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

Sky Deutschland to show first live HD 3D production in Germany
Mar 4, 2010 – Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is to show an HD production in 3D for the first time in Germany. On 14 March, the Bundesliga top match between Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV will be produced in 3D and will be shown to a select number of viewers in Munich.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Digital TV, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite

Mitsubishi Offers Television For Large Screen 3D Entertainment At Home
Mar 4, 2010 – Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America is showcasing its 82 inch Home Theater TV, the world's largest mass production 3D-Ready television available, with almost four times the viewing area of a small screen 42-inch flat panel TV.
News categories: Mitsubishi, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

Introducing TiVo® Premiere, the One Box to Rule Them All
Mar 3, 2010 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has introduced a television set-top box that simplifies finding videos from Web outlets like Netflix and YouTube in addition to local program listings.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Telenet proves CI Plus with technology from S&T
Mar 3, 2010 – Strategy & Technology has announced that it has successfully completed a CI Plus (CI+) Proof of Concept (PoC) project for Telenet, Belgium's largest cable TV operator.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Telenet, Neotion, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Smart TV

Digital Cinema building momentum as 3D drives market
Mar 3, 2010 – According to Screen Digest, there are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4 per cent on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector.
News categories: Screen Digest, Metaverse

BeeSmart announces free IPTV middleware package
Mar 2, 2010 – BeeSmart has announced the release of BeeSmart Lite, a striking IPTV middleware software package, which is available online, intended for commercial use and absolutely free of charge.
News categories: BeeSmart, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange

Insight Media Issues 3DTV Forecast
Mar 2, 2010 – Insight Media has issued its 2010 3DTV Forecast Report. The report finds that nearly 50M 3DTVs are expected to be sold in 2015, rising from 3.3M 3DTVs in 2010.
News categories: Insight Media, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

CANAL+ Spain to launch 3D transmissions in April
Mar 2, 2010 – CANAL+ (Madrid: PRS) will begin broadcasting a 3D channel - Canal Plus 3D - in April, the first such service in Spain. Customers will be able to receive the programming through their DIGITAL+ set-top box in conjunction with a 3D-capable TV.
News categories: Sogecable, DIGITAL+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

At Cabsat MENA 2010, E-Vision explores 3D TV with LG; launches new EPG
Mar 2, 2010 – E-Vision has announced the launch of new exciting interactive services offering customers the ability to plan their television viewing in addition to alternatives for customer communication at the Cabsat MENA 2010 exhibition.
News categories: E-Vision, Cable TV, Digital TV, Metaverse, Smart TV, UAE