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

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®
Oct 27, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Pace Introduces First to Market Multiroom DVR Solution
Oct 26, 2009 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has revealed an advanced multiroom DVR solution, Home Content Sharing (HCS). Pace's HCS utilizes centralized storage and Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) software to connect multiple high definition (HD) set-top boxes within the home.
News categories: Pace plc, Rovi Corp, CTAM, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Amino showcases next generation solutions at TelcoTV 2009
Oct 26, 2009 – Amino Communications (LSE: AMO) will showcase a broad range of products, partnerships and powerful next generation solutions at TelcoTV 2009. Visitors will experience demonstrations that encompass Amino's US market offering.
News categories: Amino, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

MRG announces new leaders in its Global IPTV Market Leaders Report
Oct 22, 2009 – MRG has announced new leaders in the Global IPTV Market Leaders Report -- October 2009 (MLR), which tracks the top 120 IPTV vendors in 24 regional sectors based on the installed base of 6 video systems products in over 800 IPTV Operations.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

BBC issues guidelines for iPlayer porting
Oct 20, 2009 – The BBC has published new guidelines that outline how potential partners can syndicate the standard iPlayer product. They also lay out the scope for BBC investment in customisation and bespoke development for larger platforms.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

ISDB broadcasting in Argentina to begin in 2 months
Oct 20, 2009 – Argentina will begin the first tests of its ISDB-based Sistema de TV Digital Terrestre digital TV service in the next two months, with the goal of covering about 400 cities and towns by 2011.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Opera Software supports HbbTV
Oct 15, 2009 – Opera Software has announced that it has joined the cross-industry consortium that is leading the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative.
News categories: Opera Software, HbbTV, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Open IPTV Forum makes public Release 1 Profiles Specification
Oct 8, 2009 – The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has announced the publication of the Profiles specification for its Release 1 Solution. This specification is accompanied by a revision (Version 1.1) of its seven-volume Release 1 IPTV Solution specification.
News categories: Open IPTV Forum, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

CANAL OVERSEAS Selects NDS to Deliver External PVR with a Flash EPG
Oct 7, 2009 – NDS has announced that CANAL OVERSEAS (Paris:VIV) is introducing a personal video recorder (PVR) service with a Flash™-based Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) developed by NDS.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL OVERSEAS, Caribbean, Digital TV, DVR, Mascarene Islands, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box