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

TiVo and Technicolor Team Up to Offer Integrated PVR Solution
May 21, 2010 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Technicolor (Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TCH) have announced that Technicolor will invest in and develop an advanced, TiVo-ready, high definition PVR set-top box for operators who license TiVo software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Technicolor, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Google and DISH Network collaborate to develop integrated multichannel TV and web platform
May 20, 2010 – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) have unveiled the launch of Google TV. DISH Network subscribers using Google TV can simultaneously search for content across DISH Network, the Internet and their DVRs.
News categories: Google Inc, DISH Network, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Sony and Google Establish Strategic Alliance to Deliver Cloud-based Products and Services
May 20, 2010 – Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) have announced an alliance based on Google's Android OS platform. As a first step, Sony will introduce 'Sony Internet TV,' the first TV to incorporate the 'Google TV' platform.
News categories: Google Inc, Sony Corp, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform to Bring Web to TV
May 20, 2010 – At the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, leading industry players announced the development of Google TV - an open platform that adds the power of the web to the TV viewing experience, ushering in a new category of living room devices.
News categories: Google Inc, Sony Corp, Intel Corp, DISH Network, Logitech, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Broadcom Accelerates WebM Video on Mobile Phones
May 19, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its VideoCore® mobile multimedia processor family now supports the recently open-sourced WebM video format.
News categories: Broadcom, WebM, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Streaming

MIPS Technologies Announces Support for WebM Project
May 19, 2010 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) has announced support for the new WebM open web media project and the open source VP8. MIPS will work with its partners and licensees to ensure fully optimized hardware/software support for VP8.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, WebM, Media Player, Silicon IP, Streaming

Ooyala Joins the WebM Project and Adopts VP8 Support
May 19, 2010 – Ooyala has announced that it is working with Google, Mozilla, Opera, YouTube and other major software and hardware manufacturers to support the WebM project and open sourcing of VP8.
News categories: Ooyala, WebM, Media Player, Streaming

Sorenson Media Announces Immediate Support for VP8/WebM
May 19, 2010 – Sorenson Media has announced it will join the online video ecosystem built around Google's WebM project. The company also announced that it has already optimized all of its products for VP8 and WebM.
News categories: Sorenson Media, WebM, Media Player, Streaming

Google announces WebM open web media format project
May 19, 2010 – Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has opened I/O 2010, its developer conference, and has announced WebM, an open web media format project. Google has open-sourced VP8, a web-optimized video codec, and is contributing to the project under a royalty-free license.
News categories: WebM, Google Inc, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming