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

Germany: Video market continues to decline
Oct 12, 2011 – The Video market in Germany has continued to record negative results, declining by 11.8% in units in 2011, according to GfK. Robust sales of Blu-ray players (30.5%) was not enough to rescue the drop in demand for traditional DVD players.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart Home

Digital TV Labs' Ligada test tool facilitates Opera HbbTV browser integration
Oct 11, 2011 – Digital TV Labs has announced that it is working closely with Opera, the globally renowned browser supplier, to provide CE manufacturers with a swift and easy integration of the company's new HbbTV-ready browser technology.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Opera Software, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Verimatrix Secures IPTV Services for PTK in Kosovo
Oct 4, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that its Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV has been deployed on the Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo J.S.C. (PTK) network.
News categories: Verimatrix, BeeSmart, Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Kosovo, Middleware

UK HbbTV based Connected TV specification approved for publication
Sep 30, 2011 – The Digital TV Group (DTG) has announced that the 7th edition of the 'D-Book' - the interoperability specification for UK DTT and HbbTV-based 'Connected TV' hybrid products and services - has been formally approved.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Digital TV, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

SoftAtHome, Ikanos to Deliver Next Generation Home Gateways
Sep 29, 2011 – SoftAtHome and Ikanos Communications (NASDAQ: IKAN) have announced that they are working together to bring a next-generation gateway platform to market. The new platform combines the SoftAtHome platform with Ikanos' communications processors.
News categories: Ikanos, SoftAtHome, BBWF, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home

ST and Fraunhofer HHI Demonstrate World's First Standard-Based 3D Adaptive Video-Streaming Software Receiver
Sep 28, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) have unveiled the industry's first 3D video receiver based on the new MPEG-DASH standard for dynamic and adaptive HTTP streaming.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, HHI, Digital TV, EU, Media Player, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Streaming

Trident and LG CNS Announce Commercial Android STB Deployment
Sep 28, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced that GBN has begun commercial deployment of Trident-based hybrid Cable STBs to their cable service subscribers in South Korea. LG CNS developed the Android STB software for the Trident solution.
News categories: Trident Micro, LG CNS, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ADB Adds Epicentro® Intelligence To Gateways, Bringing Vertical Service Revenues To Teo
Sep 28, 2011 – ADB (SIX: ADBN) has announced that it will deliver its intelligent wireless ADSL & GBETH gateways and Epicentro software to TEO (Vilnius:TEO1L), the largest provider of integrated telecommunication, IT and TV services in Lithuania.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, TEO LT, BBWF, Gateway, Middleware

LiMo Foundation and Linux Foundation Announce New Open Source Software Platform, Tizen™
Sep 28, 2011 – LiMo Foundation™ and The Linux Foundation have announced a new open source project, Tizen™. Tizen is a software platform which supports multiple device categories including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
News categories: Linux Foundation, LiMo Foundation, Tizen, Automotive, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet