduced by the WebM project in 2014 to meet the industry’s requirement for higher precision content.
News categories: VeriSilicon, Dr. Wayne Dai, Media Player, MWC24, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Streaming, Worldwide

2D-to-3D conversion software success for ETRI and NHNZ
Mar 1, 2015 – Global production house NHNZ is now offering highly cost-effective 3D content after completing a 3-year-long collaboration with Korean tech giant ETRI to create new 2D-to-3D conversion software.
News categories: NHNZ, ETRI, Wayne Poll, John Crawford, Digital TV, Metaverse, Software, Worldwide