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

MUSCADE explores 4-camera 3D for autostereoscopic displays
Jul 7, 2010 – 3D-pioneer KUK has built a 4-camera rig to allow shooting of multiview 3D content, suitable for rendering on autostereoscopic displays (3D-TVs without glasses). The work is in a research phase, but shows a path 3D-TV may take in the coming decade.
News categories: KUK Film, Heinrich Hertz Institute, MUSCADE, Metaverse

Project Canvas sets out content protection approach
Jul 6, 2010 – Project Canvas has announced its content protection strategy. For providers of premium content, such as the latest movie releases, or those requiring a subscription or download model, Canvas will support Marlin as the required DRM solution at launch.
News categories: Project Canvas, Marlin, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

DivX Announces New Partnership With China TV Market Leader, Hisense
Jul 6, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and Hisense (Shanghai: 600060) have announced that Hisense has selected DivX Plus™ HD technology to be integrated in its new line of digital TVs (DTVs), enabling the playback of DivX Plus HD video via the TV's USB slot.
News categories: DivX, Hisense, China, Media Player, Smart TV

Gtd Manquehue Deploys DVB Hybrid Pay-TV Platform with Verimatrix
Jul 6, 2010 – Gtd Manquehue has deployed an I-Systems-integrated platform on its DVB-C/IPTV hybrid network in Chile. The platform includes the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™), middleware and VOD servers from GoBackTV, and STBs from Xavi.
News categories: Verimatrix, Xavi, GoBackTV, Gtd Manquehue, I-Systems, Cable TV, Chile, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Argentina to deploy Ginga STB middleware
Jul 5, 2010 – A group of researchers in Argentina is working on a local version of Brazil's Ginga DTT middleware. The software is due for deployment in set-top boxes to be distributed by the Argentinian government from August/September this year.
News categories: Ginga, UNLP, Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telcos Face Complex Challenges in Scaling IP Services
Jul 2, 2010 – IPTV network operators face a complex array of issues and challenges as they scale their networks to deliver more robust services to a wider group of customers, and those challenges aren't limited solely to subscriber headcount, according to Heavy Reading.
News categories: Heavy Reading, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

Penetration of 3D-capable CE Expected to Grow Quickly
Jul 2, 2010 – IMS Research estimates that 5.99 million 3D TV sets will ship worldwide in 2010 and forecasts that over 218 million 3D TV sets will ship cumulatively from 2010 to 2015.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NICT Develops Glasses-Free Tabletop 3D Display for omnidirectional viewing by multiple viewers
Jul 1, 2010 – Japan's NICT has developed a table-style 3D display. The display floats virtual 3D objects on a blank flat tabletop surface and allows multiple viewers to observe the standing 3D images from any angle without the use of 3D glasses.
News categories: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Digital TV, Metaverse

Freeview Australia MHEG EPG goes live with S&T and Magna Systems
Jul 1, 2010 – S&T and Magna Systems have announced that the Freeview Australia EPG is a customised version of S&T's MHEG Guide product and will be available on all 'Freeview EPG' branded receivers that go on sale in Australia from July 2010.
News categories: S&T, Magna Systems, Freeview Australia, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial