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

Accedo and Viaplay launch media service for Xbox in Nordic region
Dec 20, 2012 – Accedo and Viaplay, the Nordic online streaming service, have announced the launch of Viaplay on Xbox in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The new media app gives access to Viaplay's content offering through the games console.
News categories: Accedo, Viaplay, Xbox, Apps, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Gaming, Norway, Streaming, Sweden

Fortis to launch HTML5 and HbbTV Set-Top Box with ACCESS NetFront Browser
Dec 20, 2012 – ACCESS CO. has announced that its NetFront™ Browser NX 2.0, one of the industry's earliest HbbTV 1.5-compliant WebKit-based browsers, has been integrated with Fortis' HbbTV ready set-top box and is available in German retail outlets.
News categories: ACCESS CO, Fortis, Digital TV, Germany, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

OpenTV files patent infringement lawsuit against Netflix
Dec 19, 2012 – OpenTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in the United States District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Netflix is infringing U.S patents owned by OpenTV.
News categories: OpenTV, Netflix, Digital TV, Middleware, Patent, Streaming

Canal+ Group selects Wyplay for next generation set-top software
Dec 19, 2012 – The CANAL+ Group has teamed with Wyplay to develop its next generation set-top box software including the implementation of an HTML5 user interface, improved overall performance and the use of open software.
News categories: Wyplay, CANAL+ Group, Digital TV, France, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

TiVo Brings Spotify to TiVo Premiere Boxes
Dec 18, 2012 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced the availability of the Spotify music streaming service for its TiVo Premiere boxes in the US. Spotify joins TiVo's current musical lineup of Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365 and Music Choice.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Spotify, Apps, Set Top Box, USA

85 Percent of All Flat-Panel TVs Will Be Internet-Connected Smart TVs by 2016
Dec 18, 2012 – Nearly 85 percent of all flat-panel TVs produced in 2016 will be smart TVs, according to Gartner. Worldwide unit production of flat-panel smart TVs will grow from 69 million in 2012 to 198 million in 2016.
News categories: Gartner, Apps, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Oregan Networks Releases Browser with Emphasis on Performance, Security and Multiscreen Delivery
Dec 17, 2012 – Oregan Networks has announced the imminent availability of the next generation of its Oregan Media Browser (OMB). The OMB v5 platform delivers faster web content layout and rendering performance, owing to new HTML5 and JavaScript engines.
News categories: Oregan Networks, CES2025, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming

Switzerland's upc cablecom introduces HbbTV
Dec 14, 2012 – Swiss cable operator upc cablecom has announced that, from January 2013, subscribers will be able to use the additional digital functions offered by HbbTV. TV subscribers can then benefit from background information on programmes and can use content interactively via Internet.
News categories: upc cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, HbbTV, Switzerland

Spain's TV industry proposes Marlin and Playready DRMs for HbbTV
Dec 13, 2012 – Spain's Asociación Española de Empresas de Televisión Interactiva (AEDETI) has proposed the adoption of DRMs from Intertrust (Marlin) and Microsoft (Playready) for HbbTV-based connected TV in the country.
News categories: AEDETI, Digital TV, HbbTV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming