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TechniSat MultyText® for interactive digital television
Sep 4, 2009 – TechniSat, in cooperation with the German Weather Service and Strategy & Technology (S&T) presented the TechniSat Germany & Regional weather service - the first MHEG-5 application in Germany - at this year's IFA show in Berlin.
News categories: TechniSat, S&T, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

S&T prepares broadcasters for next-generation interactive TV at IBC
Sep 4, 2009 – Strategy & Technology is launching the MHEG Presenter 2 product suite at IBC, which builds on the existing support for digital teletext and other information services with new modules for Video on Demand (VoD) support.
News categories: S&T, IBCShow, MHEG-5, Middleware

Deutsche Telekom Entertain IPTV passes 800,000 marketed packages
Sep 4, 2009 – The Entertain IPTV offering from Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) is about to break into the mass market with over 800,000 marketed packages. The Group has a target of marketing one million Entertain packages by the end of the year.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, DVR, Germany, IFABerlin, IPTV, Middleware, Subscribers

Samsung Selects RMI Processor for 'LED TV Couple' Product Family
Sep 4, 2009 – RMI Corporations's Au1250® processor has been selected for Samsung's LED TV Couple. The LED TV Couple allows two channels of video to be watched on a primary digital TV as well as on the portable LED TV Couple device simultaneously.
News categories: RMI Corp, Samsung, IFABerlin, Media Player, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

DTG announces launch of Freeview HD test and conformance regime
Sep 4, 2009 – The DTG, the industry association for digital TV in the UK has confirmed that the test and conformance regime for the Freeview HD and Freeview+ HD service is to launch on schedule in September 2009 with product testing commencing in October.
News categories: DTG, Freeview, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, IBCShow, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

ANT Galio HbbTV Platform Launched For New Standard
Sep 4, 2009 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced the launch of ANT Galio HbbTV Platform. The release, building on the already deployed ANT Galio Platform, is a complete go-to-market solution providing full support for Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) services.
News categories: ANT plc, HbbTV, Kaonmedia, Digital TV, HbbTV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Accedo Broadband introduces App Store for IPTV
Sep 3, 2009 – Accedo Broadband has announced the release of the Accedo App Store for IPTV. The App Store functionality allows consumers to access their favourite IPTV applications directly in the living room with a remote control.
News categories: Accedo Broadband, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

RMI® Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement for DivX Plus™ HD Certification
Sep 3, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and RMI Corp have announced a licensing agreement for next-generation DivX Plus™ HD Certification. Under the agreement, RMI is granted a license to support DivX Plus HD technology on its Au1200 and Au1300 processors.
News categories: DivX, RMI Corp, Licensing, Media Player, Portable, Semiconductor, Streaming

IWEDIA details 'Web on TV' projects
Sep 3, 2009 – IWEDIA Middleware has supplied details of its involvement in 'Web on TV' projects, such as HbbTV, which aim to provide a variety of Web services for Internet-connected TV sets.
News categories: IWEDIA, Content Protection, France, HbbTV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming