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

AMD to demonstrate Blu-Ray Stereoscopic 3D Playback at CES
Dec 7, 2009 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) has announced that it will demonstrate the forthcoming Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D standard at the 2010 International CES, showcasing how consumers will soon get to enjoy high-fidelity 3D entertainment once reserved only for theaters.
News categories: AMD, CyberLink, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Metaverse, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming

Global Online Television Announces GOTV IPTV Launch Date
Dec 4, 2009 – Atlantis Technology Group (PINKSHEETS: ATNP) subsidiary Global Online Television Corporation has announced its launch date for the GOTV IPTV service to be on January 11th, 2010.
News categories: Global Online Television, Atlantis Technology, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Sony and FIFA Announce the World's First 3D FIFA World Cup
Dec 3, 2009 – Sony (NYSE:SNE) and FIFA have announced an agreement for selected media rights of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in 3D. Up to 25 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ matches will be produced using Sony's 3D professional cameras.
News categories: Sony Corp, FIFA, Digital TV, Metaverse, South Africa, TV Services

Wotone Media and Digisoft.tv Join Forces for the Chinese Market
Dec 2, 2009 – Digisoft.tv and Wotone Group have announced that they have entered in to a strategic partnership to offer complete end to end service delivery solutions to IPTV, Cable and Hybrid operators in the Chinese market.
News categories: Digisoft, China, IPTV, Middleware, Video Exchange

Advanced Digital Services Boost the Market for Software-Based Pay TV Conditional Access Systems
Dec 1, 2009 – According to Frost & Sullivan, the increasing uptake of TV sets and broadcast services as well as the diversity of content created and delivered over pay TV has intensified the need for competent and adaptable CA systems.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, Software

Ruling on Rovi litigation with Virgin Media
Nov 30, 2009 – The High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom has issued its judgment in Rovi's (NASDAQ: ROVI) patent infringement litigation against Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED). The Court found that Virgin had infringed each of the patents but also found them to be invalid.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Virgin Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Patent, Set Top Box, UK

SENSIO and Cyberlink Join Forces to Integrate SENSIO® 3D Into the PowerDVD Videoplayer
Nov 30, 2009 – SENSIO Technologies (TSX: SIO) and CyberLink (5203.TW) have signed a letter of intent to integrate SENSIO's software solution, the S3D software decoder, into Cyberlink's PowerDVD videoplayer.
News categories: SENSIO, Cyberlink, CES2025, DVD, Media Player, Metaverse, Streaming

Multichoice Africa DTH reaches 1 million subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 26, 2009 – Naspers (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has announced results for the six months ended 30 September 2009. In South Africa the base grew by 238,000 to 2,639,000 households. In the rest of sub-Saharan Africa the base grew by 114,000 to 1,030,000 homes.
News categories: Naspers, MultiChoice, Irdeto, Angola, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DVR, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Orange shows prototype Atom-based set-top box
Nov 24, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has revealed a prototype high definition set-top box based on an Atom processor from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC). The 'Orange Box' was developed in co-operation with Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930).
News categories: France Telecom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming