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

COSHIP joins the Frog By Wyplay initiative
Jan 9, 2014 – Shenzhen COSHIP Electronics has announced that it is joining the Frog By Wyplay initiative for their next generation TV software solution.
News categories: Frog By Wyplay, COSHIP, Dominique Feral, Ruiliang Yang, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Jiuzhou integrates FROG by Wyplay TV software
Jan 9, 2014 – Shenzhen Jiuzhou Electric has announced that it has decided to join Frog by Wyplay initiative for its next generation STB platforms.
News categories: Frog by Wyplay, Shenzhen Jiuzhou, Dominique Feral, Wei Huang, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Movea, STMicroelectronics and Wyplay show motion-based interactive TV user experience
Jan 8, 2014 – Movea, together with STMicroelectronics and Wyplay, is demonstrating how the integration of hardware, middleware and motion software brings easy and rapid deployment of motion-based user interfaces for connected home systems.
News categories: Movea, STMicroelectronics, Wyplay, Wahid Issa, André-Louis Bertrand, Dominique Feral, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

RT-RK provides design services to SmarDTV for high end Media Gateway platform
Jan 8, 2014 – RT-RK has announced that it has been selected by SmarDTV to collaborate on the design of a new SmarDTV Media Gateway platform based on STMicroelectronics’ STiH416 chipset.
News categories: RT-RK, SmarDTV, STMicroelectronics, iWedia, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Opera Devices SDK to power Bang & Olufsen connected TVs
Jan 8, 2014 – Opera Software has announced that Bang & Olufsen is now shipping the latest version of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) on selected high-end connected TVs.
News categories: Opera Software, Bang & Olufsen, Aneesh Rajaram, Lou Schreurs, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Worldwide

Simplay Labs announces certification program for transmission of 4K Ultra HD content
Jan 8, 2014 – Simplay™ Labs has announced that it has created the industry’s first program to certify devices that transmit or receive premium 4K Ultra HD (UHD) content.
News categories: Simplay Labs, Solomon Langley, John Ryu, Sarah Carroll, Content Protection, QoE, Smart Home, Worldwide

Yahoo Smart TV unveiled at CES2014
Jan 8, 2014 – Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) has unveiled Yahoo Smart TV, the next evolution of its Connected TV platform. Yahoo Smart TV offers interactive viewing with personalized program recommendations from TV, Video on Demand, and Web services.
News categories: Yahoo!, Apps, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

SoftAtHome software powers Swisscom 1Gbps home gateway
Jan 7, 2014 – SoftAtHome has announced that its software is powering the ultra-fast 1Gbps Home Gateway for Swisscom. The Internet-Box is available to Swisscom customers for browsing at speeds up to 1 Gbps over the operator’s fibre-optic network.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Swisscom, Andreas Martschitsch, Michel Degland, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Smart Home, Switzerland

DivX DRM receives conditional approval for UltraViolet™ digital downloads
Jan 7, 2014 – Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) has announced that DivX digital rights management (DRM), previously approved for streaming use within the UltraViolet ecosystem, has now received conditional approval for digital downloads, as well as ‘side-loading’.
News categories: Rovi Corp, UltraViolet, Dr. Kanaan Jemili, Mark Teitell, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, Media Player, Streaming, Worldwide