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

Virgin Media Selects TiVo For Next Generation TV Platform
Nov 24, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED) have entered into a strategic partnership under which TiVo will develop a converged television and broadband interactive interface to power Virgin Media's next generation, HD set top boxes.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Virgin Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

Open IPTV Forum moves one step ahead and proves interoperability
Nov 23, 2009 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has announced that its first Interoperability Event was successful. The event took place from Nov 16th - 20th in the premises of the event host, Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin, Germany.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

MYtv Selects NDS for Hybrid Pay-TV Service and First Integrated DVR in CIS
Nov 23, 2009 – NDS has announced that MYtv has chosen professional services and an end-to-end solution from NDS for its hybrid satellite direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV platform. MYtv is planning to launch its pay- TV service in late 2009.
News categories: NDS Group, MYtv, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Ukraine

mirada demonstrates how operators can control branding on SmarDTV's CAMs
Nov 19, 2009 – mirada has announced that it has teamed up with SmarDTV (SWX:KUD.VX) to port Nagravision's NAGRA media GUIDE, onto a SmarDTV CI Plus module. The partnership demonstrates that operators can integrate their own branded EPG onto a CI Plus module.
News categories: SmarDTV, mirada, CAM, Conditional Access, MHEG-5, Middleware, Smart TV

Telstra selects Netgem as a supplier for its T-Box
Nov 19, 2009 – Netgem has been chosen by Telstra to supply the set-top box and software for its T-Box™ service. The T-Box brings together on the home television content from Telstra's BigPond brand along with Australian terrestrial free-to-air channels.
News categories: Netgem, Telstra, Australia, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

ATIS IIF Delivers New IPTV Standards
Nov 17, 2009 – ATIS has announced the release of three IPTV new standards: a test plan for validating objective quality models; Software download sequence and remote management security; and network provider domains, home networks, and the IPTV terminal device.
News categories: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Adobe AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 Beta Software Now Available
Nov 17, 2009 – Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced that beta versions of its AIR® 2 and Flash® Player 10.1 software are now available. Flash Player 10.1 is able to use hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile devices where available.
News categories: Adobe Systems, Media Player, Streaming

OpenTV Powers FOXTEL Next Generation
Nov 16, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that FOXTEL has launched its next generation platform powered by OpenTV middleware and using OpenTV's latest interactive TV technology.
News categories: OpenTV, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Kudelski Successfully Completes Tender Offer For OpenTV
Nov 13, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.VX) has announced that it has successfully completed its tender offer to acquire Class A shares of OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) not already owned by Kudelski or its subsidiaries for US$1.55 per share.
News categories: Kudelski, OpenTV, Digital TV, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box