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

Cisco to Showcase Latest in Video Innovation for Cable and Broadcast Industry at IBC 2010
Sep 8, 2010 – Visitors to Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) booth (Hall 1, D.71) at IBC 2010 will have the opportunity to experience how continued innovation in video and IP technologies are transforming the way we work, live, play and learn.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Gateway, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Renesas Electronics and SoftAtHome Collaborate to Enable the Rapid Deployment of Cost Competitive Hybrid STBs
Sep 8, 2010 – Renesas Electronics and SoftAtHome have announced their collaboration to offer a complete low cost set-top box (STB) reference solution that accelerates the time-to-market of hybrid IPTV / terrestrial, satellite and over-the-top (OTT) services.
News categories: Renesas, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Microsoft Selects Symbio as a Microsoft® Mediaroom™ IPTV Set-Top Box Testing Partner
Sep 8, 2010 – Symbio has announced it has been selected as a Microsoft Mediaroom set-top box integration and testing partner. Symbio will provide software quality assurance and testing services for OEMs to test new STB models for deployment by Mediaroom's clients.
News categories: Microsoft, Symbio, Steve Koepp, Jacob Hsu, IPTV, Middleware, QoE, Set Top Box

ACCESS Showcases NetFront™ Living Connect v2.0 DLNA Home Networking at IBC
Sep 7, 2010 – ACCESS CO., LTD. has announced that it will be demonstrating NetFront™ Living Connect v2.0 at IBC 2010. NetFront Living Connect v2.0 is the latest release of ACCESS' DLNA software.
News categories: ACCESS CO, IBCShow, Middleware, Smart Home

OIPF Publishes its Release 2 IPTV Specifications
Sep 7, 2010 – The Open IPTV Forum has announced the publication of Release 2 of its end-to-end specifications for IPTV. Release 2 includes an evolution of functionality across many areas of the Release 1 Specifications, with enhancements of major functional areas.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Discover new IPTV solutions by Motama at IBC
Sep 7, 2010 – Motama's newest products for IPTV and networked multimedia applications will be shown at the 'Connected World' of IBC at booth IP421 in hall 9.
News categories: Motama, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Streaming

IMPALA Welcomes New Advanced CI Plus Conformance Test Including MHEG Browser
Sep 7, 2010 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has welcomed the news of a new, advanced CI Plus (CI+) test tool for ensuring compatible receivers conform to the latest specification.
News categories: IMPALA, CAM, MHEG-5

Sisvel Technology Shows New 3D Tile Format Live at IFA 2010
Sep 6, 2010 – At IFA 2010, Sisvel demonstrated its 3D Tile Format live. The 3D Tile Format enables delivery of HD 3D content with a higher quality than current solutions and allows broadcasters to transmit a single service for 2D and 3D audiences.
News categories: Sisvel, Digital TV, IBCShow, IFABerlin, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Latens and Indieon - A unique STB and Middleware proposition to a leading DTH operator in Nepal
Sep 6, 2010 – Latens has announced a partnership with Indieon Technologies, the premier (STB) and middleware manufacturer for a secure, cardless one-way broadcasting solution for DTH broadcasters globally.
News categories: Latens, Indieon, Conditional Access, IBCShow, Middleware, Nepal, Satellite, Set Top Box